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  1. Puritan (15882 bytes)
    4: ... the early eighteenth century. However, Puritans did not, by and large, use the term for themselves, a...
    5: ...he seventeenth century the group had become so divided that "Puritan" was most often used by opponents...
    8: ...ion towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (middle way).
    12: ...jected to ornaments and ritual in the churches as idolatrous (vestments, surplices, organs, genuflecti...
    22: ...nformity with a distasteful religious regime, or did they take the separatist and illegal step of with...
  2. Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
    10: ...leopatra2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    21: ... conventional, unspectacular meal served; he was ridiculing this, when she ordered the second course &...
    23: Antony's behaviour was considered outrageous by the Romans, and Octavian convin...
    25: ...tavian. Cleopatra and Antony both committed [[suicide]], Cleopatra by using a snake to poison herself ...
    27: ... of her servants to test out various forms of suicide, before choosing the method which she believed t...
  3. Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
    7: ...ring anthropologist--one who wrote clearly and vividly enough for the general public to read and learn...
    14: ... women) as they pass through adolescence as "unavoidable periods of adjustment." Boas felt that a stu...
    16: ...present a different picture?" She found that it did. (See pp. 6-7, American Museum of Natural History...
    20: ...ty, or confusion seen in the United States. [See [http://www.livejournal.com/users/aperey/1217.html Pere...
    28: ...r pointed out that Samoan culture had changed considerably in the decades following Mead's original re...
  4. Grace O'Malley (3478 bytes)
    11: ... Grace afterwards returned to Mayo and took up residence at the family castle or tower-house in [[Clar...
    14: ...[Brehon law]] 'for one year certain', and it is said that when the year was up Grace divorced Richard ...
    19: ... an expedition from [[Galway]] who wanted to get rid of her. Grace, however, put them to flight and th...
    22: ...her former ways, though nominally directing her raids against "enemies of [[England]]". She died in R...
    26: * Renaissance-central.com [http://www.rencentral.com/oct_nov_vol1/graceomalley.sh...
  5. Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
    6: ...t her true biological father. The most likely candidate for a while seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Gif...
    8: ... Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done ...
    12: ...self, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligen...
    18: ...lled Marilyn Miller and Monroe was her mother's maiden name which Marilyn suggested herself. The year ...
    20: ...nroe threw herself into her modelling work and rapidly began to build contacts around [[Hollywood]] an...
  6. Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
    7: ... nominal kings [[Philip III of Macedon|Philip Arrhidaeus]] and the young [[Alexander IV of Macedon|Ale...
    13: ...ap of Egypt absolutely his own master. The peace did not last long, and in [[309 BC|309]] Ptolemy comm...
    17: ...r]] and [[Greece]]; his possessions in Greece he did not retain, but Cyprus he re-conquered in [[295 B...
    19: ...ss of Macedonians and Greeks to his service; nor did he neglect conciliation of the natives. He was a ...
    22: *[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places...
  7. Netherlands (35958 bytes)
    25: population_estimate = 16,297,196[http://www.cbs.nl/nl/cijfers/bevolkingsteller/popclock...
    66: ...cording to Murray Sayle, the world's first bear raider -- Isaac le Maire, who forced prices down by du...
    70: ...administrated by the Dutch government. Only then did they become official colonies (the [[Dutch East I...
    72: ...a (people)|Roma]] (gypsies), gay and lesbian individuals, and people with mental retardation and other...
    75: The name [[Holland]] is widely used as being equivalent to The Netherlands; i...
  8. Panama (10077 bytes)
    1: ...''' constitutes the last part of a natural land bridge between the [[North America]]n and [[South Amer...
    2: ... 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
    8: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Panama flag large.png|125px|]...
    9: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Escudo_armas_Panama.PNG|110px...
    11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Panama|In Detail]])
  9. Cuba (25106 bytes)
    10: ...companies. As a result, relations with the USA rapidly deteriorated. At first, Castro was reluctant to...
    12: ..., until they were forced to surrender, due to president Kennedy's orders to call off the invasion. The...
    16: ...that "Without the decisive, steady, and generous aid of the Soviet people, our country could not have ...
    18: ...ry. Despite being denied access to [[development aid]] from the [[IMF]] and [[World Bank]] because Cub...
    20: ...open immigration policy and did not stop any individual that desired to leave the country. Departing ...
  10. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    7: ..., ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
    14: ...r_titles = [[President of Pakistan|President]]<br />[[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Mini...
    51: ... [[South Asia]] that overlaps onto the Greater [[Middle East]] and [[Central Asia]]. The country borde...
    59: ...d by many groups, including [[Aryans]], [[Achaemenid|Persian]]s, [[Greeks]], [[Greco-Bactrian]]s, [[Ku...
    62: ...rritories covered the eastern dominions of the divided Greek empire of [[Bactria]] (from the areas of ...
  11. Israel (51605 bytes)
    1: ...unicode|Dawlat Israil}}'') is a country in the [[Middle East]] on the eastern edge of the [[Mediterran...
    17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
    60: ...evolt]] against the [[Roman Empire]] resulted in widescale expulsion of Jews from the Land of Israel (...
    68: ...ws lived in the area that is today's Israel alongside several hundred thousand Arabs. Towards the end ...
    73: ... the League of Nations in [[1922]] effectively divided the mandated territory into two parts. The east...
  12. Flag of Massachusetts (1839 bytes)
    1: ...t|thumb|Flag of Massachusetts. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    3: ...e shield, bearing the state motto "Ense Petit Placidam, Sub Libertate Quietem" ("By the sword we seeks...
    7: ...the flag was changed to make it the same on both sides. Additionally in 1971, the [[naval ensign]], w...
    12: ...io Fabretto (1998), and Nick Artimovich (1997), [[http://flagspot.net/flags/ FOTW Flags of the World web...
  13. Flag of South Carolina (934 bytes)
    1: ...|right|Flag of South Carolina. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    5: [http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/flag.htm|The S...
  14. Feather (5296 bytes)
    2: A '''feather''' is one of the epidermal growths that forms the distinctive outer cov...
    5: ...s a means of visual communication. Although individual feathers are very light, a bird's plumage weig...
    7: ...rs'' which are underneath the vaned feathers, providing an insulating layer. The [[pennaceous feather...
    17: ...bbed, causes reptile scales to become feathers. [[http://www.dinosauria.com/jdp/archie/scutes.htm]
    22: ...bted by some experts. ''Dilong'' is a tyrannosauroid which predates ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' by 60 to...
  15. North Carolina (18268 bytes)
    30: Width = 805 |
    42: ... Dare]], the first English child to be born stateside, was born in North Carolina. Dare County is name...
    46: ...rth Carolina|Raleigh]], still standing today. In mid-century the state's rural and commercial areas we...
    48: ...y, when remnants of Thomas' [[Cherokee]] Legion laid down their arms.
    55: *[[1971]]: This is a minor consolidation of the 1868 constitution and subsequent amen...
  16. Connecticut (28543 bytes)
    10: LargestCity = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]] |
    28: Width = 113 |
    43: ...n [[Algonquin]] Indian word meaning "on the long tidal river". Connecticut is one of the original 13 s...
    47: ... also 9 incorporated boroughs, eight of which provide additional services to a section of town. One, ...
    52: ...n]]s in Connecticut. There is an ongoing civic pride and economic competition between Hartford and Ne...
  17. Maryland (22654 bytes)
    28: Width = 145 |
    36: ...he [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] or [[Mid-Atlantic States]]). Its U.S. postal abbreviation ...
    47: ..., and were given land for a settlement called Providence (now called Annapolis). In 1650 the Puritans...
    51: In 1708 the seat of government was moved to Providence, renamed Annapolis in honor of [[Anne of Grea...
    55: ... the [[Confederate States of America]], Maryland did not secede during the [[United States Civil War]]...
  18. Utah (29154 bytes)
    30: Width = 435 |
    74: ...u]] estimate. The state is generally rugged and arid, and has spectacular natural scenery. It is a pop...
    76: ...just two states where [[gambling]] is illegal. Residents are called [[List of famous Salt Lakers|Utahn...
    83: ...ousand years; most [[archeology|archeological]] evidence dates such habitation about 10,000 to 12,000 ...
    87: ...th as [[Utah Lake]] and encountered the native residents.
  19. Tennessee (19096 bytes)
    28: Width = 195 |
    41: ...//www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/faq.htm#01][http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/tennessee....
    43: ... third county to be established in what is now [[Middle Tennessee]] "Tennessee County". When a [[const...
    50: ...nfederate state to secede from the Union when it did so on [[June 8]], [[1861]]. After the [[American ...
    52: ...Lincoln's vice president and succeeded him as president, due to the assassination.
  20. Agathias (4785 bytes)
    5: ...bout a hundred epigrams by Agathias that show considerable taste and elegance. He also wrote marginal ...
    9: ...e authority for the period he describes." &mdash;[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204b.htm''Catholic E...
    11: "The author prides himself on his honesty and impartiality, but he...
    16: *[http://77.1911encyclopedia.org/A/AG/AGATHIAS.htm ''Enc...
    17: *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01204b.htm ''Catholic ...

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