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- Geology (12007 bytes)
104: *[[Geology of Japan]] - Tectonic plate (1989 bytes)
10: ...eenland]], far eastern [[Siberia]] and northern [[Japan]].
12: As far as is known, the [[Earth]] is the only planet in the [[Solar System]] to possess tecton... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
10: ...''plate boundary'', and plate boundaries are commonly associated with geological events such as earthq...
19: ...ur where two plates slide towards each other commonly forming either a [[subduction]] zone (if one pla...
37: ...ce, forming long chains of [[volcano|volcanoes]] inland from the continental shelf and parallel to it....
41: ...mple of this type of plate convergence would be [[Japan]].
63: ...g of material at mid-ocean ridges is almost certainly part of this convection. Some early models of pl... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
20: ...'''composite volcanoes''' such as [[Mt. Fuji]] in Japan, [[Mount Vesuvius|Vesuvius]] in Italy, [[Mount Er...
47: ...nct volcanoes are those that scientists consider unlikely to erupt again. Whether a volcano is truly e...
54: *[[Mount Fuji]] ([[Honshu]], [[Japan]])
109: ...noes. For example, [[Mount St. Helens]] is found inland from the margin between the oceanic [[Juan de ...
126: ...face expression. The large majority of these are only known about at surface because of earthquakes as... - Eurasia (4541 bytes)
33: ...region, being the most important couple China and Japan after a 'decade of confused fighting'. India was ... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
18: ... the West Coast of [[Africa]]. For centuries the only trade routes linking [[West Africa]] with the Me...
26: ... arrival unleashed, managed to conquer them with only a handful of men. Once Spanish suzereignancy was...
31: ...me the first westerners to reach and trade with [[Japan]]. Under the King [[Manuel I of Portugal|Manuel ...
33: Portugal had some trouble expanding its empire inland, however, concentrating mostly on the coastal ...
40: ... expeditions of Cabot, Cartier and others were mainly hoping to find the [[Northwest passage]] and thu... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
6: ...thern Land") go back to antiquity, the first commonly accepted sighting of the continent occurred in [...
40: ...nd]] at 68?50' S, 90?35'W, claimed [[1929]], the only Antarctic claim area that is not a sector, a Nor...
46: ...; claimed [[1939]]–[[1945]] as [[New Schwabenland]]
79: ... ([[National Institute of Polar Research]] {{flag|Japan}})
89: ... ([[National Institute of Polar Research]] {{flag|Japan}}) (GMT+3) - Australia (39438 bytes)
48: ...ea. A part of [[Australasia]], it includes the mainland and a number of islands, the largest of which ...
50: .... The shortest border distance is between the mainlands of Papua New Guinea and Australia at about 15...
69: ...anding constitute [[genocide]]{{mn|Tatz1999|3}}. Only following the [[Australian referendum, 1967 (Abo...
73: ...ritain's defeat in Asia in 1942 and the threat of Japanese invasion caused Australia to turn to the [[Uni...
79: ...overnor-General, these powers are generally used only on advice from the [[Prime Minister of Australia... - Land bridge (3351 bytes)
13: ...ellow Sea]] was completely land, and the [[Sea of Japan]] was a large lake. - Asia (16910 bytes)
50: ...The [[Pacific Ocean]] islands of [[Taiwan]] and [[Japan]].
52: * [[China]], but sometimes only the eastern regions
62: * In [[Indochina|mainland Southeast Asia]], the countries [[Myanmar]], [...
66: ...y the [[South China Sea]], and thus has both a mainland and island part.
76: ...e Western term ''[[Middle East]]'', which is commonly used by Europeans and Americans. ''Middle East''... - United States (58223 bytes)
66: ...oviet Union]], was considered one of the world's only two "[[superpower]]s". With the [[collapse of th...
84: ...e appealed from a state court to a federal court only if there is a federal question, the [[State supr...
90: ...nty|counties]] have little or no power, existing only as geographic distinctions. In other areas, coun...
115: ...er 48; [[Alaska]], which is physically connected only to Canada, and the [[archipelago]] of Hawaii in ...
123: ...es government claims a lease to this land, which only mutual agreement or United States abandonment of... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
92: * [[Japan]] (Nihon) - [[Tokyo]]
141: * [[Finland]] - [[Helsinki]]
191: *[[Greenland]] - [[Nuuk]] (Denmark)
222: * [[Falkland Islands]] - [[Port Stanley]] (United Kingdom) - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
9: ...erwhelmingly agricultural, despite the fact that only 12% of its total land area is arable and less th...
13: ...gricultural production and livestock numbers are only sufficient to feed about half of Afghanistan's p...
21: ...Central Asian states, Pakistan, Iran, the EU, and Japan. Afghanistan trades little with the United States...
30: ...ent plans. By the late 1970s, these had achieved only mixed results due to flaws in the planning proce...
34: ...50,000 pieces of [[unexploded ordnance]], sown mainly during the Soviet occupation, which continue to ... - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
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213: <tr><td>[[Tokyo]] <td>[[Japan]] - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
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66: ...ing stock and then bought it back at a discount ("Japan Goes Dutch," ''London Review of Books'' [April 5,...
70: ... directly administrated by the Dutch government. Only then did they become official colonies (the [[Du... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...[lemur]]s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries not to use a [[decimal currency]].
59: ...land in [[1942]] to preclude its seizure by the [[Japan]]ese. The [[Free French]] received the island fro...
66: ...tion in [[March]] [[1972]]. However, he resigned only 2 months later in response to massive [[antigove...
68: ...year presidential term. For much of this period, only limited and restrained political opposition was ...
111: .... It is also mentioned that the communes are the only entities that are operational, and there will be... - Paraguay (10959 bytes)
97: ...ird largest free-tax commerce zone of the world, only behind [[Hong Kong]] and [[Miami, Florida|Miami]...
106: ... official languages. [[Ethnic German|Germans]], [[Japan]]ese, [[Korea]]ns, ethnic [[China|Chinese]], [[Ar...
108: Paraguay's population is distributed unevenly throughout the country. The vast majority of the... - Greece (54754 bytes)
23: ...Minister]]''' || [[Costas Caramanlis|Ks Karamanl�]
50: ...e east. The [[Aegean Sea]] lies to the east of mainland Greece while the [[Ionian Sea]] lies to the we...
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59: ...]] {{lang|he|יוון}} ({{lang|he|Yavan}}). In only a few languages is the "Hellas" root the basis o...
87: ...were completing the main conquest of the Greek Mainland, two Greek migrations occurred. The first migr... - Thailand (14276 bytes)
58: ...but, despite continued pressure, Thailand is the only [[Southeast Asia]]n country never to have been t...
60: ... conflict Thailand was in a loose alliance with [[Japan]]; following its conclusion Thailand became an al... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...]The '''People's Republic of China''' (PRC), commonly referred to as '''China''', is a state in [[East...
6: The term "[[mainland China]]" is sometimes used to denote the area ...
13: ...n [[1949]] with the Communists in control of [[mainland China]] and the Kuomintang in control of [[Tai...
21: ...wed but gradually under the leadership of [[Zhou Enlai]] moderate forces regained influence. After Mao...
33: :''This section is on the politics of [[Mainland China]]. See also: [[Chinese nationalism]], [[...
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