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- Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...osely tied to South Africa's, is dominated by [[cattle]] raising and [[mining]], especially [[diamond|...
15: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Pula (Rain)''</big>
58: ...ilities broke out between the Batswana and Boer settlers from the Transvaal. After appeals by the Bats...
62: ...om office in 1998. The presidency passed to the sitting vice president, [[Festus Mogae]], who was elec...
75: ...district councilors and district development committees. There has been ongoing debate about the polit... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
13: | align=center colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: One People, One Nation, One Destiny''</small>
62: ...d [[Carib]] tribes of [[Amerindian]]s. European settlement began in the early [[17th century]] with th...
64: ...olition of [[slavery]] in [[1834]] led to black settlement of urban areas and the importation of inden...
67: *[[Cheddi Jagan]] 1957 - 1964, 1992 - 1997
119: ... are the dominant religions in Guyana, with the latter two concentrated in the Indo-Guyanese community... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
14: ...an=2 | <small>''[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: Unity, Freedom, Work''</small>
46: ...s at [[Great Zimbabwe]], a Shona-speaking state, attest the existence of a medieval Bantu civilization...
54: ...n Southern Rhodesia (known simply Rhodesia from [[1964]]) demanded independence, but the British governm...
56: ...|UN]] economic sanctions against Rhodesia. In an attempt to distance the country from its colonial mas...
62: ...|Lancaster House]] in an attempt to negotiate a settlement in the civil war. - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: national_motto = Yaqeen-e-muhkam, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidenc...
62: ...nto the beginning of the [[1st century]] CE, as petty rulers (such as [[Theodamas]]) and as administra...
81: ...kistan Wars|three all out wars]] due to these unsettled issues. Other inherited legacies of British ru...
90: ...28]], [[1933]] in the pamphlet ''Now or Never'' [http://www.zyworld.com/slam33/non.htm]. He saw it as ...
92: ...ن (Bakstaan), as the Arabic alphabet lacks the letter "P." - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
14: ...al-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Pax et justitia<br>([[Latin]]: Peace and just...
59: ...]] settlers cultivated coffee, tobacco, indigo, cotton, and sugar on plantations worked by African sla...
61: ...the resulting labor shortages on the plantations attracted Portuguese immigrants in the 1840s and east...
65: ...is period, the British made several unsuccessful attempts to affiliate St. Vincent with other Windward...
83: ... Grenadines is divided into 6 [[parish]]es: Charlotte, Grenadines, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint Ge... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
13: national_motto = ''Morir antes que esclavos vivir''<br>([[Engli...
76: ...ars of tumultuous rule left the MNR divided. In [[1964]], a military [[junta]] overthrew President Paz E...
85: ...wers in the Chapare region. The policy produced little net reduction in coca, and in the mid-1990s Bol...
103: ...dash; social divisions, a radical opposition committed to extra-parliamentary action, and an ongoing f...
156: ...ofits. The continuing legal battle has attracted attention from anti-globalization and anti-capitalist... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ...d from that of southern tribes, or noting the 'glitter of the sun rising across the lake' (as seen in ...
7: national_motto = Unity and Freedom |
35: ... = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[July 6]], [[1964]] |
51: ...e Malawi in [[1859]]. Subsequently, [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Presbyterian]] churches established missio...
53: ... was marked by a number of unsuccessful Malawian attempts to obtain independence. A growing [[Europe]]... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ... The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
21: ...mbol, is known as the "Cradle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (court...
29: ...s a nation to [[June 24]], [[1128]], with the [[Battle of S㯠Mamede]] by [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afons...
31: ...tugal's most historic battle of Portugal, the [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]. The victorious John was then ...
42: ... exploration of Africa. Before this voyage very little information was known in Europe about what lay ... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
8: national_motto = One Zambia, One Nation |
36: established_dates = [[October 24]], [[1964]] |
49: ...ury by [[Ngoni]] peoples from the south. By the latter part of that century, the various peoples of Za...
57: ...ecame the Republic of Zambia on [[October 24]], [[1964]].
63: By the late [[1970s]], Mozambique and Angola had attained independence from Portugal. Zimbabwe achieve... - Flag of Colorado (1126 bytes)
1: ...thumb|right|Flag of Colorado. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ... horizontal stripes of equal width; the top and bottom stripes are blue, and the middle stripe white. ...
4: ...[flag of the United States]]. On [[March 31]], [[1964]], the legislature further dictated the diameter ... - Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
1: ...b|220px|Aerial view of Lake Nasser, courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
5: ...ontrol the flood waters to protect farmland and cotton fields. In a high-water year, the whole crop ma...
15: ...ished in [[1964]]. The reservoir began filling in 1964 while the dam was still under construction and fi...
18: ...he first time. The effects of dangerous floods in 1964 and 1973 and of threatening droughts in 1972&ndas... - Abu Simbel (4501 bytes)
1: ...g|thumb|left|200px|Abu Simbel Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...er.jpg|thumb|200px|Abu Simbel Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
7: ...i]], commemorating his alleged victory at the [[Battle of Kadesh]].
15: ...s marriage to the daughter of the King of the [[Hittites]]. The temple entrance leads on to the Great...
17: ...tle of Kadesh]] waged by Rameses II against the Hittites. Then we enter the smaller hall of the temple... - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
1: ...tlw.jpg|thumb|Ancient Rome. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]'''An...
17: *[[Hittites]]
30: ==What is written ancient history?==
32: ...mb|Temple Acropolis Greece. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
33: ...y of Rome'' only 35 survive. Ancient history's written records are the product of human memory. The me... - Alaska (24727 bytes)
9: Motto = North to the Future |
25: AdmittanceOrder = 49<sup>th</sup> |
26: AdmittanceDate = [[January 3]], [[1959]] |
54: |'''[[List of U.S. state mottos|State motto]]'''||"North To The Future"
66: On [[January 3]], [[1959]], '''Alaska''' was admitted to the [[United States]] as the 49th [[U.S. sta... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
27: AdmittanceOrder = 48th |
28: AdmittanceDate = [[February 14]], [[1912]] |
51: Butterfly = [[Two-Tailed Swallowtail]] |
53: ...ptile = [[Rattlesnake|Arizona Ridgenose Rattlesnake]] |
70: Motto = ''Ditat Deus'' (God Enriches) | - Maine (17312 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 23<sup>rd</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 15]], [[1820]] |
38: ... known as the [[Missouri Compromise]] because admitting both states into the union kept the balance be...
45: ... in half a century to carry Maine (sans for the [[1964]] landslide victory of [[Lyndon Johnson]]), thank...
81: ...the case of Maine there has been a partially offsetting rise in land also, due to the melting of heavy... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 14<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 4]], [[1791]] |
36: ...mplain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts]] to the south, [[New Hampshire]] to the east, [...
38: ...ed by the surrounding [[13 colonies|colonies]]. Settlers who held land titles granted by the [[Provinc...
46: ...ecause their relatively low altitude allows for little [[tree-line|timberline]], form a north-south sp... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 2<sup>nd</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 12]] [[1787]] |
38: ...Hall]], and a thriving metropolitan area, and [[Pittsburgh]], a busy inland [[river port]] and major c...
46: The battleship [[USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)|USS ''Pennsylvan...
53: ...the state, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, was settled by [[Sweden]], but control later passed to the... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
25: AdmittanceOrder = 46<sup>th</sup> |
26: AdmittanceDate = [[November 16]], [[1907]] |
34: LowestElev = [[Little River]] 88 |
58: ...d by some to refer to all of Eastern Oklahoma), Little Dixie (Southeastern Oklahoma), Western Oklahoma...
128: ...e Confederacy. There were several [[Stand Watie|battles]] fought in Oklahoma. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
9: Motto = Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
24: AdmittanceOrder = 47<sup>th</sup> |
25: AdmittanceDate = [[January 6]], [[1912]] |
50: ... the Rio Grande in [[1598]], the first European settlement in the future state of New Mexico. O pi...
52: ...e Americans to forced labor on the haciendas and attempted to convert them to Christianity. The [[Apac...
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