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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ntral America]], bordered by [[Nicaragua]] to the north and [[Panama]] to the south-southeast. Since t...
21: ...fficial), ([[English language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
50: | ''[[Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera]]''
61: ...mbian]] times the [[Native American]]s in what is now [[Costa Rica]] were part of the [[Intermediate A...
76: ... as anti-constitutional allowing [[ӳcar Arias]] (Nobel Peace Prize, [[1987]]) to run for President a ... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into space.
5: ...naut]], she has a wide range of experience in technology, engineering, and medical research. In additi...
9: ...[[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
11: ...ine in 1981. In medical school, her interest and knowledge in [[Third World]] countries evolved into a...
13: ... suited to the social, political, cultural and economic context of the individual, especially for the ... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
2: ...4]] – [[September 26]] [[1937]]) in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], [[USA]] was the most popular and...
5: ... a show that also included [[Ma Rainey]], who did not teach Bessie to sing but probably helped her dev...
7: ...ncluded some of the finest musicians around, most notably [[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], ...
11: ... for an almost inaudible guest visit. Hammond was not pleased with the result, preferring to have Bess...
27: ...ings. She asked me if I was in school, and when I nodded, she said, 'You better stay there, 'cause you... - Hair (11457 bytes)
4: ...nges with the seasons, becoming white during the snowy winter, for example.
6: ...ly short length. The shorter style became the new normality and has never entirely gone away since.
8: The hair of non-human animal species is commonly referred to as ...
13: ...hair rigidifies. Following a period of dormancy, another growth cycle starts, and eventually a new hai...
17: It is important to note that hair grows across all areas of the skin on... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
3: known, among other things, as a '''mouth organ''', ''...
16: direction (blowing, drawing). Some harmonicas (known as [[#The chromatic harmonica|chromatic harmoni...
33: ...ica." It has ten holes which offer the player 19 notes
35: note) in a three octave range. The standard diatonic...
47: See also: [[Media:BluesHarp Notes Layout.png|image of the above diagram]] - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2: ...iristas move in the ''roda''. The instrument is known for being the subject matter of a popular song ...
26: ...o sound, not to size. The berimbau's quality does not depend on the length of the verga or the size of...
32: *Even beginners will have no difficulty in playing the buzz sound, as one hold...
36: ...rval from C to D). One can press the dobr㯠away enough from the gourd for this only if the bow is abo...
40: ...d opening is. Whether this effect is desirable or not is a matter of controversy. Pressing the dobr㯠... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
56: ...an dialect]]) is a [[republic]] mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
58: ...[Israel]] to the northeast. It is bordered to the north and east by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and the ...
69: ...e next three millennia. The last native dynasty, known as the Thirtieth Dynasty, fell to the [[Iran|Pe...
71: ...lly "Arab" nation once and for all. Muslim rulers nominated by the Islamic Caliphate remained in contr...
73: ...ed control of Egypt's government in [[1882]], but nominal allegiance to the [[Ottoman Empire]] continu... - Africa (35389 bytes)
8: ...fri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the [[Africa (pro...
12: ...be—possibly [[Berber]]—who dwelt in [[North Africa]] in the Carthage area;
16: ...atable to about the [[first century]], so this cannot really be the origin of the name.
18: ...nent, the idea of ''Africa'' expanded with their knowledge.
26: ...us of Suez, 130 km (80 miles) wide. From the most northerly point, Ras ben Sakka in [[Morocco]], a lit... - Africa-Eurasia (1157 bytes)
2: ...logists recognize that these disparate lands have no single common geological history.
15: **[[North Asia]]
17: **[[North Africa]] (sometimes moved to the list above) - North Africa (3562 bytes)
1: ...untries-northern.png|right|Map of Africa with the northern countries highlighted]]
3: '''North Africa''' is a region generally considered to ...
14: ...a, though they do not share a common culture with North Africa.
16: ...hwest Africa]] or [[Tamazgha]]) is the portion of North Africa that consititutes Morocco, Algeria, Tun...
18: ...ded in common definitions of the [[Middle East]], not being part of the Maghreb. In addition, the [[Si... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...ch of the 50 states has a high level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
12: ...cial_languages = [[Languages in the United States|None at federal level]];<br> [[English language|Engl...
46: footnotes=|
52: ...[political]], [[military]], [[scientific]], [[technological]] and [[cultural]] matters.
60: ...states in rebellion, though full emancipation did not take place until after the end of the war in [[1... - Belize (11927 bytes)
1: ...the [[Caribbean Sea]] bordering [[Mexico]] to the northwest and [[Guatemala]] to the west and south. T...
3: ... [[colonialism|colony]] for more than a century, known as '''British Honduras''', until [[1973]]. It b...
5: ...zens tend to consider themselves a Caribbean, and not Central American, nation.
30: | '''[[Governor-General of Belize|Governor-General]]'''
63: ... created the first settlement in Belize in 1638. Another possibility is that the name is from the Maya... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
1: ...Brazil]], to the west by [[Venezuela]] and to the north by the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The border with Ven...
62: ...1814]]. The three became a single British colony known as [[British Guiana]] in [[1831]].
64: ...Portugal]] to work the sugar plantations. This ethnocultural divide has persisted and has on occasion ...
78: ... minister]] and other ministers. The president is not directly elected; each party presenting a slate ...
107: ...first from May to mid-August, the second from mid-November to mid-January. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: ...th America]]. It is bordered by [[Brazil]] on the north and east, [[Paraguay]] and [[Argentina]] on th...
14: national_anthem = ''[[Bolivianos, el hado propicio]]'' |
41: currency = [[Boliviano]] |
49: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> La Paz is the seat of governmen...
59: ...oxos]] in the eastern lowlands and the [[Mollos]] north of present-day [[La Paz]] also developed advan... - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
6: Most of the [[geography of Egypt]] is in [[North Africa]]; the [[Sinai Peninsula]] is in [[Sout...
8: ...onal administrative divisions. The Pharaohs were known as the rulers of the Two Kingdoms, viz. upper a...
10: ... [[Yam (Location)|Yam]] is disputed. And it is unknown if [[Alashiya]] was actually the island of [[Cy...
14: ...sition of points and the distances between them (known as [[surveying]]). These skills were used to ou...
16: ...also credited with devising the world's earliest known [[alphabet]], [[decimal system]] [http://www.ma... - Ireland (33828 bytes)
3: ... part of the [[United Kingdom]], which covers the northeastern sixth of the island.
5: ...ple, 4 million in the Republic and 1.7 million in Northern Ireland.
13: ...;feet). The island is bisected by the [[River Shannon]], at 259 km (161 mi) the longest rive...
15: ...huffle these county boundaries no longer exist in Northern Ireland for administrative purposes, althou...
17: ...d western counties. These areas are mostly mountainous and rocky, with beautiful green vistas. - Amulet (8206 bytes)
10: ...amulet, to whom one should offer at least one banknote to obtain fortune and welfare.
18: ...n. Popular legends often attributed [[magic (paranormal)|magical]] powers to certain unusual objects,...
21: ...god [[Khepri]] became a common amulet too and has now gained renewed fame around the Western world.
23: ...h'' (yew) protects against evil and witchcraft; a non-[[alphabet]]ical [[rune]] representing [[Thor]]'...
24: ...r]], if it has four leaves, symbolises good luck (not the Irish [[shamrock]], which symbolises the Chr... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...ncestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to [[West Africa|West]] and [[sub-Saharan Afric...
3: ==Nomenclature==
6: ...literal meaning, the usual usage of the term does not include [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semite...
10: ...r, 17.6 percent of African Americans lived in the Northeast and 18.7 percent in the Midwest, while onl...
15: ...on slaves in the [[Southern United States]], and another 500,000 African Americans lived free across t... - French language (40201 bytes)
19:
27: ...alect spoken by the Roman army and its agents and not the literary dialect of [[Cicero]].
31: ...tant of these groups are the [[Franks|Franks]] in northern France, the [[Alemanni]] in the German/Fren...
35: ...en "yes" in the south of England and "aye" in the North.
37: ... on, the Franks extended their power over much of northern Gaul. The French language developed on the... - Akkadian language (3224 bytes)
16: ...'i'' and ''e''; this distinction, however, though not originally present in Akkadian, was adopted rapi...
21: ...line and feminine), three [[Declension|cases]] ([[nominative]], [[Accusative case|accusative]], and [[...
23: Akkadian, unlike [[Arabic language|Arabic]], has no broken plurals, although some masculine words tak...
27: ...nd in the fact that direct and indirect object pronouns are suffixed to the verb. Word order seems to...
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