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- Land bridge (3351 bytes)
1: ...d [[human]]s have migrated out of Africa. A land bridge doesn't have to be narrow enough to be called an ...
4: ...s]]: the [[Bering Strait]], where the Bering Land Bridge was during the last glaciation, is part of the ed...
6: A land bridge that rose from the sea floor because of upthrust ...
9: * [[Bering land bridge]] connected North Asia and Alaska.
12: * There was a land bridge between the [[British Isles]] and the continental [[Europe]] ([[Fran...
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- 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... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...wo historians, [[Tacitus]] (in his ''[[Annals (Tacitus)|Annals]]'' and ''[[Agricola (book)|Agricola]]'...
7: ...utagus made the [[Roman emperor]] co-heir, along with his two daughters, to his kingdom.
9: ...]] [[Catus Decianus]] for criticism for his "rapacity".
11: ...Legio IX ''Hispana'']], attempted to relieve the city, but his forces were routed.
13: ...time), slaughtering anyone who had not evacuated with Suetonius. [[Verulamium]] ([[St Albans]]) was ne... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...ria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India]]
7: ...and]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...cial, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [...
12: ...s youth. The eldest son, the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] (the future King Geor...
14: ...he eventually learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and ... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ...oice to be a natural wonder. She has won 16 competitive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards fr...
6: ...ular songs, most notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody."'' Though Columbia really wanted...
8: ...ntic, they just sat me down at the piano and the hits started coming."
10: ...h her version of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s ''"I Say a Little Prayer"'' in 1968.
12: Among her most successful hit singles from this era were ''"Chain of Fools"'', ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ... of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
4: Joan of Arc's campaigns were responsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]...
7: ...]] granted the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), a...
10: ...els. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].]]
12: ...rations were being made to bring supplies to the city of [[Orl顮s]], which had been under siege by th... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
3: ...e Sacred Heart in [[Roehampton]], England, along with fellow actress-to-be [[Maureen O'Sullivan]]. She...
7: ...tte Goddard]] was close to be cast as [[Margaret Mitchell]]'s Southern belle.
11: ... her left lung. Though she continued her career with such plays as [[Thornton Wilder]]'s ''[[Skin of ...
13: ...h of him on her bedside table, even while living with her companion, actor [[Jack Merivale]].
28: *''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' ([[1939]]) - Kidney (12846 bytes)
3: ...ea]]) from the [[blood]] and excrete them, along with [[water]], as [[urine]]. The medical field that ...
9: ... [[peritoneum]], the lining of the [[abdominal cavity]]. They are approximately at the [[vertebra]]l l...
11: ... fat and the pararenal fat) which help to cushion it.
13: ...ehind.jpg|thumb|250px|Kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed]]
15: ... kidney is an opening, called the hilus, which admits the renal [[artery]], the renal [[vein]], [[nerv... - Nose (3059 bytes)
2: ...centrally on the face; on most other [[mammal]]s, it is on the upper tip of the snout. '''''Nose''''' ...
4: ...t) and by reclaiming moisture from the air before it is exhaled (as occurs most efficiently in [[camel...
6: ...y epithelium]]. At the surface of the olfactory epithelium, [[odor]] molecules carried by the air cont...
8: ...oducing a more streamlined body shape and the ability to breathe while mostly submerged. Conversely, t...
10: ...on, the area from the corners of the mouth to the bridge of the nose, including the nose and [[maxilla]], ... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...for seventeen years before returning to [[Venice, Italy|Venice]]. After his return, in a sea battle be...
5: ... returned from China as [[Kublai Khan]]'s envoys with a letter for the [[Pope]] asking to be sent educ...
7: ...records that would help ascertain the truth. The city of Korčula still maintains an old house in ...
13: ...me acquainted with the vast regions of China and with numerous achievements of Chinese civilization, m...
16: ...na. Since they did not believe him, Marco Polo invited them all to dinner one night during which the P... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...ast instruments built were up to seven feet long with a six octave range.
5: ...be changed by striking harder or softer, and the pitch can also be varied by varying the force of the ...
7: ...ury, clavichords were often built ''unfretted'', with a separate pair of strings for each key.
9: ...s organ repertoire were in fact more accurately written for the pedal clavichord.
11: ...00-1800 can be played on the clavichord; however, it is too quiet to use in any but the smallest ensem... - Science (19868 bytes)
6: ...ical results that can be checked and [[Falsifiability|possibly contradicted]].
10: ...inding a certain type of dinosaur" is consistent with the empiricist's use of prediction. On the other...
12: ...geably. Both have been subjected to devastating criticisms:
14: ...language, so the very notion of testing theories with [[facts]] is problematic.
15: ...assumptions, rules, practices, etc. and that transitions from one paradigm to another generally does n... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...as by population|thirteenth most populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°...
4: ...is the official name of the city, in local speech it is typically called simply by the name of the cou...
6: ...uer of the enemies". This title was given to the city as many armies were destroyed in attempts to inv...
7: [[Image:EgyptAlQahirah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] high...
10: ...G|thumb|200px|right|Average temperature and precipitations in Cairo]] - Trombone (15819 bytes)
1: ...age:PuzonSlide.jpg|thumb|250px|''Slide trombone, with slide extended.''<br>''This model has a B♭...
4: It is pitched lower than the [[trumpet]], and higher than t...
6: ...phonic literature, the trombone is referred to by its name in other languages, e.g. ''posaune'', ''bas...
9: ...is considered a cylindrical bore instrument since it has sections of tubing that are of continuous dia...
14: ... band]]s, [[:de:Posaunenchor|brass choir]]s, etc. It can be part of smaller groups as well, such as [[... - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
1: ...d as "ukelele", a spelling stilll used in Great Britain. The [[Hawaiian language|Hawai'ian]] spelling...
3: ...nt built in the city of [[Braga]] and named after it; the [[Brazil]]ian [[cavaquinho]] is usually tune...
5: ...nha Meets the Ukulele" returned to the ukulele to its ancestral home of Madeira Island off the coast o...
9: ...ncert, [[tenor]] (created in the 1920s), and [[baritone]] (created in the 1940s).
11: ... tuning is still used today by some known personalities in ukulele circles. - Banjo (6143 bytes)
4: ...f "bandore", though recent research suggests that it may come from a Senegambian term for the bamboo s...
6: ...anjos) and five-string versions. In almost all of its forms the banjo's playing is characterised by a ...
8: ... the string through a tube in the neck where it exits near the fifth [[fret]].
12: ...maker to replace the banjar's skin-covered gourd with the modern open-backed drum-like pot, and added ...
14: ...e]], named after [[Earl Scruggs]], melodic or [[Keith style]], or two-finger style, also called [[Reno... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
24: | '''[[Capital]] and Largest City'''
36: ...tal (2003) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], [[1922]]<br ...
58: ... It is bordered to the north and east by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the [[Red Sea]], respectively.
60: ...f the [[Sahara]] [[Desert]] and are sparsely inhabited. - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Julia Grant]]...
15: ...e United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]</td></tr>
16: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>
22: ...ident of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]].
24: ...all [[Union army|Union armies]], and is credited with winning the war. Although he was a successful ge... - Continent (6440 bytes)
2: ...ica]], was west of Alexandria and south of the Mediterranean.
4: ...lidified mantle, and covered by a sea punctuated with basaltic [[volcano]]s. There are six large conti...
13: ...define larger land masses connected with a [[land bridge]]:
21: ... are more appropriately called ''regions'', and neither is a geological or geographical continent. In...
23: These definitions give the following alternate models: - South America (5078 bytes)
2: ...te_orthographic.jpg|thumb|250px|A satellite composite image of South America]]
5: ...th America only recently (geologically speaking) with the formation of the [[Isthmus of Panama]] some ...
9: ... Bridge]], now the [[Bering Strait|Bering]] [[strait]], though there are also suggestions of migration...
11: ...m [[Spain]], later from [[Portugal]], who divided it into [[colonies]]. In the course of the [[19th ce...
15: ...inent. The [[Caribbean]] territories are grouped with North America. The South American nations that b... - Australia (39438 bytes)
9: capital =[[Canberra]]|
11: largest_city =[[Sydney]]|
12: government_type=[[Constitutional monarchy|Const. monarchy]]|
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Governor-G...
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Michael Jeffery]]<b...
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