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- Heraldry (23465 bytes)
3: ...se, from dexter to sinister. Dexter ("right" in [[Latin]]) is the left side of the shield, and siniste...
9: ...s, and this practice may be the origin of the popular usage.
12: ...rtouche (an [[oval]]-shaped vehicle for their display). For more detail on the use of the lozenge (su...
14: ..., specific shapes of shield are specified in the blazon (and the specific type of shield is sometimes ...
16: ...instances the shield may be blazoned as being displayed on a ''cartouche'', the tincture of which is t... - Earth (30908 bytes)
1: {{Planet Infobox/Earth}}
7: ...rn science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The planet [[Age of the Earth|formed]] around 4.57 [[bill...
14: ...10,911 m below sea level). Thus the Earth is an oblate spheroid within a [[tolerance (engineering)|tol...
17: ...r of Earth, like that of the other [[terrestrial planets]], is chemically divided into an outer [[sili...
55: ...th reaches temperatures of 5270 [[kelvin]]s. The planet's internal heat was originally generated durin... - North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...s (24,230,000 square kilometers). In 2001 its population was estimated at 454,225,000. It can be geog...
7: In Latin America, the Americas are considered as one co...
9: ...ericas]], or simply America. North America's only land connection is to South America at the narrow [[...
14: ...the western region, although the eastern coastal plain does extend south along the Gulf.
16: ...; in between. The highest peak is [[Denali]] in Alaska. - Canada (35540 bytes)
6: ...Bordering the [[United States]], its territorial claims extend north into the [[Arctic Ocean]] as far ...
10: ...ople [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.htm].
17: ...Nations]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilinguali...
18: * [[Canadian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and is widely spoken in [[New...
19: ...ommunities and in [[Nunavut]], where the majority language is [[Inuktitut]]. - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...hows, the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually follow the boundaries of st...
6: ...e "base time" to which all other time zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for ...
8: ...n the last Sunday in October and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year ...
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
18: ...rom UTC, then the date at the location is one day later or earlier. Some examples: - Season (10047 bytes)
6: ...heastern Pacific and [[1 June]] in the northern Atlantic.
18: ...ime during the summer or winter, one part of the planet is more directly exposed to the rays of the [[...
20: ... factors such as proximity to [[ocean]]s or other large bodies of [[water]], [[ocean current|current]]...
22: ...nation]] in [[animal]]s. These effects vary with latitude, and with proximity to bodies of water. Fo...
24: The cycle of seasons in the polar and temperate zones of one hemisphere is opposit... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...ngland began its numbered year on [[March 25]] ([[Lady Day]] or Annunciation Day), between the [[13th ...
7: ...nown [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
10: *[[1600]] - [[Scotland]] begins using the [[Julian calendar]].
11: ... II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston... - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
3: ...[1928]]) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition of [[19...
6: ...pired by [[Fridtjof Nansen]]'s crossing of [[Greenland]] in [[1888]] he decided on a life of explorati...
10: ...h;[[1899]]) as second mate. Led by [[Adrien de Gerlache]], their ship the [[Belgica]] became the first...
12: ...oday called [[Gjoa Haven, Nunavut|Gjoa Haven]], [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]].
14: ...906]]. Due to water as shallow as 3 feet (1 m), a larger ship could never have used the route. - French language (40201 bytes)
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3: ...tes=[[France]], [[Canada]], [[Belgium]], [[Switzerland]], [[U.S.]] state of [[Louisiana]], [[Haiti]], ...
5: |speakers=77 million (128 million with second language speakers)|rank=11
6: |family=[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]<br> - Hudson Bay (2815 bytes)
2: ...lands in the bay (and in James Bay) are part of [[Nunavut]].
4: ... of numerous former beachfronts can be seen far inland from the current shore.
6: ...he worked his way around the west coast of [[Greenland]] and into the bay, mapping much of its eastern...
8: ...t's Land]], to the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]. This land, an area of approximately 3.9 million sq.km., w...
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