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  1. Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
    5: ...ct professor starting in 1954. Following the example of her instructor [[Ruth Benedict]], Mead concen...
    14: ...d begun to discuss the problems faced by young people (especially women) as they pass through adolesce...
    18: ...tudy among a small group of [[Samoa]]ns -- 600 people -- in which she got to know, lived with, observe...
    28: ...the same ethnocentric sexual puritanism as the people Boas and Mead once shocked. In 1983, the [[Ameri...
    33: ...e high-population density areas were not, for example, present in the same way in Oksapmin, West Sepik...
  2. Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
    5: ...garette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain the unique texture to her voice, which was esp...
    11: ...ses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of the themes of "For Free", sold well, su...
    13: ...] of [[Burundi]] making up the foundation of "The Jungle Line"). During 1975 Mitchell also participated i...
    15: ...dominated by the lengthy part-improvised "Paprika Plains". The album received mixed reviews: some enj...
    17: ...rles Mingus]], who died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished the tracks with a band fe...
  3. Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
    9: ...]'' ([[1953]]), was a drama set in the [[Kenya]]n jungle which centers on the [[love triangle]] portrayed ...
  4. Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
    8: ...ven. The Bolenders were a religious couple who supplemented their meager income by being foster parent...
    15: ...3.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']]
    20: ...' in [[1950]] and especially with ''[[The Asphalt Jungle]]'' released the same year.
    22: By 1952 Zanuck was nearly convinced and she played her first role as a leading lady in ''Don't B...
    23: ...l, [[movie]] critics seemed to forget about the [[plot]] and focused on Marilyn and her unique connect...
  5. Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
    1: The '''People's Republic of Bangladesh'''is a country in [[Sou...
    40: | '''[[Unemployment Rate]]''' || 3.6%
    49: | '''[[National Flower]]''' || Water lily|Shapla ([[Water lily]])
    65: ...l sites of mass architecture, in the form of [[temple]]s and monasteries, bearing proofs of such influ...
    69: ... major landmark in Bangladesh's movement to a "people's state". The [[Language Movement]] of [[1952]] ...
  6. Malaysia (27892 bytes)
    84: ...nd civil war, British [[gunboat diplomacy]] was employed to bring about a peaceful resolution that fav...
    86: ...he rule of the Sultanate of Sulu, whilst the huge jungle territory of [[Sarawak]] was the personal fiefdom...
    88: ...mergency|communist insurgency]]. Post-war British plans to form a "Malayan Union" were scuppered by st...
    111: ... [[lower house]] (''Dewan Rakyat'', literally "People's Hall"). All 69 Senators sit for 6-year terms; ...
    120: ...ines and two-year prison terms, while Malaysian employers face up to a year in jail and a fine of up t...
  7. Peru (12264 bytes)
    57: ... [[department]]s (''departamentos''), and many people still use this term when referring to today's re...
    99: ...ns (costa) are separated from the eastern lowland jungle of the Amazon Basin (selva) by the high and rugge...
    113: ...ts way through the economy. Lima did manage to complete negotiations for an Extended Fund Facility wit...
    121: ...rindian ancestry, constitute around 37% of the people.
    159: ...rulinks.com/pages/english/ PeruLinks.com] Very complete directory linking to possibly as many as 4000 ...
  8. 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...
  9. Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
    8: |Place||[[Southeast Asia]]
    37: ...the Vietnam War, the conflict between US and [[People's Army of Vietnam|NVA]] troops, not to have begu...
    41: ...namese government and partly as a counter to [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] influence in the r...
    47: ...rican [[Declaration of Independence]], and a band played "[[The Star Spangled Banner]]." Ho had hoped...
    50: ...without generous American support in Indochina, a ploy Secretary of State [[Dean Acheson]] accurately ...
  10. History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
    2: ... economic power and well on its way to taking its place among the imperial powers of the age. This ec...
    7: ...nment. [[Abraham Lincoln]] had endorsed a lenient plan for reconstruction, but the immense human cost ...
    11: ...that had been established under Abraham Lincoln's plan were abolished; the first Reconstruction Act st...
    21: ...thus repealing the [[1875]] Civil Rights Act. ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]'' 163 US 537 1896 went even fur...
    23: ...In Title II of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] ''Plessy'' was formally reversed. This Act, along with...
  11. African Buffalo (2744 bytes)
    3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
    12: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
    19: ...pe Buffalo prefer areas of open pasture, close to jungle and swampy ground where they can wallow. They are...
  12. Tsunami (29462 bytes)
    2: ...ted when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landsl...
    4: ... deep [[ocean]]; it simply has a much smaller [[amplitude]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [...
    6: ...rmed by wind action upon the ocean (with which people are more familiar). However, since they are not ...
    10: ...by any disturbance that rapidly [[displacement|displaces]] a large mass of [[water]], such as an [[ear...
    12: ...here denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates in a process known as subduction.
  13. Forest (3705 bytes)
    4: ...istorically, an area set aside for [[hunting]]). Plant communities covering large areas of the globe ...
    6: ...st in its natural form is home to many animal and plant species, and [[biomass]] per unit area is high...
    21: ...owed for a comeback in many areas. In a number of places, forests have been allowed, for one reason or...
    30: *[[Jungle (terrain)]]
    31: *[[Plant]]
  14. Mongoose (2463 bytes)
    3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
    9: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
    10: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Genera]]}}
    16: ... They are fairly intelligent and can be taught simple tricks, so they are often kept as pets to protec...
    18: ...t story|story]] "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by [[Rudyard Kipling]], which depicts the adventures of a young mon...
  15. Maya people (3790 bytes)
    2: ...he '''Maya people''' are a [[native American]] people of southern [[Mexico]] and northern [[Central Am...
    4: ...ta Mench?There are an estimated 6 million Maya people living in this area at the start of the [[21st c...
    6: The largest populations of Maya people are in the Mexican states of [[Yucatᮝ], [[Camp...
    10: ...", but is identified by speakers and Yucatecos simply as "Maya", although the [[Spanish language]] is ...
    16: ...ch as [[Cancun]] and the encouragement of many people from other parts of Mexico to move to that regio...
  16. Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
    1: ...cultures. Contrary to popular myth, the [[Maya people]] never "disappeared." Millions still live in t...
    7: The earliest monuments consist of simple [[Tumulus|burial mounds]], the precursors to [[p...
    11: ... [[genealogy]], [[war]] victories, and other accomplishments.
    23: [[Image:Tazumal.jpg|thumb|250 px|right|Temple ruins at [[Tazumal]], [[El Salvador]]. In the [[...
    27: ...ft of the topography to raise their towers and temples to impressive heights. However, some semblance...
  17. History of India (31279 bytes)
    30: ...ada Valley has produced hominid remains of middle Pleistocene date. Recent finds include a middle pala...
    36: ...brick. The language spoken by the Indus Valley people is not known; some scholars speculate it may hav...
    38: ...emes, encompassing desert, mountains, forest, and jungle. All of these environments are susceptible to unp...
    40: ... presence of a state level society is evident, complete with hierarchical rule and large scale public ...
    44: ...wn writings in [[Sanskrit]]. Whether the Vedic peoples originated in India or invaded India from the n...
  18. Rainforest (6551 bytes)
    4: ... that many hundreds of millions of new species of plants, insects, and [[microorganisms]] are still un...
    6: ...he soil is quite poor. [[Oxisols]], infertile, deeply weathered and severely leached, have developed o...
    8: ... growth of vines, shrubs and small trees called ''jungle''.
    16: ...n. They occur in the lower layers and among the saplings of species of the emergent layer (A layer).
    18: ...ly by the growth of woody climbers or [[liana]]s. Plants with epiphytic adaptations, allowing them to ...
  19. Tiger (11674 bytes)
    4: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
    12: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
    15: ...iger numbers have decreased in size and have been placed on the endangered species list. The tiger is ...
    25: ...e way as [[fingerprint]]s are used to identify people. This is not, however, a preferred method of ide...
    39: ...harmacies and the tiger is seen by poor native people as a resource through which they can ease povert...
  20. Inca road system (6879 bytes)
    4: These trails were used by the Inca people as a means of relaying messages and transporting...
    6: ...|jerky]]. Along the roads, local villagers would plant fruit trees that were watered by irrigation di...
    22: ... become much steeper and trekkers enter the thick jungle. Here, you walk on original Inca stonework as you...
    24: ...l hours of walking through thick cloud forest and jungle, filled with tropical flowers and colourful [[orc...
    26: ...ute. Two to three more hours walking through cool jungle culminates in reaching Inti-Punku, the 'Sun Gate'...

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