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- of forest formed from a patchwork of public lands in the northwestern ... The forest is located in one of the largest and most rugged wilderness ...13 KB (1,924 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- philanthropist, and candidate for President of the United States. After 150 ... and to subdue it and that the pursuit of knowledge—in the arts as ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 14:46, 28 March 2023
- Lake Erie is the eleventh largest lake on Earth by surface area. ... Of the five Great Lakes of North America, it is the fourth largest ...20 KB (3,020 words) - 23:16, 21 October 2022
- The Grand Canyon is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by ... Geologists estimate that formation of the canyon required at least ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 20:27, 13 September 2021
- "clear-seeing") denotes a form of extra-sensory perception in ... Most cultures throughout history have anecdotal reports of clairvoyance ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 07:21, 14 January 2023
- range") is a major mountain range of the western United States. ... 5,300 square miles (13,700 km²) of protected wilderness areas ...23 KB (3,404 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and ... Michigan's shores. The great cities of Chicago and Milwaukee were ...12 KB (1,735 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ... The System traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario ...15 KB (2,273 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- Abbeville is a city in Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States ... The noted states rights advocate John C. Calhoun was born just outside ...17 KB (2,385 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- Iowa is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America ... A north central state, it forms a bridge between the forests of the ...28 KB (4,107 words) - 18:56, 7 February 2023
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the Middle ... One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial ...35 KB (4,904 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2023
- state, located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of the city of Seattle. In Pierce ... heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48 states at 35 square miles of snow ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- The City of Rocks is a U.S. National Reserve and state park at the ... The City of Rocks is an extraordinary granite encirclement of rock ...16 KB (2,492 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States ... largest state. Slightly more than 86 percent of its land is owned by the United ...34 KB (5,052 words) - 04:36, 11 March 2023
- long barrier island located off the Atlantic coast of Maryland and ... Assateague is separated from the mainland by the Chincoteague Bay ...14 KB (2,153 words) - 04:57, 18 August 2023
- South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United ... Located in the north-central United States, South Dakota is bisected ...41 KB (6,101 words) - 15:37, 4 February 2023
- The State of Wyoming is a state in the western region of the United ... Wyoming has the distinction of being a state that provided several ...36 KB (5,337 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest ... The islands were named by the Spanish Francisco Eliza who explored ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- Crater Lake National Park is a United States National Park located ... ties to the area and the natural habitat of the plant and animal life found ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern ... Mariana Islands. They are the southern part of a submerged mountain range ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Puerto Rico, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- Hoover Dam is a concrete gravity-arch dam in the Black Canyon of the ... Elwood Mead who oversaw the construction of the dam. Listed on the National ...19 KB (3,049 words) - 13:41, 2 February 2024
- Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county ... city is home to the largest concentration of international banks in the ...30 KB (4,379 words) - 10:37, 10 March 2023
- Wisconsin, one of the 50 United States of America, is located near ... Bordered by the states of Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois, ...35 KB (5,043 words) - 23:16, 17 May 2023
- Connecticut is one of the Unites States. It is located in the New ... early colonial times. Its Fundamental Orders of 1639 are considered to be the ...36 KB (5,082 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- Kobe(Kōbe-shi) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent ... It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the Western ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous ... A commercial, financial, and cultural center of the city, Manhattan ...28 KB (4,296 words) - 11:05, 9 March 2023
- The State of Maine is a state in the northernmost portion of the New ... The original inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine were Algonquian ...36 KB (5,276 words) - 05:31, 5 November 2022
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern ... both to its geology and to its tradition of self-sufficiency. Several other ...33 KB (4,724 words) - 09:19, 11 March 2023
- east. Wrangle Island has the highest density of polar bear dens as well as ... Humans lived as early as 1700 B.C.E. in the region, at the end of ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 14:01, 20 May 2023
- The State of Georgia is a state in the United States and was one of ... Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River by land ...33 KB (4,647 words) - 15:40, 29 November 2022
- Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... One of the founders of Rhode Island was Roger Williams. In 1636, Williams ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- U.S. National Park located in the western states of Wyoming, Montana, and ... volcanic eruption spewed an immense volume of ash that covered all of what ...33 KB (5,106 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... in the United States with a population of 5.6 million. Houston was ...38 KB (5,412 words) - 18:57, 7 February 2024
- Mississippi is a state located in the Deep South of the United States ... in the nation, based largely on the value of slaves, who were counted as ...35 KB (5,105 words) - 11:10, 10 March 2023
- Tennessee is a state located in the Southern United States. In 1796 ... The State joined the Confederate States of America during the American ...47 KB (6,620 words) - 03:00, 19 April 2023
- is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and, with a population of 3 ... Yokohama was nearly destroyed by the Kanto Earthquake in 1923, and ...20 KB (2,678 words) - 11:13, 25 May 2023
- California is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along ... changed California, sparking a large influx of people and a sustained economic ...42 KB (5,921 words) - 18:24, 25 November 2023
- Greenland, (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, meaning "Land of the ... ice sheet, which covers over 80 percent of its land mass. ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- , and (1871–1872), as President of Mexico.For resisting the French ... and adoption of a federalist constitution. ==Early life== ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 09:15, 27 September 2023
- Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United ... to the early culture at Poverty Point, one of the largest and most important ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country ... Despite the beauty of the land, poverty is on the increase, closely ...23 KB (3,416 words) - 00:48, 7 March 2023
- Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country of ... and having sparse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest and most conflict ...23 KB (3,228 words) - 18:48, 22 November 2023
- Atlanta is the capital and the largest city in the U.S. state of Georgia ... Atlanta has in recent years undergone a transition from a city of ...39 KB (5,622 words) - 06:05, 21 August 2023
- Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the state ... a major asset. Once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the ...32 KB (4,493 words) - 03:24, 17 September 2023
- Denver is the capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the ... arts and performing arts scene, dozens of annual outdoor festivals. More ...37 KB (5,458 words) - 09:46, 29 January 2024
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the most densely ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country ... 1994 genocide that resulted in the deaths of up to one million people. Since ...25 KB (3,542 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2023
- West Virginia is a state in the Appalachia/Upland South region of ... West Virginia is one of the Border States. The state's Northern ...40 KB (5,933 words) - 17:17, 4 May 2023
- , located at the confluence point of the White Nile and the Blue ... and Islamic religious influence, the city of Khartoum was not founded until ...22 KB (3,228 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- Alabama is a state located in the southern region of the United States ... Like other states in the South, Alabama is burdened by the legacy ...36 KB (5,209 words) - 04:22, 17 June 2023
- The State of Indiana is the 19th U.S. state and is located in the ... often called Hoosier Hysteria. Residents of Indiana are called Hoosiers. ...31 KB (4,480 words) - 18:55, 4 March 2024
- Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the ... The city is also an important contributor of popular music legacies, celebrated ...33 KB (4,747 words) - 10:07, 29 January 2024
- Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It ... creeks, and waterfalls, many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes ...39 KB (5,459 words) - 11:07, 10 March 2023
- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population ... arrived in the area. The first establishment of Salzburg was the Benedictine ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois and the largest ... Located at the site of a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi ...42 KB (6,247 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- South Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United ... It was part of the 1663 charter in which Charles I of England granted ...64 KB (9,145 words) - 15:14, 27 April 2023
- Ohio is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Part of ... Prior to 1984, the United States Census Bureau considered Ohio part ...38 KB (5,430 words) - 22:43, 12 February 2022
- North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions ... The Missouri River flows through the western part of the state and ...34 KB (4,932 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central ... The gorge is the greatest concentration of arches east of the Rocky Mountains ...39 KB (5,531 words) - 22:12, 3 March 2023
- The Republic of Benin is a sliver of a country in West Africa, the ... The history of the tribes and peoples who inhabited this gateway to ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United ... Oklahoma was the destination of the Native American Cherokee tribes ...50 KB (7,185 words) - 10:30, 11 March 2023
- Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United ... and the Iroquois Federation. Claimed by France, the territory became ...45 KB (6,488 words) - 23:23, 5 March 2023
- Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, was born out of a union of four villages ... crime-free environment, and for being one of the cleanest cities of Africa ...18 KB (2,473 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2023
- Kinshasa (Léopoldville until 1966), the capital and largest city ... A colony of Belgium, the country received its independence in 1960 ...28 KB (3,888 words) - 23:14, 3 March 2023
- Honduras, officially Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras ... The country is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- The State of New Mexico is in the southwestern region of the United ... Some 12,000 years ago it was occupied by Native American populations ...63 KB (9,067 words) - 09:27, 11 March 2023
- The Japanese city of Hiroshima|広島市|Hiroshima-shi is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country ... For many decades, coffee was the mainspring of the Salvadoran economy ...41 KB (5,922 words) - 00:08, 13 February 2024
- The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ... ), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the northwest ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom ... The Caymans are one of the most popular tourist attractions in the ...26 KB (3,769 words) - 16:23, 3 December 2023
- Redwood is a common name used for three species of trees with red ... The term is also used for the wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris ...28 KB (4,391 words) - 18:22, 27 July 2022
- at shrines at the base and around the rim of the crater, and Buddhists called ... . It straddles the boundary of Shizuoka and Yamanashi Prefectures ...18 KB (2,819 words) - 17:06, 10 November 2022
- Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea, is a nation in West Africa ... The name Guinea is used for the region of most of Africa's west ...23 KB (3,314 words) - 23:40, 25 March 2024
- The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community ... 2004, with an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake ...44 KB (6,499 words) - 06:40, 13 June 2023
- The State of Idaho is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the ... First occupied by American Indians, the region was explored by the ...41 KB (5,855 words) - 15:35, 12 February 2024
- ) is the capital, chief seaport, and largest city of Algeria, the ... role throughout history. Originally settled by Berbers, the land was eventually ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the Caribbean ... country in the Americas (after the United States) to declare its independence ...32 KB (4,700 words) - 19:05, 27 April 2024
- 26, 1902) was an activist and a leader of the early women's rights ... Until their disagreement over ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth ...33 KB (5,008 words) - 16:16, 13 February 2024
- Kansas is a Midwestern state located in the geographic center of the ... Originally, home to large numbers of nomadic Native Americans that ...47 KB (6,951 words) - 08:26, 28 February 2023
- South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, or Mauritania, is a country in ... Mauritania is a land dominated by sand and barren soil located on ...28 KB (4,027 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States ... demographic, economic, and political makeup of the nation, with a mixture ...37 KB (5,435 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, ... installed a multiparty democracy. Most of the people live by subsistence ...23 KB (3,242 words) - 10:56, 9 March 2023
- lit. “capital capital,” or “capital of capitals") was the Imperial ... Kyoto is known as one of the academic centers of Japan, and is home ...36 KB (5,281 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The ... east of the Canadian Rockies. Calgary is well-known as a destination ...52 KB (7,693 words) - 18:23, 25 November 2023
- Winnipeg is both the largest city and capital city of the province ... Prairies, on a flood plain at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers ...32 KB (4,701 words) - 23:10, 17 May 2023
- laureate, and has been called the father of the Green Revolution. Borlaug ... During the mid-twentieth century, Borlaug led the introduction of ...46 KB (6,869 words) - 10:00, 11 March 2023
- Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal ... Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701 ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- also spelled "Djawa") is an island of Indonesia and the site of its ... Formed mostly as the result of volcanic events, Java is the 12th largest ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is located on ... and some might say arbitrarily partitioned by the former colonial powers ...54 KB (7,776 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... It is separated from Sweden in the west by the Baltic Sea. ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- ]]/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions ... lowest population density in the United States. The economy is primarily ...59 KB (8,584 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked South Asian nation situated ... One of the most isolated nations in the world, Bhutan is often described ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- The marathon is a long-distance running event of 42.195 km (26 miles ... "marathon," comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier ...30 KB (4,587 words) - 03:03, 6 November 2022
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... the United Kingdom in 1956. The remainder of the twentieth century saw two ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
- jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United ... Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender ...79 KB (11,056 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandie (the French-speaking ... Geneva was a center of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 06:46, 18 April 2024
