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- North America (12844 bytes)
1: ...g|thumb|250px|World map showing location of North America]]
2: ...|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of North America]]
4: ...], who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the [[East Indies]], but a previously u...
6: ...ed States, but not Mexico or any of the [[Central America]]n countries, which in some contexts may cause co...
7: ...rica is only a subcontinent composed by Canada, United States and Mexico. - South America (5078 bytes)
1: ...[Image:LocationSouthAmerica.png|thumb|250px|South America]]
2: ...|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of South America]]
3: ...erica.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Physical map of South America]]
5: ... million years ago, which resulted in the [[Great American Interchange]]. The [[Andes]], likewise a compara...
7: ...ation]], after [[Eurasia]], [[Africa]], and North America. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...[[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...re, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[r...
9: ...terest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the Mid...
11: ...p lucrative [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]].
13: ...ly close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken little interest in them, so as far as the Europeans w...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...e northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most populous [[Spanish language|Spanis...
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' |
19: capital = [[Mexico City]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
24: largest_city = [[Mexico City]] | - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...mes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
3: ''See also: [[Military of Costa Rica]]''
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''
32: ...ation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
35: ... Domestic Product|GDP]]''' ([[Purchasing_Power_Parity|PPP]])<br /> - Total ([[2003]]):<br /> ... - Plateau (3062 bytes)
2: ...hen a section of land is uplifted that is topped with a layer of particularly resistant rock, and unde...
4: ...asalt|flood basalts]], and were never associated with continents; the vast [[Ontong Jaya Plateau]] of ...
7: ...orm, but there are many other notable examples of it from around the world, including:
8: ...]]/[[Cumberland Plateau]] (a continuous landform with different local names)
16: ...lateau]]/[[Highland Rim]] (a continuous landform with different local names) - Pennsylvanian (1543 bytes)
1: ...rk City|New York]] to [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]].''
3: ...ore the present (BP) to 286 million years BP. As with most other geologic periods, the [[Rock (geology...
5: ...l.jpg|thumb|Generalized geographic map of the [[United States]] in Middle [[Pennsylvanian]] time.]]
6: ...s continuous sequence of lowland continental deposits and are lumped together as the Carboniferous per...
16: Information on stratigraphies, localities, tectonics, and life. - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...ut the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
5: ...aneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...arly [[Brazilian Carnival|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban regio...
9: ...ntry's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
13: ...ra was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January River. - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]])
23: ...oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central... - Bjarni Herjulfsson (982 bytes)
1: ...somewhere to the west. Though the land looked hospitable, he was eager to reach his destination and sp...
3: ...t known attempt at settlement by Europeans in the Americas (if not counting the Greenland settlements). - Erik the Red (5731 bytes)
2: ...ad been named Greenland, it had perhaps been inhabited by the [[Dorset people]]). Born in the Jaeder d...
4: ...ght out an explaination. Embarrassed by Erik's visit, Throgest began a fight, during which Erik killed...
6: ...n [[Disko Bay]] for food and other valuable commodities such as seal (used for rope), ivory from tusks...
8: ...ear what is now [[Narsarsuaq]], for himself. His title was that of [[paramount chieftain]] of Greenlan...
10: ...rvived until the [[Little Ice Age]] finally wiped it out in the [[15th century]], shortly before [[Chr... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[C...
3: ... his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the ...
5: ...se: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe...
7: ...h America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], ...
9: ...and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ... region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
5: ...ppearance in baptismal registers as godfather or witness.
7: ... was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
9: ...ed and departed some fifty undiscovered harbours without serious mishap and that the only sailors he l...
13: ...ec]] where he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagay... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...and machine manufacture. It began in [[England]] with the introduction of [[steam engine|steam power]]...
3: ...hnological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered [[ship]]s, and ...
5: ...hen mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
10: ...tion of [[Capital (economics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]]...
12: ...ther nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls an... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...up to 5.1 percent [[carbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[c...
5: ...steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled,...
8: ...ke copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting results in an alloy co...
11: ...pearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]].
13: ...cal composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form. - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: The '''Puritans''' were members of a group of radical [[Protes...
4: ...would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...ents, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
8: ...utheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their position towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (m...
10: ...sthood of all believers]]. However, in church polity (organization of church power), they differed. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is used, cured with salt and alum.
18: ... very mellow [[oboe]]-like sound, while chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighte...
23: ...er and inflation device seems to have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire.
25: ...or "[[Scots Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Rob...
27: ... of bagpipes has become a common tradition for military funerals and memorials in the [[anglophone]] w... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...n [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...[[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...nder command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
10: ...dinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
11: ...attle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - Amerigo Vespucci (3736 bytes)
1: :''For the Italian ship named after Vespucci, see [[Amerigo Ves...
4: ...y journeys along the eastern coastline of [[South America]] convinced him that a new continent had been dis...
8: Amerigo Vespucci was born in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], as the third child of a respected family. H...
10: ...ad proposed that the two letters were forgeries written by others of the same period.
12: ... [[Naming of America]].) ''Amerigo'' itself is an Italian form of ''[[Haimirich]]'' (in English, Henry... - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
14: ...h his hands". Raccoons are intelligent omnivores with a reputation for slyness and mischief.
16: ...gs make the animal look like it is wearing a "bandit's mask".
18: ...n food; some studies find that raccoons engage in it when water is not available.
20: ...o part in raising the young. By late summer, the litter will be weaned and will begin to fend for them...
27: ...ping during the night and being awake in the day with training. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...umb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[...
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...nd the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...gest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the sec...
11: ...d is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]. - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...nited States, and has an audience estimated by Arbitron at 20 million listeners weekly.
8: ...e had an "inoperable [[pilonidal cyst]]" and "a [[American football|football]] knee from [[high school]]" [...
10: ... a "golden microphone". (This claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''Th...
12: ...tion as director of promotions with the [[Kansas City Royals]] [[baseball]] team.
16: ...an on-air signature, as there is no organization with that name. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><sma...
7: ...]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Irel...
9: ...[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ...m|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baroni...
13: ...orth America]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Vir...
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