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- Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...k]] γη- (''ge-'', "the earth") and λογος (''logos'', "wo...
14: ...cookers, transport of [[ore]]s, extraction of [[soda]], [[sulfur]] and [[alum]], and administrative is...
26: ...out the Earth's history and are still occurring today. In contrast, [[Catastrophism|catastrophism]] is...
29: ...ianism, which influenced the thought of [[Charles Darwin]].
44: ...ked in much the same way over geologic time. A fundamental principle of geology advanced by the 18th c... - Tectonic plate (1989 bytes)
10: ...eenland]], far eastern [[Siberia]] and northern [[Japan]]. - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...[oceanic trench]] formation occur along plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called "[[Pacific...
10: ...of Fire]] being most active and famous. These boundaries are discussed in further detail below.
14: == Types of plate boundaries ==
15: ...es.png|thumb|right|350px|Three types of plate boundary.]]
16: ...rface phenomena. The different types of plate boundaries are: - Volcano (27295 bytes)
2: ...east, this phenomenon tends to occur near the boundaries of the [[plate tectonics|continental plates]]...
20: ...'''composite volcanoes''' such as [[Mt. Fuji]] in Japan, [[Mount Vesuvius|Vesuvius]] in Italy, [[Mount Er...
21: ...or global weather pattern changes. Potential candidates include [[Yellowstone National Park]] and [[La...
24: Volcanoes are usually situated either at the boundaries between [[tectonic plates]] or over [[hot spo...
54: *[[Mount Fuji]] ([[Honshu]], [[Japan]]) - Eurasia (4541 bytes)
9: ...nts, with the dividing line placed along the [[Dardanelles]], [[Bosphorus]], [[Caucasus Mountains]], [...
33: ...region, being the most important couple China and Japan after a 'decade of confused fighting'. India was ... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Pedro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], ...
11: ...e route to the east became far more difficult and dangerous. The [[Black Death]] of the fourteenth cen...
18: ...[Indian Ocean]] was possible. In [[1498]] [[Vasco da Gama]] made good on this promise by reaching Indi...
26: ...found the wealth it had sought in the form of abundant gold. In the Americas the Spanish found a numbe...
31: ... on the [[Gold Coast (Africa)|Gold Coast]], [[Luanda]], [[Mozambique]], [[Zanzibar]], [[Mombassa]], [[... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
34: ... and British claims; claimed [[1943]] as [[AntᲴida Argentina]], one of the four departments of [[Tie...
36: ...h Claims; claimed [[1940]], as [[comuna de AntᲴida]], one of the two municipalities of [[AntᲴica C...
46: ...?W; overlapped Norwegian claim; claimed [[1939]]–[[1945]] as [[New Schwabenland]]
47: *[[South Africa]]: claimed [[1963]]–[[1994]]
61: * [[Comandante Ferraz Station]], [[King George Island]] ({{co... - Australia (39438 bytes)
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28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January...
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54: ...glish to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voy... - Land bridge (3351 bytes)
1: .... A historic land bridge surviving to the present day is the [[Sinai]], connecting [[North Africa]] wi...
6: ...ng [[subduction|subducted]] in a [[convergent boundary]] under the North American Plate to the north a...
13: ...ellow Sea]] was completely land, and the [[Sea of Japan]] was a large lake.
15: ...]]. The combined [[subcontinent]] is called [[Sundaland]].
26: * Nowadays, the term '''land bridge''' is sometimes used f... - Asia (16910 bytes)
6: ...oundary between Asia and Europe runs via the [[Dardanelles]], the [[Sea of Marmara]], the [[Bosphorus]...
50: ...The [[Pacific Ocean]] islands of [[Taiwan]] and [[Japan]].
80: ...ast]], which includes [[Syria]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[Lebanon]], [[Iraq]] and the Asian [[Biconti...
130: ...ere is no reliable data for Iraq or North Korea). Japan is the world's second largest economy, and North ...
154: ...s a major source of food in Asia, particularly in Japan. - United States (58223 bytes)
1: The '''United States of America'''—also referred to as the '''United States''', ''...
2: ... as several territorial water boundaries with Canada, [[Russia]] and [[The Bahamas]]. It is otherwise ...
9: ...Many, One")<br>''[[In God We Trust]]'' ([[1956]]–present) |
36: established_dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[177...
52: ...riginal 13 states adopted the Constitution as the date on that state "entered the Union" (became part ... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
1: ...y]], [[list of countries by date of nationhood|by date of nationhood]] and by [[time zone]].
10: *[[Angola]] - [[Luanda]]
37: *[[Madagascar]] - [[Antananarivo]]
49: *[[Rwanda]] - [[Kigali]]
52: *[[Senegal]] - [[Dakar]] - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
1: ...d and attention to raise Afghanistan's living standards up from its current status among the lowest in...
13: ...on network, which has deteriorated further due to damage and neglect resulting from war and the absenc...
21: ...Central Asian states, Pakistan, Iran, the EU, and Japan. Afghanistan trades little with the United States...
25: ...of 8,200,000 m³ (290 million cubic feet) per day in the 1980s to a current low of about 600,000 m...
30: ... established a university; expanded primary, secondary, and technical schools; and sent students abroa... - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
16: <tr><td>[[Amman]] <td>[[Jordan]]
17: <tr><td>[[Amsterdam]] <td>[[Netherlands]] (official)
20: <tr><td>[[Antananarivo]] <td>[[Madagascar]]
28: <tr><td>[[Baghdad]] <td>[[Iraq]]
31: ...r><td>[[Bandar Seri Begawan]] <td>[[Brunei|Brunei Darussalam]] - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
15: capital = [[Amsterdam]]. [[The Hague]] is the seat of government |
17: largest_city = [[Amsterdam]] |
32: ...[[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Hinduism]] and [[Judaism]] |
40: established_dates = [[Eighty Years' War|From Spain]]<br/>[[May 2...
55: ... [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Australia]], and [[Canada]]. - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...ar. Most famous among those are the [[lemur]]s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries n...
6: ... = Republique de Madagascar <br> Repoblikan'i Madagasikara |
7: common_name = Madagascar |
8: image_flag = Madagascar flag large.png |
9: image_coat = Madagascar_COA.png | - Paraguay (10959 bytes)
31: |'''[[Independence]]'''<br> - Date
59: ...en [[dictatorship|dictatorial]] government was fundamentally changed by the [[1992]] [[constitution]],...
63: ...t select its nine members on the basis of recommendations from a constitutionally created Magistrates ...
84: ...ana River]], containing the impressive [[Itaipu]] dam it shares with [[Brazil]]. It is currently the l...
97: ...to be the largest concrete structure, the largest dam and the largest power plant of the world. Itaipu... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ... tip of the [[Balkan peninsula]]. It has land boundaries with [[Bulgaria]], the [[Former Yugoslav Repu...
50: ...e''', ({{lang-el|Ελλάδα}}, {{lang|el|''Elláda''}} ([[IPA]]: [{{IPA|e̞ˈlaða}}]), or {{lang|el...
52: ...], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a [[developed nation]], member of the...
59: ...Chinese language|Chinese]] {{lang|zh|希臘}} (Mandarin: Xīlà, Cantonese: Hei-laap).
65: ...ion|Minoan]] and the [[Mycenae]]n. After this, a Dark Age followed until around [[800 BC]], when a ne... - Thailand (14276 bytes)
1: ...land]] and [[Malaysia]] to the south, and the [[Andaman Sea]] and [[Myanmar]] to the west. Thailand is...
39: established_dates = |
60: ... conflict Thailand was in a loose alliance with [[Japan]]; following its conclusion Thailand became an al...
62: ...a]], which is 543 years ahead of the western calendar. For example, the year AD [[2000]] is equal to t...
89: ...m Province|Maha Sarakham]] [[Mukdahan Province|Mukdahan]] [[Nakhon Phanom Province|Nakhon Phanom]] [[N... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...y [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
15: ...istics or accounts given for death tolls or other damages incurred by Mao's campaigns.
17: ...ns of deaths, incurred severe economic costs, and damaged China's cultural heritage. The [[Great Leap ...
19: ...ned head of the Party but was removed from day to day management of economic affairs which came under ...
23: ...stitutes 15% of the population, higher living standards (which is shown via dramatic increases in GDP ...
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