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- Heraldry (23465 bytes)
1: ...]]s or [[jousting|jousts]] and to describe the various devices they carried or [[paint]]ed on their [[...
3: ...he pictures people draw after reading the descriptions are accurate and reasonably alike, blazons foll...
7: There are no strict definitions of the shades of colours used in heraldry, but ...
9: ...re coat is in fact incorrect. In a complete depiction of a coat-of-arms, the crest is a design affixed...
12: ...ain rules) by women in the British heraldic tradition, see the separate article on the [[lozenge]]. - Earth (30908 bytes)
7: ...net [[Age of the Earth|formed]] around 4.57 [[billion]] (4.57×10<sup>9</sup>) [[year]]s ago and ...
14: ...ter of approximately 12,742 km. The maximum deviations from this are the highest point on Earth (the s...
17: ...[magnetosphere|magnetic field]] due to the convection of its electrically conductive material.
19: ... oldest parts of the crust are as much as 4.4 billion (4.4×10<sup>9</sup>) years old [http://spa...
21: Taken as a whole, the Earth's composition by mass [http://earthref.org/cgi-bin/er.cgi?s=er... - North America (12844 bytes)
1: ...rthAmerica.png|thumb|250px|World map showing location of North America]]
4: ... Americas were not the [[East Indies]], but a previously undiscovered [[New World]].
6: ...countries, which in some contexts may cause confusion.
9: ...ost, however, tend to see Central America as a region of North America, considering it too small to be...
14: ...ra|cordilleras]], falls largely in the western region, although the eastern coastal plain does extend ... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...untry to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else, please read the Talk Page. Th...
3: ...w article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of the many "main" articles about...
8: ... [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen...
10: ...e [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.htm].
17: ... the [[United Nations]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officiall... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...nes one hour apart. However, the one hour separation is not universal and, as the map below shows, t...
6: ...inct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
12: *[[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00...
18: ...e of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day later or earlier. Some examples: - Season (10047 bytes)
2: ...limate|climatic]] patterns. For [[temperate]] regions, the year is typically divided into four season...
4: ...amount of [[Precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] may vary more dramatically than the average te...
6: ...ther types of "seasons" based upon climatic conditions. For example, the [[Tornado Alley]] area of the...
13: ...n to the density of incident light, the [[dissipation]] of light in the [[Earth's atmosphere|atmospher...
20: Seasonal weather fluctuations also depend on factors such as proximity to [[o... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...ear's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]], a...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
16: ...t edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is publishe...
18: *[[1801]] - Legislative union of [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of...
21: *[[1808]] - Importation of [[slave]]s into the [[United States]] is bann... - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
3: ...rer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition of [[1910]]–[[1912]] which was the first t...
6: ...and]] in [[1888]] he decided on a life of exploration.
8: == First expeditions ==
10: ... an important lesson for Amundsen's future expeditions.
12: ...oday called [[Gjoa Haven, Nunavut|Gjoa Haven]], [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]]. - French language (40201 bytes)
4: |region=[[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[Americas]]
5: |speakers=77 million (128 million with second language speakers)|rank=11
16: |nation=[[France]] and 24 other countries
19: ...OC]], [[United Nations]] and [[Universal Postal Union]]).
23: ===The Roman invasion of Gaul=== - Hudson Bay (2815 bytes)
2: ...lands in the bay (and in James Bay) are part of [[Nunavut]].
4: ...cier]]s and the shrinkage of the bay over long periods of time. Signs of numerous former beachfronts c...
8: ...ny]]. This land, an area of approximately 3.9 million sq.km., would in [[1870]] be ceded to [[Canada]]...
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