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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 ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law :This article is ... is known as a permanent resident. Aliens and permanent residents often ...

regions of Korea (today's Manchuria and Mongolia) had been inhabited ... mid-1860s, mainly into the Russian Far East and Northeast China; those emigrants ...

the first culture in Japan to cultivate rice and to manufacture and use metal ... of a sedentary agricultural society and the eventual establishment ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations 039;s most popular daily paper after The Sun and arguably the most right-wing ...

Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. All were among ... non-conformists (later called Pilgrims) and Puritans from England seeking ...

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 ...

American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer. He is known ... in using his photographic skill to educate and inform, leading those such ...

3, 1956) was a psychologist, ethologist, and primatologist, best known ... typical farm boy, spent in work on the farm and playing with animals. Although ...

established several colonies in Greenland and one short-lived settlement ... changes to its landscape, population, and plant and animal life. In ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics payment, in effect it becomes a poll tax (and vice versa, if a poll tax ...

known for its significant artistic, social, and political transformations ... Asuka period, borrowing systems of political and social organization from China ...

people in Palestine (Eretz-Yisra'el) and continues primarily in support ... Liberal Zionism, Revisionist Zionism, and Religious Zionism. ...

the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated ... finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists ... on the site of Pylos in modern-day Greece and Troy in modern-day Turkey ...

evolution, or distinctive political and religious institutions. greatly depending on the historical period and the political context. However ...

which also includes several smaller islands and a small section of the mainland ... A commercial, financial, and cultural center of the city, Manhattan ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Social work ... students within impoverished areas to live and work alongside local people ...

and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and ... The order gives millions of dollars annually to charities and its ...

involving anti-slavery (“free-staters”) and pro-slavery "border ruffians ... The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territory and provided ...

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 ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology [[File:Human migrations and mitochondrial haplogroups.PNG|400px|right ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics ... [[Image:Rumrunner_cargo.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Rum runner sloop Kirk ...

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 ...

Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. A 2006 Census Bureau ... states (essentially the Great Lakes states); and the West North Central states ...

strategically located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans with strong ... Initially a site for English penal colonies in the eighteenth and ...

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 ...

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... soon settled in the territory. Rhode Island and Connecticut were the only ...

43.5 miles (70 km) from Jerusalem and Beer Sheba. Ashdod is an important ... Israelites, Byzantines, Crusaders and Arabs. O. Kolani, B.Raanan, ...

, Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister ... Robert Gordon Menzies was born to James Menzies and Kate Menzies ...

is Australia's largest financial center and is home to the Australian ... tourist destination notable for its beaches and twin landmarks: the Sydney ...

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 ...

Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting ... Indian Ocean, between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique. The territory ...

surrounded by water, above high tide, and isolated from other significant ... There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic ...

Russia (around Volgograd), the Caucasus, and southern Ukraine also exist ... mainland, which consist mostly of immigrants from the late 1800s and ...

part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest (after Quebec ... Along with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, Ontario is one of ...

American political economist, sociologist, and historian, one of the pioneers ... performance he managed to graduate (1888) and continue with his graduate ...

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 ...

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 ...

*Led league in batting average 1939 (.381) and 1940 (.352) *Led league in slugging percentage 1937 (.673) and 1950 (.585) ...

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 ...

, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... government, commerce, business, politics, and culture. Its wealth and influence ...

southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea ... Costa Rica is also at the forefront of conservation and environmental ...

the most populous county in New York State, and the second most densely populated ... art scene, distinct neighborhoods, and a unique architectural heritage. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... activities, such as education, housing, and the use of public facilities ...

Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth ... Its name derives from the Latin argentum, meaning silver, and was ...

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and ranks sixth in ... United States. A commercial, educational, and cultural center, the city ...

with Japanese occupation. North Korea and South Korea recognize the ... throughout ancient times including Goguryeo and Balhae. Goguryeo (called Gaojuli ...

Schools of Thought) during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring ... Legalists argued for “rule by law” and criticized Cofucianist ...

religions are practiced in Indonesia and their collective influence ... "every person shall be free to choose and to practice the religion of ...

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. ...

Category:Politicians and reformers George, Henry [[Image:Henry George ... was an American, journalist, reformist, and political economist. Although ...

), is a cultural and religious celebration held on March 17, the traditional ... generally involve public parades and festivals, Irish traditional ...

Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan ... Fujian, bestowed with natural beauty embracing ocean, mountains, and ...

– April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a ... Hatch chaired the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and ...

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 ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Category:Marriage and family [[Image:800px-US-hoosier-family.jpg|thumb ...

largest of the Greater Antilles islands, and lies west of Puerto Rico and ... Republic has a long history of violence and tyranny, including; plundering ...

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 ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Refugees arrive in Travnik, central [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], during ...

Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans ... standing upright, dressed in a flowing robe and a spiked crown, holding a ...

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 ...

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. ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that ...

Some 12,000 years ago it was occupied by Native American populations ... of Hispanic Americans (some recent immigrants and others descendants ...

that shared similar cultural, political, and economic practices. It was ... dynasties, the Almoravids (eleventh century) and the Almohads, (twelfth century ...

Hangugin) denotes Russians citizens and/or residents of Korean descent ... have in Japan, Manchuria, the United States and other nations of diaspora ...

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 ...

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 ...

of silver deposits that were discovered and mined there. Much of the state ... under various jurisdictions, both civilian and military. Nevada has the highest ...

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 ...

cuisines, characterized by its sophisticated and subtle use of the many spices ... neighboring Persia, ancient Greece, Mongols and West Asia. New World foods ...

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 ...

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 ...

their independence from Great Britain, and seceded from the Union during ... of any state east of the Mississippi River and recognizes eight Native American ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... people, save society's resources, and lessen human suffering. ...

in Europe, bordered by Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Norway has a very ... Norway plays a significant role in the pursuit of stability and world ...

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland ... rich Anglo-Irish literary, philosophical, and political history. Literary ...

its deeply religious past. Both Catholicism and Protestantism flourished here ... The 1960s and 1970s saw a cultural revolution, with Amsterdam at the ...

country, behind New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. commerce, media, entertainment, arts, and international trade. The city ...

) 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 ...

or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ... seventeenth century, when British, Dutch, and German colonists began migrating ...

scenic location between the Pacific Ocean and B.C.'s coastal mountains. ... quality of living in the world, after Zürich and Geneva. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

) and Mong ( [mɔ̃ŋ] including northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. Traditionally, the ...

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" ...

region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River and various ... Palestine have been used over the millennia, and these definitions themselves ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... of researchers colors the data they obtain, and the findings from research ...

The State of Georgia is a state in the United States and was one of ... east of the Mississippi River by land area and the fifth-largest in the nation ...

continues to be one of the most religiously and ethnically diverse states ... During the American Revolutionary War, British and American armies ...

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island nation ... the water. He sailed to the closest island and the first animal he saw was ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Category:Marriage and family [[Image:Merom Golan.JPG|300px|right|thumb ...

the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras. With a population ... El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the ...

the Gangetic Plains. Many ancient monuments and archaeological sites remain ... such as pollution, traffic congestion and scarcity of resources. The ...

a South African writer, political activist and Nobel laureate. Her writing dealt with moral and racial issues, particularly apartheid ...

United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The state's ... in infrastructure such as roads, railroads, and public schools. Industrialization ...

Thames estuary, is the largest urban area and capital of England and the ... London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and ...

the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba. It is a constitutional ... Amsterdam is the capital city (hoofdstad), and The Hague (Dutch: Den ...

1600, the Christian lords Konishi Yukinaga and Arima Harunobu were executed ... They began to persecute the Christians, and in 1637, oppressed by ...

– March 16, 1899) was the business manager and managing editor of the Chicago ... citizen by nativity. At the age of nine, he and his family traveled the Erie ...

is an island in the Western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated ... is 1,500 miles (2414 km) southeast of Tokyo and 6,000 miles (9656 km) west ...

West Germany), is a German politician and scientist who served as the ... she earned a doctorate in quantum chemistry and worked as a research scientist ...

the top two most populated cities (Boston and Worcester) and ranks third ... non-conformists (later called Pilgrims) and Puritans from England seeking ...

) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ... See as an independent enclave within Rome and the world's smallest ...

from the rest of the United States and abroad. from Oregon, the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), and Latin America in late 1848 ...

is the absolute owner of their own life and should be free to do whatever ... or be upheld—political, social, economic, and/or governmental system is ...

an area of 12,399 square miles (32,113 km²) and has an official population ... Spain itself. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ...

the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in ... boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The country also ...

Indies. The Bahamas consist of 700 islands and cays, only about 30 of which ... were decimated through slavery, warfare, and disease, after being taken ...

group is comprised of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao (ABC Islands), in ... within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the rest of the Netherlands ...

) is the capital city and the economic and communications hub of Padova ... where Saint Anthony of Padua is buried, and as the setting for most of ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... Category:Marriage and family Category:Submitted Marriage is a universal ...

had substantial influence on German and European history. The last ... in which German, Hungarian, Polish, Italian and several other languages were ...

from the mountainous regions of the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains, which ... #039;s eastern border, except in Clay and Greene counties where the ...

has land borders with Latvia to the south and Russia to the east. It is ... of Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Germany and Russia. Nevertheless, Estonians ...

Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present organizations ... on intimidating "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" as on ...

A small independent coprincipality of Spain and France, it is located on the ... as is a large portion of its Spanish immigrants and their descendants. ...

to Manitoba's economy. Its capital and largest city, with more than ... it comes from Cree or Ojibwe languages and means "strait of the ...

Lima is the capital and largest city, as well as the commercial and ... city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru and, after independence, was made ...

Tasmania is an Australian island and a state of the same name. The ... long from the northernmost point to the southernmost point and ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... The slave trade has been, and continues to be, an economic commodity ...

a common brown to yellowish or black fur and having a noticeable shoulder ... The brown bear is a massive animal, weighing between 100 and 700 kilograms ...

States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001 and re-elected in the 2004 U.S ... U.S. Senator from Connecticut Prescott Bush, and older brother to Jeb Bush ...

Atlantic region, amid the great commercial and population complex that stretches ... It was the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution ...

]]/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions ... and therefore has the third lowest population density in the United ...

an important leader of the Democratic Party, and, as president, attempted to ... In 1973, Johnson's years of overeating, excessive drinking, and ...

transcontinental nation which connects North and South America. It borders ... The culture, customs, and language of Panamanians are predominantly ...

with Sweden to the west, Russia to the east and Norway to the north while ... Finland consistently ranks high on a number of international analysis ...

a century from 1915 until his death in 2003, and included success in all show ... his annual Christmas shows, performed live and later televised, to honor ...

its location at a crossroads between land and river trade routes in lands ... in English and [paʀi] in French, derives from that of its pre-Roman ...

the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the ... the center of transportation, business, and industry, and home to an internationally ...

England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the ... which consists of England, Scotland, and Wales. However, England no ...

is the most populous state in the Midwest and the fifth most populous in ... About 2,000 Native American hunters and a small number of French villagers ...

area, 46th in total area of the 50 states, and 41st in population. It was ... " in reference both to its geology and to its tradition of self-sufficiency ...

words Dorje ("thunderbolt") and ling ("place"), ... Darjeeling has become internationally famous for its tea industry ...

There are two distinct parts to Malaysia: peninsular Malaysia and ... the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah, and Sarawak formed a 14-state ...

"Confoederatio Helvetica" in Latin and when abbreviated: CH), is ... ) and Romansh ( rm|Confederaziun svizra ) translate as "Swiss ...

populous state with 3.4 million residents and is ranked 48th in size by ... was one of the thirteen original colonies and in 1788 became the fifth state ...

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the ... ago, the islands were occupied by Arawakan- and Cariban-speaking peoples at ...

as the supreme source of divine revelation and the divinity of Jesus. They ... Their Pacifist beliefs and desire to avoid government interference ...

the Hauraki Gulf islands), North Shore City, and the urban parts of Waitakere ... east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ...

Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... A small archipelago strategically located, Malta has had a long and ...

)), was a Dominican military commander and dictator who ruled the ... He served as president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952 ...

also be considered as part of the Western and Southwestern regions. The ... Corners), along with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is one of three U ...

of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, occupying ... The nation's traditions draw on its nomadic past and are centuries ...

Europe, comprising the island of Iceland and its outlying islets in the ... Others had visited the island earlier and stayed over winter. Over the ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... heiden "baptized heathens" and drawn with dark skin and wearing ...

nonviolent resistance/reconciliation, and pacifism. population. Mennonite experience in Europe and North America has been, and ...

For the civilization of China and its history see China ... (PRC) to the west, Japan to the north-east, and the Philippines to the south ...

the Irgun, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and the first Likud Prime Minister ... significant achievement as prime minister--and in the view of many, his singular ...

is also referred to as the Second Red Scare, and coincided with increased fears ... being Communists or communist sympathizers and became the subject of aggressive ...

of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, and leader of the Conservative ... also one of the most divisive, being loved and loathed in equal measure. ...

Finland in the northeast, the Skagerrak and Kattegat straits in the southwest ... Economic liberalization and universal schooling contributed to rapid ...

Its history has been a record of commitment to political independence ... in South Carolina's economy, and the focus of textile production ...

the longest-serving holder of the office and the only person to be elected ... A child of economic and social privilege, he overcame a crippling ...

Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... |related=Ottawa, Potawatomi and other Algonquian peoples ...

of the social liberalism, moral relativism, and New Left counterculture of ... notion that liberalism" had failed and "no longer knew what ...

Europe, approximately between Germany, Italy and Hungary. ninth century, when the countryside of upper and lower Austria became increasingly ...

Iberian Peninsula—the others are Portugal and the microstate of Andorra. ... struggle involving Catholicism, Islam, and Judaism, and is known for ...

is a coastal Alpine country bordering Italy and the Adriatic Sea. Hungary, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Socialist ...

During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with its global empire ... Portugal is a developed country, and although having the lowest GDP ...

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. It is the second ... infrastructure, it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic ...

bordering Guangdong province in the north and facing the South China Sea ... serve as an entrepôt of the British Empire, and grew rapidly into a center ...

Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, and sovereign of Vatican City ... While he did make attempts to shelter Jews and to encourage countries to ...

by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and France, with a short coastline ... Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe ...

years, through both periods of tolerance and spasms of antisemitic violence ... these did not guarantee the safety, security and survival of the Jews. ...

24 mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of ... The Union victory resulted in the abolition of slavery and consolidation ...

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional ...

of the Greater Antilles), the Isle of Youth and several adjacent small islands ... in the Caribbean. Its people, culture and customs draw from several ...

a variety of traditions, beliefs, and spiritual practices largely ... the goal of overcoming dukkha (suffering) and Saṃsāra (cycle of death ...

Antifa is a political movement, expecially in Germany and the United ... a variety of different movements, groups and individuals in Germany as ...

inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic ... metropolitan area had 1,006,112 inhabitants and the Thessaloniki (regional ...