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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ngside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of political stablity in the region, and sometim...
65: The native people of the [[Mayans]] and [[Aztecs]] were conquered ...
69: ...ta Rica has avoided much of the violence that has plagued Central America. Since the late [[19th centu...
109: ...cause the Government had implemented a seven year plan of expansion in the high tech industry. They h...
125: ...m connecting the urban populations of the Central Plateau to the port of [[Limon]] on the Caribbean. - Geography (8541 bytes)
11: ... Mapping by the [[Roman Empire|Roman]]s as they explored new lands added new techniques. During the [...
13: ...eography had become recognized as a discrete discipline and became part of a typical universitycurricu...
15: ...antity of knowledge and the number of tools has exploded. There are strong links between geography and...
22: ...graphical knowledge into categories that can be explored globally
23: ...tegories for a specific region or location on the planet. - Flora (plants) (3124 bytes)
3: ...to a ''book or other work'' which describes the [[plant]] [[species]] occurring in an area or time per...
5: ...xonomy)|biota]]. In relation to all the flora and fauna of a region, it is collectively referred to as [[...
9: ...ats]] like mountain vs. flatland. Floras can mean plant life of an historic era as in ''fossil flora''...
11: *''Agricultural and garden flora''. The plants that are deliberately grown by humans.
12: ...that are agriculturally undesirable. Many native plants previously considered weeds have been shown t... - Mediterranean Sea (9773 bytes)
4: ...''' is a part of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by [[Europe]]...
6: ...r trade and cultural exchange between emergent peoples of the region — [[Egyptian|Egyptians]], [...
11: ...e names throughout human history. It was, for example, commonly called ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' (Latin, ''...
13: ...iterranean Sea and its surrounding regions when employed in informal speech.
35: ..., are technically Mediterranean in their climate, fauna and flora. - Continental drift (4518 bytes)
3: ... ridiculed by most geologists, who felt that an explanation of how a continent drifted was a prerequis...
5: ... drift hypothesis before [[1950]]. ''See'': '''[[plate tectonics]]''' for information on current idea...
12: {{seemain|Plate tectonics}}
14: ...ame animals being found on two continents. An example of this is a particular [[earthworm]] found in S...
16: The complementary shapes of the facing sides of South Ameri... - Earth (30908 bytes)
1: {{Planet Infobox/Earth}}
7: ...ern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The planet [[Age of the Earth|formed]] around 4.57 [[bil...
17: ...or of Earth, like that of the other [[terrestrial planets]], is chemically divided into an outer [[sil...
55: ...rth reaches temperatures of 5270 [[kelvin]]s. The planet's internal heat was originally generated duri...
68: ... to sink towards the center in a process called [[planetary differentiation]], while less dense materi... - Australia (39438 bytes)
47: <!-- [[Australian English]] please. -->
48: ...88]]. As the population grew and new areas were explored, six self-governing [[Crown Colony|Crown Colo...
50: ...aterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Torres Strait Islander]]s.
54: ...to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voyages a...
62: ...claiming the land for Britain in [[1770]]. This replica was built in 1988 for Australia's bicentennial... - Europe (23835 bytes)
18: ...hs]] marked the start of a period of discovery, exploration, and increase in scientific knowledge. In ...
44: ...heart lies the [[North German Plain]]. An arc of uplands also exists along the northwestern seaboard, ...
46: ... counted as part of Europe, while the latter are upland areas that were once joined to the mainland un...
53: ...civilisations for millennia, Europe's animals and plants have been profoundly affected by the presence...
55: ...at caused incalculable disruption to the original plant and animal ecosystems. - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...en the black majority and the white minority have played a large part in the country's [[History of So...
13: ...nto Namibia and Botswana, and elsewhere. These people, who are a physically distinct population from o...
24: ...ulations displaced earlier [[hunter-gatherer]] peoples as they migrated.
26: ...d [[Cape Frontier Wars]] against the [[Xhosa]] people, and imported [[slaves]] from [[Indonesia]], [[M...
32: ... tactics much better on local conditions. For example, the Boers wore [[khaki]] clothing, which was th... - Indonesia (12958 bytes)
1: ...tions since the [[Indonesian 1998 Revolution]] toppled General [[Suharto]], who seized power in [[1965...
60: ...ry Cultivation System (''Cultuurstelsel''), large plantations and forced cultivation was established o...
62: ...pan sponsored a committee, led by [[Sukarno]], to plan for independence. Sukarno declared independence...
68: ...rmath of Suharto's rise, hundreds of thousands people were killed or imprisoned in a backlash against ...
77: ...n Rakyat'' (DPR, head: [[Agung Laksono]]) or [[Peoples Representative Council]], elected for a five-ye... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ...s]], forming the [[Celt-Iberian]]s. Early Greek explorers named the region "[[Ophiussa]]" (Greek for "...
21: ...radle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (courtesy IPPAR)]]
25: An [[Islam]]ic invasion took place in [[711]]. Many of the ousted nobles took ref...
29: ...as formally recognized. Afonso, aided by the [[Templar Knights]], continued to conquer southern lands ...
31: ...torious John was then acclaimed as king by the people. - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
59: It is believed that the [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] ancestors of the present-day [[Sloveni...
103: ...ng to major relief units (the Alps, the Pannonian plain, the Dinaric mountains) and climate types (con...
105: Macroregions consist of multiple and very diverse [[mesoregion]]s. The main facto...
125: ...t defined, but is said to be around 10 to 12. The plan will, after being publicly unveiled, need to un...
137: ... the [[Alps]], the [[Dinarides]], the [[Pannonian plain]], and the [[Mediterranean]]. Slovenia's highe... - Biome (5008 bytes)
1: ...ncept of a biome highlights the interaction among plant and animal populations, [[soil]], [[water]] an...
3: ...e condition (due to periodic [[flood]]ing for example), and other physical environment factors. In tu...
5: ...d all associated subclimax, or degraded, flora, [[fauna]] and [[soil]]s, but can often be identified by t...
11: ... a particular area is given a local name. For example, a [[Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrubla...
88: ==Teacher Resources and Lesson Plans== - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
37: ...00 U.S. Census]] had a population of 1,211,537 people. [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]] is the largest ci...
39: ... United States, it is the only state that lies completely in the [[tropics]]. As one of two states out...
54: ...tationary, slowly creating new volcanoes. This explains why only volcanoes on the the southern half o...
56: ...ialeale|Mount Waiʻaleʻale]] the wettest place on earth; it averages 11.7 m (460 in) of rain ...
58: ...f Hawaii to Maui and subsequently to Oʻahu explains why certain population centers exist where th... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...ak savanah territory of the Cross Timbers, to the plains and semi-arid regions of Western Oklahoma and...
56: ... (Northwestern Oklahoma and The Panhandle), Great Plains Country (Southwestern Oklahoma), Frontier Cou...
60: ... plains, Southwestern Tablelands, Central [[Great Plains]],
111: ... [[Caddo]] and [[Osage]]. Descendants of these peoples still live in the state.
113: In the [[16th century]] [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers became the first Europeans to visit the area... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
7: The city consciously attempts to preserve and display a regional architectural style. By a law passed...
16: {{Template:US City infobox|
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45: ... the years 1680-1692, when the native [[Pueblo people]] drove the Spaniards south for a while, Santa F...
48: [[Image:Bird and apple sculpture in Santa Fe NM USA.jpg|thumb|left|Mode... - Cretaceous (7391 bytes)
6: ... end of the period is most sharply defined, being placed at an [[iridium]]-rich layer found worldwide ...
10: ...nd [[Upper Cretaceous|Upper]] subdivisions. The [[faunal stage]]s from youngest to oldest are:
15: | (70.6 ± 0.6 – 65.5 ± 0.3 MYA)
18: | (83.5 ± 0.7 – 70.6 ± 0.6 MYA)
21: | (85.8 ± 0.7 – 83.5 ± 0.7 MYA) - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...ries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still, many place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within ...
15: ...ose in the social sciences or humanities (for example, the "[[Science wars]]").
23: ...he [[habit]]s and [[Abstraction|attributes]] of [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s in the world around him. He...
27: ...ment of]] [[agriculture]], which allowed for a surplus of food, it became possible for early [[Civiliz...
29: ...ture of the planets and stars, many theoretical explanations were proposed. - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
3: ...]] events, such as [[mass extinction]]s. For example, the boundary between the [[Cretaceous]] period ...
7: ..., though in general there are far more recognized faunal stages than defined geologic time units.
9: ... [[trilobita|trilobites]]. The same timespan is split into [[Tommotian]], [[Atdabanian]] and [[Botomi...
13: ...ere simple; applying them to real rocks proved complex. Over the course of the 18th century geologist...
15: ...cale that could be applied anywhere on Earth took place in the late 18th century. The most influentia... - Anthropology (23191 bytes)
1: ...with anthropological methods now being commonly applied in single society/group studies.
14: ...nderstanding how it fits into other academic disciplines.
16: ... the culture concept which is central to the discipline.
18: ...world is becoming smaller and more integrated, people's experience of the world is increasingly atomiz...
20: ...ion the products of distant lands and climes. In place of the old local and national seclusion and se...
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