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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...|continental]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of political...
40: | From [[Spain]]
63: ...amics.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Pre-Columbian Ceramics from Nicoya, Costa Rica]]
67: ...pital moved to [[San Jos鬠Costa Rica|San Jos靝. From the [[1840s]] on, Costa Rica was an independent...
107: ...ure, and electronics exports. The economy emerged from [[recession]] in 1997 and has since shown stron... - South America (5078 bytes)
7: ...ea]] and in [[population]], after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], and North America.
9: ...], though there are also suggestions of migration from the southern Pacific Ocean.
11: ...]] [[conquistadors]], first from [[Spain]], later from [[Portugal]], who divided it into [[colonies]]....
15: ...], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], and [[French Guiana]] – are also known as [[Caribbea...
65: | style="text-align:left;" | [[French Guiana]] (Fr.) - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: '''Antarctica''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἀντ&alpha...
8: ...he fifth largest continent, after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], and [[South America]]. H...
15: ...oldest place on earth. [[Weather pattern|Weather front]]s rarely penetrate far into the continent, le...
37: ...erre Ad鬩e]], one of the four districts of the [[French Southern Territories]]
47: *[[South Africa]]: claimed [[1963]]–[[1994]] - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
7: ==[[Africa]]==
8: Africa is a continent in the systems with 5 or more c...
17: *[[Central African Republic]] (Centrafrique) - [[Bangui]]
42: *[[Mayotte]] - [[Mamoutzou]] (France)
48: ...R鵮ion]] - [[Saint-Denis, R鵮ion|Saint-Denis]] (France) - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
33: <tr><td>[[Bangui]] <td>[[Central African Republic]]
44: <tr><td>[[Bloemfontein]] <td>[[South Africa]] (judicial)
58: <tr><td>[[Cape Town]] <td>[[South Africa]] (legislative)
80: <tr><td>[[Freetown]] <td>[[Sierra Leone]]
139: <tr><td>[[Montevideo]] <td>[[Uruguay]] - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]] and [[French Guiana]] — every South American nation ...
8: ...ial ports to England — at the time isolated from most European ports by Napoleon — and the...
17: ...ado Federal'' of 81 seats, of which three members from each state or federal district are elected acco...
38: [[Image:Br-map.png|framed|Map of Brazil]]
41: ...cated; the [[Rio Negro]], [[Rio S㯠Francisco|S㯠Francisco]], [[Xingu River|Xingu]], [[Madeira river|... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]<br/>[[July ...
48: ...]] and [[Bolivia]] in the north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] in the northeast and [[Chile]] in the west. It'...
52: The name '''Argentina''' is derived from the [[Latin]] ''argentum'' ([[silver]]). The or...
57: ...port. Buenos Aires formally declared independence from Spain on [[July 9]], [[1816]]. Argentines rever...
59: ...es—especially the western pampas—came from throughout Europe. - Panama (10077 bytes)
35: | From [[Colombia]]<br>[[November 3]], [[1903]]
55: ...ped a small number of Panamanian rebels to secede from Colombia. On [[November 3]], the rebels install...
63: ...o gained control of canal-related buildings and infrastructure as well as full administration of the c...
91: ...ies in proportion to its population, surpassed by Uruguay and Argentina.
95: ...t in the coming years its population will surpass Uruguay's. - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...solar time), resulting in time differing slightly from [[town]] to town. As [[telecommunication]]s imp...
6: ... for today's atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as ...
18: ...ones results in a time the other side of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day l...
31: ... time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]]. Even thoug...
37: ...ime that is not offset by a number of whole hours from Greenwich Mean Time. - Food (24212 bytes)
1: [[Image:Foods.jpg|thumbnail|right|Food from plant sources]]
23: ...epare food prior to eating since their divergence from [[Homo erectus]], possibly even earlier.
28: ...o eat meals together with other family members or friends and this is seen as an important social occa...
39: ...ce on mechanised tools which have been developed, from the [[threshing machine]], [[seed drill]], thro...
49: ===From [[plant]]s=== - Tornado (14220 bytes)
3: ...nnel-shaped]] [[cloud]]. The word "tornado" comes from the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] or [[Portugues...
8: ...ly, though tornadoes over water ([[waterspout]]s) frequently are observed forming in the absence of co...
10: ...n (the mesocyclone) is often a lower area of rain-free cloud and can be seen as a rotating "[[wall clo...
12: ...usually form in sweeps north and jet streams come from the west, creating a situation in which the sto...
25: ...[[New Zealand]], [[Bangladesh]] and portions of [[Uruguay]] also have pockets of strong tornadic activity. ... - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
16: ...Politics of the Central African Republic|Central African Republic]] - [[Politics of Chad|Chad]] - [[Po...
25: ...|French Guiana]] - [[Politics of French Polynesia|French Polynesia]]
65: ...lia|Somalia]] - [[Politics of South Africa|South Africa]] - [[Politics of South Korea|South Korea]] - ...
71: ...nited States of America]] - [[Politics of Uruguay|Uruguay]] - [[Politics of Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]] - Anaconda (3939 bytes)
22: .... These live further south in Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, western Brazil, and northeast Argentina.
28: ...urinus'' (formerly called ''Boa murina'') differs from Boa by the snout being covered with shields ins...
38: ...ted the snake measured some 18.9 meters (62 feet) from snout to tail.
40: ...mits regarding the maximum size of snakes when confronted with specimens that defied the generally-acc... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
34: *[[Eugene M. Antoniadi]] ([[Greece]], [[France]], [[1870]] – [[1944]])
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], ...
47: *[[Adrien Auzout]] ([[France]], [[1622]] – [[1691]])
56: *[[Benjamin Baillaud]] ([[France]], [[1848]] – [[1934]]) - List of national anthems (17969 bytes)
4: ...s are listed only if they have an anthem separate from or in addition to that of their mother country.
21: ...]''||''[[Let_us_all_unite_and_celebrate_together|African Union Anthem]]
69: |[[Belize]]||[[Land of the Free]]
75: |''[[Biafra]]''||''[[Land of the Rising Sun (national anthem...
111: |[[Central African Republic]]||[[La Renaissance]] (The Rebirth) - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...t native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
19: ...nd from people who [[Migration (human)|migrated]] from [[Siberia]] across the [[Bering Strait]], betwe...
21: ...oute through Alaska and Canada that had just been freed of its ice cover. There are a number of diffic...
26: ...e is that the Siberians were preceded by migrants from [[Oceania]], who arrived either by sailing acro...
28: ...heir theories, at least three separate migrations from Siberia to the Americas are highly likely to ha... - Inca Empire (25571 bytes)
4: ...as killed on the orders of the [[Conquistador]] [[Francisco Pizarro]], marking the beginning of [[Span...
11: The foreign name '''Inca Empire''' is derived from the word '''Inca''', which means "[[Emperor]]."...
19: ... ordered Manco Capac and [[Mama Ocllo]] to emerge from the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] and found the c...
42: ... often needed to talk his way out of potential confrontations that could have easily wiped out his par...
49: ...Sendero Luminoso]] in Peru and [[Tupamaros]] in [[Uruguay]]. - Sheep (9256 bytes)
15: ...heep''' (''Ovis aries''), which probably descends from the wild [[moufflon]] of south-central and sout...
44: ...astoralism]]. [[Selective breeding]] of sheep has frequently occurred.
55: ...reas such as [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Uruguay]].
63: ...n ruled out. The [[urial]] (Ovis vignei) is found from northeastern Iran to northwestern India. It has...
65: ...ss called rooing) or the fleece must be collected from the field after it falls out. - Chile (39914 bytes)
39: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 18]], [[1810]]<br>[[Fe...
56: ...ego de Almagro]]'s first Spanish expedition south from Peru in [[1535]]-[[1536|36]] called themselves ...
64: ...ed in [[1541]] by [[Pedro de Valdivia]], one of [[Francisco Pizarro]]'s lieutenants. Although the Span...
66: ...f [[slavery]] in [[1683]] defused tensions on the frontier between the colony and the Mapuche land to ...
68: The drive for independence from Spain was precipitated by usurpation of the Spa... - Capybaras (3705 bytes)
15: ...ortuguese]], although the name originally derives from the [[Guarani]] "Kapi?quot;.
19: ...et. They mate in the water, use the water to hide from predators, and can stay submerged for several m...
24: ...ern [[Argentina]], and [[Uruguay]], capybaras are frequently captured and kept as pets, or occasionall...
29: ...mal, and not wanting the petitioners to turn away from Catholicism, the Church agreed and declared the...
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