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- Rwanda (10946 bytes)
46: ...ile and hilly terrain, which give it the title "[[Land of a Thousand Hills]]", supports one of the dense...
52: ... migrated to neighboring countries. They moved mainly to Congo but also to Ugandan plantations, lookin...
58: ...tm] when his Falcon 50 trijet was shot down while landing in [[Kigali]]. It is remains unclear who was r...
95: ... Therefore the country is also fondly known as "[[Land of a Thousand Hills]]" ([[Pays des mille collines...
101: ... the most densely populated country in Africa; is landlocked; and has few natural resources and minimal ... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
61: ... Congo]], but in practical terms, things changed only slightly.
72: ...u]]. Lumumba escaped to join his supporters in Stanleyville but was recaptured and then flown (January...
80: ... occasionally hold elections in which he was the only candidate. Relative peace and stability was achi...
122: *[[Kisangani]] (Stanleyville)
146: ...outlet to the Atlantic Ocean is a narrow strip of land on the north bank of the Congo River. - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: The '''Republic of Bolivia''' is a [[landlocked]] [[country]] in central [[South America]]....
59: ...speaking [[Incas]] entered the area of modern highland Bolivia and added it to their empire. They contro...
74: ... universal adult suffrage, carried out a sweeping land reform, promoted rural education, and nationalize...
118: ...are still appointed by the central government. [[:Category:Cities in Bolivia|Bolivian cities and town]]s are...
141: ...ost Bolivians live. The east of the country is lowland, and covered by the Amazonian [[rainforest]]s. [[... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: '''The Republic of Malawi''' is a land-locked nation in [[East Africa]]. It is bordered ...
9: ... = [[Mlungu dalitsani Malawi]] (Oh God Bless Our Land of Malawi) |
51: ...e of Lake Malawi in [[1859]]. Subsequently, [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Presbyterian]] churches established ...
53: ...ociations, and after [[1944]], through the [[Nyasaland African Congress]] (NAC).
55: ...3]] to form the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]]. In [[July 1958]], Dr. [[Hastings Kamuzu Banda]... - Togo (15373 bytes)
14: ...r>([[French language|French]]: Work, Liberty, Homeland)''</small>
46: ...e; toi, pays de nos aïeux]]'' (Hail to thee, land of our forefathers)
57: ... signed a deal with a local king, Mlapa, and 'Togoland' became a German colony. The Germans brought scie...
59: ...h side declared its independence, with French Togoland becoming Togo.
65: It was, however, only a perfunctory strike against [[colonialism]]: To... - Angola (15614 bytes)
61: ...rs. They formed the colony of Angola. The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] occupied Luanda from 1641-48, providing ...
63: ...]] (''Frente Nacional de Liberta磯 de Angola'', FNLA), with an ethnic base in the Bakongo region of t...
64: ...an ethnic and regional base in the Ovimbundu heartland in the center of the country.
66: ...e out between MPLA, UNITA and FNLA. In 1976, the FNLA was defeated by a combination of MPLA and [[Cuba...
79: ...ut is weak and fragmented, and courts operate in only 12 of more than 140 municipalities. A Supreme Co... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...]), better known as '''Babe Ruth''' and also commonly known by the nicknames ''The Bambino'' and ''The...
7: ...ch time she gave birth to a child, eight in all. Only Babe and his sister, Mary, survived infancy.
15: ... League]], a rebel major league which would last only 2 years, placed a team in Baltimore, across the ...
18: ...Boston, and they were married in [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]] on [[October 14]], [[1914]].
20: ...ders, Ruth did not pitch and grounded out in his only at bat. - California (63989 bytes)
19: LandArea = 404,298 |
93: ...rci RodrÃguez de Montalvo]], where there is an island paradise called California. (For further discussi...
101: ...ies set up tiny settlements on enormous grants of land in the vast territory north of Baja California. ...
113: ...est, where new Californians were discovering that land in the state, if irrigated during the dry summer ...
122: ...he odd-numbered districts are elected in years evenly divisible by four, i.e., presidential election y... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
16: LandArea = 16,649 |
37: ...rchipelago]] of the [[Hawaiian Islands|Hawaiian Islands]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Hawaii constitutes t...
39: ...ngered species]] capital of the world and is the only industrial producer of [[coffee]], and [[chocola...
46: ... of King Kamehameha III meaning, "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness." It was also th...
49: ''Main article: [[Hawaiian Islands]]'' - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
17: LandArea = 140,787 |
53: ...ash;many of them immigrants from [[Cornwall]], England—flocked to southern Wisconsin in what could...
61: ...] which cover over 200 acres (800,000 m²) of land on the far west side of the city. Madison is also...
65: ...was added by the state legislature as a protected category under existing anti-discrimination laws, a step i...
79: ...s a rugged landscape with a mix of forest and farmland. - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
16: LandArea = 62,436 |
38: ...n with [[Washington D.C.]] suburbs in western Maryland and Virginia. West Virginia broke away from [[Vi...
40: ...e Day] the federal government, which controls the landing site, allows [[BASE jumping]] [http://www.wvbr...
46: West Virginia is the only American state formed as a direct result of the ...
48: ...particularly around the Wheeling region, and the only three counties in Virginia to vote for [[Abraham... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
16: LandArea = 19,231 |
36: ...h smallest state. The state is named after the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
39: ...the Dutch in 1654 and incorporated into New Netherland.
41: ... [[Hudson River]] and the [[Delaware River]] (the land that would become New Jersey) to two friends who ...
43: ...'s Royalist Governor, was gifted a large tract of land in North America henceforth known as New Jersey. - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
3: ...e Roaring Twenties broke out in [[Germany]], [[England]] and [[France]], where the second half of this d...
17: ...llion [[Model T]]. In all of Canada, there were only about 300,000 vehicles registered in [[1918]], b...
34: ... prospered due to their vast agricultural [[hinterland]]s. Cities on the [[Pacific Coast|West Coast]] s...
43: ...man who rebels against his safe life and family, only to realize that the young generation is as hypoc...
91: ...ted aliens ineligible for citizenship from owning land. Similar laws were passed in 11 other states. In ... - List of sports (7304 bytes)
1: ...may fit in more than one category. Here they are only listed in one.
164: Sports mainly based on sheer power.
191: * [[Inline speed skating]]
195: * [[Roller skating]], Inline skating
228: * [[Land luge]] (also known as [[street luge]] and road lu... - Desert (21206 bytes)
4: ...erve moisture. Approximately one-third of Earth's land surface is desert. (See a map of the world's dese...
6: ...en) processes are major factors in shaping desert landscapes.
14: ...xtremely arid land are deserts, and semiarid grasslands generally are referred to as [[steppes]].
20: ... remains below freezing year-round, rendering the land almost completely lifeless.
22: ...of moisture (this is true in some middle-latitude landmass interior locations, particularly in [[Asia]])... - Space (10661 bytes)
67: ...g]] is a method of regulating the use of space at land-level, with decisions made at [[regional]], [[nat...
69: Ownership of space is not restricted to land. Ownership of [[Airspace]] and of [[Internationa...
71: ...[Public space]] is a term used to define areas of land which are open to all, whilst [[personal space]] ...
90: ...dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singi...
95: And touched things smoother than moonlight on still water,<br> - Solar system (21174 bytes)
23: ...rtificial [[satellite]]s orbiting the planets, mainly Earth, as well as probes heading into [[deep spa...
27: ...ey are subdivided into [[asteroid group]]s and [[:Category:Asteroid groups and families|families]] based on ...
36: ...ut 76 to 928 AU, does not obviously fit in either category, although its discoverers argue that it should be...
45: ...the only planetary system known, and so theories only had to explain one system to be plausible. The ...
53: ... preventing the formation of large animal life on land. By remaining out of the spiral arms, Earth may b... - Macau (16856 bytes)
47: ... Cantonese Jyutping: maa1 gok3), a still-existing landmark built in [[1448]] dedicated to the goddess [[...
48: ...5;門, Cantonese Jyutping: ou3 mun4) means "Inlet Gates". The "gates" refer to two erect gate-lik...
50: ...et"), Lin Do (蓮島; Liandao; "Lotus Island"), as well as "Soda port" (疏打ࣉ...
52: ''Macau'' is the only official Portuguese spelling. In English, both '...
57: ...was a subject of repeated attempts by the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] to conquer it in the [[17th century]]. - Caste (32815 bytes)
5: ...part of the Rig Veda (the "family books," (2-7). Only the Purusha Sukta hymn (Rig Veda 10:90) mentions...
20: ...e Brahman the privilege of reading the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to them by ...
39: ...eir caste duty was to slay enemies.They were the only caste allowed to rule.
60: ...''[[Manusmriti]]'' it is asserted that there are only four varnas, which leads one to the conclusion t...
72: Unlike the Varna caste system, where one could not ch... - Human (48024 bytes)
43: ...ace''. Until the [[20th century]], ''human'' was only used adjectivally ("pertaining to mankind"). Nom...
54: ...piens sapiens''. They are usually considered the only surviving species in the genus ''[[Homo (genus)|...
56: ...ogether with [[gorilla]]s, these four make up the category of [[great ape]]s. It has been estimated that the...
116: ...[[bonobo]], or pygmy chimpanzee. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed...
124: ...in the animal kingdom. Certainly, humans are the only technologically advanced animal. Along with neur...
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