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  • was a United States army general, economist, and educator. He was famous for ... particularly regarding the issue of immigration. He feared that new immigrants ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law :This article is ... is known as a permanent resident. Aliens and permanent residents often ...
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  • regions of Korea (today's Manchuria and Mongolia) had been inhabited ... mid-1860s, mainly into the Russian Far East and Northeast China; those emigrants ...
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  • the first culture in Japan to cultivate rice and to manufacture and use metal ... of a sedentary agricultural society and the eventual establishment ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations 039;s most popular daily paper after The Sun and arguably the most right-wing ...
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  • Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. All were among ... non-conformists (later called Pilgrims) and Puritans from England seeking ...
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  • 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973) was the first and third prime minister of Israel ... Ben-Gurion was a man with high moral standards, wisdom, and flexibility ...
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  • American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer. He is known ... in using his photographic skill to educate and inform, leading those such ...
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  • 3, 1956) was a psychologist, ethologist, and primatologist, best known ... typical farm boy, spent in work on the farm and playing with animals. Although ...
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  • established several colonies in Greenland and one short-lived settlement ... changes to its landscape, population, and plant and animal life. In ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics payment, in effect it becomes a poll tax (and vice versa, if a poll tax ...
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  • known for its significant artistic, social, and political transformations ... Asuka period, borrowing systems of political and social organization from China ...
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  • people in Palestine (Eretz-Yisra'el) and continues primarily in support ... Liberal Zionism, Revisionist Zionism, and Religious Zionism. ...
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  • the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated ... finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists ... on the site of Pylos in modern-day Greece and Troy in modern-day Turkey ...
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  • evolution, or distinctive political and religious institutions. greatly depending on the historical period and the political context. However ...
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  • which also includes several smaller islands and a small section of the mainland ... A commercial, financial, and cultural center of the city, Manhattan ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Social work ... students within impoverished areas to live and work alongside local people ...
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  • and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and ... The order gives millions of dollars annually to charities and its ...
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  • involving anti-slavery (“free-staters”) and pro-slavery "border ruffians ... The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territory and provided ...
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  • born American writer of both short stories and novels. He wrote in Yiddish ... 21, 1902. (This would concur with the date and month he admitted in private ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology [[File:Human migrations and mitochondrial haplogroups.PNG|400px|right ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics ... [[Image:Rumrunner_cargo.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rum runner sloop Kirk ...
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  • of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC ... In each area, overseas Chinese have retained their languages and cultural ...
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  • Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. A 2006 Census Bureau ... states (essentially the Great Lakes states); and the West North Central states ...
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  • strategically located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans with strong ... Initially a site for English penal colonies in the eighteenth and ...
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  • the southern tip of the African continent and borders the nations of Namibia ... a result of two factors: higher European immigration rates and the strategic ...
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  • Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... soon settled in the territory. Rhode Island and Connecticut were the only ...
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  • 43.5 miles (70 km) from Jerusalem and Beer Sheba. Ashdod is an important ... Israelites, Byzantines, Crusaders and Arabs. O. Kolani, B.Raanan, ...
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  • , Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister ... Robert Gordon Menzies was born to James Menzies and Kate Menzies ...
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  • is Australia's largest financial center and is home to the Australian ... tourist destination notable for its beaches and twin landmarks: the Sydney ...
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  • by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River. Broad, ... wide, and it runs to the southeast growing to 220|km|mi|0 ...
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  • Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting ... Indian Ocean, between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique. The territory ...
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  • surrounded by water, above high tide, and isolated from other significant ... There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic ...
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  • Russia (around Volgograd), the Caucasus, and southern Ukraine also exist ... mainland, which consist mostly of immigrants from the late 1800s and ...
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  • part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest (after Quebec ... Along with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, Ontario is one of ...
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  • American political economist, sociologist, and historian, one of the pioneers ... performance he managed to graduate (1888) and continue with his graduate ...
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  • also one of the twenty-six regions of France and an integral part of the Republic ... is the oldest of the existing islands, and was created 8-10 million years ...
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  • It is the second largest city in California and the eighth largest city in ... been the preferred location for illegal immigration from Mexico into the U ...
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  • *Led league in batting average 1939 (.381) and 1940 (.352) *Led league in slugging percentage 1937 (.673) and 1950 (.585) ...
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  • Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal ... (1871-1918), the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) and the Third Reich (1933-1945 ...
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  • , d. 154 B.C.E.) was a Chinese political adviser and official of the ... Chao Cuo was born in Yuzhou, Henan and served the imperial courts ...
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  • Born to French immigrants in New York City, Cousy first demonstrated ... He was elected to 13 NBA All-Star teams and 12 All-NBA First and Second ...
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  • a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged ... of the coups common to many of its neighbors and has a long history of democracy ...
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  • bordered by the Gulf of Mexico on its west and the Atlantic Ocean on its east. United States, following California, Texas, and New York. This rise in population ...
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  • of water; 90 percent of the U.S. supply and 20 percent of the world's ... *Lake Superior (the largest by volume, area, and depth; larger than ...
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  • Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... government, commerce, business, politics, and culture. Its wealth and influence ...
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  • southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...
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  • the most populous county in New York State, and the second most densely populated ... art scene, distinct neighborhoods, and a unique architectural heritage. ...
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  • House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. Before ... She is also the first Italian-American and first Californian to serve ...
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  • Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the fifth largest metropolitian ... the most multicultural cities in the world and is ranked as the safest large ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... activities, such as education, housing, and the use of public facilities ...
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  • Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth ... Its name derives from the Latin argentum, meaning silver, and was ...
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  • Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and ranks sixth in ... United States. A commercial, educational, and cultural center, the city ...
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  • with Japanese occupation. North Korea and South Korea recognize the ... throughout ancient times including Goguryeo and Balhae. Goguryeo (called Gaojuli ...
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  • Schools of Thought) during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring ... Legalists argued for “rule by law” and criticized Cofucianist ...
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  • religions are practiced in Indonesia and their collective influence ... "every person shall be free to choose and to practice the religion of ...
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  • 2,170 miles west through territories and land later to become six U ... the United States was that taken by Lewis and Clark, from 1804 to 1805. ...
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  • Category:Politicians and reformers George, Henry [[Image:Henry George ... was an American, journalist, reformist, and political economist. Although ...
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  • ), is a cultural and religious celebration held on March 17, the traditional ... generally involve public parades and festivals, Irish traditional ...
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  • Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan ... Fujian, bestowed with natural beauty embracing ocean, mountains, and ...
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  • – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a ... Hatch chaired the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and ...
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  • It is bordered by the nations of Brazil and Argentina, as well as by the ... between the two major powers of Brazil and Argentina has long determined ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Category:Marriage and family [[Image:800px-US-hoosier-family.jpg|thumb ...
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  • largest of the Greater Antilles islands, and lies west of Puerto Rico and ... Republic has a long history of violence and tyranny, including; plundering ...
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  • Sea, bordered by Mexico to the northwest and Guatemala to the west and ... River which Belize City, the former capital and largest city, is also named ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Refugees arrive in Travnik, central [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], during ...
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  • Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans ... standing upright, dressed in a flowing robe and a spiked crown, holding a ...
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  • in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic ... in the late fifteenth century, British and French expeditions explored ...
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  • from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat, and in the U.S. Senate from 1953 ... U.S. history due to its impact on the nation and the ensuing political fallout. ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that ...
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  • Some 12,000 years ago it was occupied by Native American populations ... of Hispanic Americans (some recent immigrants and others descendants ...
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  • that shared similar cultural, political, and economic practices. It was ... dynasties, the Almoravids (eleventh century) and the Almohads, (twelfth century ...
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  • Hangugin) denotes Russians citizens and/or residents of Korean descent ... have in Japan, Manchuria, the United States and other nations of diaspora ...
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  • periods of independence as under the Greeks and later as the Emirate then ... Sicily is both the largest region of the modern state of Italy and ...
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  • Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the ... over the globe, including the largest Latino and Asian populations in the United ...
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  • of silver deposits that were discovered and mined there. Much of the state ... under various jurisdictions, both civilian and military. Nevada has the highest ...
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  • of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and its largest city is New Orleans ... The area's fertile soil and warm climate gave rise to the early ...
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  • cuisines, characterized by its sophisticated and subtle use of the many spices ... neighboring Persia, ancient Greece, Mongols and West Asia. New World foods ...
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  • United States. Austin is the state capital and it is nicknamed the Lone Star ... and has a steadily growing population of 23.9 million. Houston is ...
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  • Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... 30, 1836 by brothers Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen on land near ...
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  • their independence from Great Britain, and seceded from the Union during ... of any state east of the Mississippi River and recognizes eight Native American ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... people, save society's resources, and lessen human suffering. ...
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  • in Europe, bordered by Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Norway has a very ... Norway plays a significant role in the pursuit of stability and world ...
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  • Dublin is both the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland ... rich Anglo-Irish literary, philosophical, and political history. Literary ...
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  • its deeply religious past. Both Catholicism and Protestantism flourished here ... The 1960s and 1970s saw a cultural revolution, with Amsterdam at the ...
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  • country, behind New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. commerce, media, entertainment, arts, and international trade. The city ...
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  • ) is the capital city of the Province of Milano and of Lombardy region ... the Frankish Empire, the French, Austrians, and Spanish, and others. The city ...
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  • or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ... seventeenth century, when British, Dutch, and German colonists began migrating ...
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  • scenic location between the Pacific Ocean and B.C.'s coastal mountains. ... quality of living in the world, after Zürich and Geneva. ...
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  • It is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil, to the south by Ecuador ... Colombia is the 26th largest nation in the world and the fourth-largest ...
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  • Oslo is the capital and largest city of Norway. It is also a municipality ... times by fire, King Christian IV of Denmark (and Norway) in 1624, ordered Oslo ...
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  • population of primarily Jewish religion and background, it is the world ... sites (such as the remains of the First and Second Temples of the Jewish ...
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  • 1995) was the fifth prime minister of Israel and the first native-born prime ... a member of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) and two terms as prime minister. ...
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  • The State of Indiana is the 19th U.S. state and is located in the ... Indiana is a diverse state with urban areas and smaller industrial ...
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  • issue was never fully resolved at that time, and has re-appeared again in relationship ... consists of a main island of Puerto Rico and various smaller islands, including ...
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  • ) and Mong ( [mɔ̃ŋ] including northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. Traditionally, the ...
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  • Liaoning borders the Yellow Sea (Korea Bay) and the Bohai Gulf in the south ... by Abaoji, that ruled the area between 907 and 1125 C.E.. "Níng" ...
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  • region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River and various ... Palestine have been used over the millennia, and these definitions themselves ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... of researchers colors the data they obtain, and the findings from research ...
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