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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...at''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novembe...
5: ...nths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by C...
9: ...-Bonesana|Beccaria]] and [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine drew up ...
11: ...e status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catheri...
13: Catherine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[P... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...beth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709...
3: ...xorbitant sums of money on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Ras...
7: ...litical opponents to challenge her right to the throne.
9: ...these languages with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by he...
11: ... dislike of the princess for the various suitors proposed to her, so that on the death of her mother (... - Tectonic plate (1989 bytes)
4: The plates are around 100 km (60 miles) thick and consist of two pri...
6: ...cipally of lower [[density]] [[granite|granitic]] rocks rich in [[aluminium]] and [[silica]]. The two ...
8: ... the asthenosphere carries the plates along in a process known as [[continental drift]], which is expl...
10: ...h America]] but also [[Greenland]], far eastern [[Siberia]] and northern [[Japan]].
12: ...sed plates in the past before the planet's crust froze in place. - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...ation occur along plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called "[[Pacific Ring of Fire]]").
5: Plate tectonic theory arose out of two separate geological observations: [...
8: ... the ''chemical'' subdivision of the Earth into (from innermost to outermost) [[Earth#The core|core]],...
12: ...arries no continent), while the continental ones project above sea level (see [[isostasy]] for explana...
18: ...undaries]]''' occur where two plates slide apart from each other. - Eurasia (4541 bytes)
3: ...the area east of the [[Cherskiy Range]] in East [[Siberia]]. ''Eurasia'' is also used in international poli...
7: ...tural, and [[linguistic]] relationships between European and Asian cultures of antiquity, which had lo...
9: ...ally separated from each other as they are from Europe.
11: ...s, creating a vague [[South Eurasia]]. [[North Europe]] and parts of [[North Asia]] create another va...
13: ...most Asian migrants traditionally tended to come from the Pacific-rim countries, thus the contrasting ... - Eurasian Plate (848 bytes)
2: ...the area east of the [[Cherskiy Range]] in East [[Siberia]]. It extends westward to the [[Mid-Atlantic Rid... - North American Plate (1264 bytes)
1: ...right|300px|The North American plate is shown in brown on this map]]
2: ... and westward to the [[Cherskiy Range]] in East [[Siberia]]. - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...efined by subtracting the [[Europe]]an peninsula from Eurasia. [[geology|Geologically]] and [[geograph...
6: ...idges of the [[Caucasus]] (according to others, through the [[Kuma-Manych Depression]]), the [[Caspian...
12: ...) is the land of the rising sun where the west (Europe) is the land of the setting sun.
14: ... alternative explanation is that the word Asia is rooted in a [[Greek language|Greek]] term given orig...
24: ...ils about the borderline cases between Asia and Europe, Asia and Africa and Asia and Oceania. - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ... of the Ural River is located in eastern-most [[Europe]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People...
3: ...w.stat.kz/en/info/stat-bul/stbr&e0303.pdf], down from 16,464,464 in [[1989]] [http://www.stat.kz/ru/dy...
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1: ...he country's young [[democracy]] showed relative promise under the leadership of former President [[As...
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37: established_dates = From the [[Soviet Union]]<br> [[31 August]] [[1991]]<...
52: ... the [[8th century|8th]] centuries. They spread across what is now the [[Tuva]] region of the [[Russia...
54: ... in [[1876]]. The Russian takeover instigated numerous revolts against [[tsar]]ist authority, and many... - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
1: ...nd]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Hungary]] to the west, [[Romania]] and [[Moldova]] to the southwest and the [...
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34: | '''[[Gross domestic product|GDP]]''' (2004) <br /> - Total (PPP) <b...
37: ...Soviet Union|Independence]]'''<br> Date || From [[Soviet Union]]<br>[[August 24]] [[1991]] - Wolverine (3928 bytes)
13: ...= pink | binomial_name = Gulo gulo | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
17: ...ve been known (and been filmed) to capture kills from other predators, such as [[polar bear]]s or a [[...
19: ...at the animal has a very low population density throughout its range, possibly as a result of [[illega...
21: ...development of the fetus. Females often will not produce young when food is not abundant. The young, u...
23: ...s]] and [[biologist]]s, marking the first time in roughly two centuries that a wolverine had been posi... - Mammoth (4333 bytes)
3: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]}}
8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Proboscidea]]}}
14: ...habited the northern regions of the world, in [[Europe]], [[North Asia]], and [[North America]] during...
16: ...mmoths have been found in the northern parts of [[Siberia]].
18: ...ve been proposals to [[cloning|clone]] freshly defrosted mammoths in order to revive the species. - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ...n accordance with the dates and [[nomenclature]] proposed by the [[International Commission on Stratig...
9: ...y and define universal horizons that can be used around the world.
13: ... realize that: 1) Sequences of strata were often eroded, distorted, tilted, or even inverted after dep...
15: ...ak of a "Tertiary Period" as well as of "Tertiary Rocks." Indeed, "Tertiary" and "Quaternary" remaine...
17: ...iled studies of the strata and fossils of Europe produced, between 1820 and 1850, the sequence of geol... - Cereal (6537 bytes)
2: ...ial. The word '''cereal''' has its origin in the Roman goddess of grain, ''[[Ceres (goddess)|Ceres]]'...
4: ...thumb|300px|Oats, barley, and some products made from them.]]
6: == Cereal crops ==
10: ...ops are (in approximate order of greatest annual production):
12: *[[rice]], the primary cereal of [[tropics|tropical]] regions - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...k|This article covers the History of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyon...
3: ...e known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...49, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-tech...
11: ... Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early i...
13: ...othills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to... - Atmospheric pressure (6841 bytes)
7: ...level to the top of the atmosphere would weigh approximately 14.7 lbf. A 1 m<sup>2</sup> column ...
11: ...t sea level, and real atmospheric pressures vary from place to place and moment to moment everywhere i...
13: ...ure = 32?F (0?C) instead. For natural gas, the petroleum industry uses a standard temperature of 60?F ...
16: ...ther than subtract) a small correction to their barometric pressure readings (called "station pressure...
18: ...orts on radio, television, and newspapers. When barometers in the home are set to match the local weat... - Garlic (12167 bytes)
1: ...gy)|family]] [[Alliaceae]]. The word comes to us from Old English ''gārlēac'', meaning "spea...
3: ... odor, garlic is sometimes called the "[[stinking rose]]".
8: ...he Caucasus and eaten as an appetizer. A common error of beginning cooks is to misinterpret the word "...
10: ...s, or smaller bulbs. From these new bulbs can be procured by planting out in late winter or early spri...
12: ...ow Selfsufficientish.com] provides the following growing instructions: - Deer (6737 bytes)
14: ...ervidae'''. A number of broadly similar animals, from related families within the [[order (biology)|or...
16: ...y used, but an example is in [[Shakespeare]]'s "[[Romeo and Juliet]]" when Tybalt refers to the brawli...
18: ...s (a gift from United States President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]) have been largely domesticated since th...
20: ...e [[antler]]s instead of horns. Antlers are bony growths that develop each year (usually in summer) an...
22: .... Note that the terms indicate the origin of the groups, not their modern distribution: the [[Water De...
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