Search results for "Regions of Japan" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and fiddler, who was known as the "King of the Hillbillies," the ... Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee, the third of five children ...6 KB (954 words) - 22:28, 16 December 2022
- A forest is a type of ecosystem in which there is high density of ... There are many definitions of a forest, based on various criteria ...22 KB (3,182 words) - 06:31, 1 April 2024
- , is the most populous prefecture and city in Japan, and the center ... Tokyo to secondary capitals in other regions of Japan, in order to slow down ...39 KB (5,420 words) - 03:54, 1 May 2023
- ; Postal map spelling: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula), is a province of ... Jilin has played an integral part in both the history of China and ...17 KB (2,180 words) - 20:50, 3 April 2024
- rural area. It usually has a broad selection of merchandise in a relatively ... The general store was dominated and pushed out by the competition ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 00:35, 29 October 2022
- ) is a collection of Chinese historical books covering a period of ... and the editing, revising, and collating of them was organized under official ...31 KB (4,609 words) - 00:37, 3 May 2023
- but most often middle schools consist of sixth, seventh, and eighth ... rise and the social and biological changes of puberty affect the students ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 17:33, 9 November 2022
- from 538 to 710, was a period in the history of Japan during which the capital ... during the Asuka period, borrowing systems of political and social organization ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- Salamander is the common term for any member of the order Caudata ... rough-skinned species exist. The moist skin of the amphibians adapts them ...12 KB (1,655 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, according ... * Sovereign states (country names in bold), consisting of: ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 04:26, 29 October 2022
- Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of ... Operation Downfall consisted of two parts--Operation Olympic and Operation ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- Sub-Saharan Africa is the term used to describe the area of the African ... Since the end of the last ice age, the north and sub-Saharan regions ...18 KB (2,657 words) - 21:07, 26 February 2023
- began in London, England, with the founding of Toynbee Hall, emerged from ... The settlement movement began in 1884, with the founding of London’s ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 10:06, 26 January 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
- the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Born into a prosperous ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- Lily is the common name for any of the herbaceous flowering plants ... While members of the genus Lilium are the "true lilies," ...20 KB (2,868 words) - 08:42, 8 March 2023
- Kamakura (Japanese: 鎌倉市; -shi) is a city located in Kanagawa ... Kamakura remained a religious destination for pilgrimages because ...27 KB (3,754 words) - 07:04, 28 February 2023
- or "potted plant") is the art of aesthetic miniaturization of ... Penzai (盆栽; pun-sai), the practice of cultivating single specimen ...25 KB (3,891 words) - 07:23, 17 November 2023
- provide a look at the heart and soul of Korea. The Parks host and protect ... anniversary, and the twentieth anniversary of the Korea National Park Service ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:16, 11 March 2023
- also known as division Coniferae, are one of 13 or 14 division-level taxa ... Conifers are of immense economic value, primarily for timber and paper ...19 KB (2,759 words) - 20:26, 15 May 2020
- The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea ... defined as Melanesia. With a land area of 452,860 square kilometers, ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- Bell pepper is the common name for a cultivar group of the species ... With their beautifully shaped form and vividly colored exterior of ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 18:58, 11 January 2023
- Southeast Asia, sometimes abbreviated to SEA, is a subregion of Asia ... The maritime region consists of Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- began to withdraw as the possible collapse of North Korea in the wake news ... country, because the People's Republic of China has refused to grant ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- and leader, a Yoruba Chief, and native of Ikenne in the Ogun State of ... Awolowo was well aware that the challenge of holding Nigeria's ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- been interchanged or merged over the course of time. Sometimes, however, dockyards ... regulations have resulted in movement of the industry to developing regions. ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:17, 27 January 2023
- Dutch) chartered by the States-General of the Netherlands to expand trade ... its possessions and the debt being taken over by the government of ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- explorer to Africa. Seeking the headwaters of the Nile River, he explored ... a businessman. After a short experience of office work proved him to be ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 03:03, 23 December 2022
- Bass fishing is one of the most popular recreational types of fishing ... Striped bass fishing is also a popular game sport in the Eastern regions ...31 KB (4,895 words) - 18:03, 11 February 2023
- kenchiku) has a long history similar to that of other aspects of Japanese culture ... After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan began to build European ...29 KB (4,292 words) - 09:48, 1 April 2024
- Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice ... Snow can act as an insulator that conserves the heat of the Earth ...18 KB (2,780 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2023
- earthquake or the Great Pakistan earthquake) of 2005, designates a major earthquake ... and cooperated in relief efforts. Instead of armies braving the harsh and ...24 KB (3,487 words) - 06:41, 13 June 2023
- traditional societies in certain regions of the world, particularly ... rulings against it, is the existence of an "outcaste" group ...31 KB (4,665 words) - 14:24, 29 November 2023
- Mapuche (Mapudungun; Che, "People" + Mapu, "of the ... so, they reorganized their traditional way of life, gathering together previously ...21 KB (3,210 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- Maine and Vermont were considered part of other colonies at the time ... freedom. Massachusetts was also one of the key colonies in the events ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- in the late nineteenth century as part of the Hohenzollern dynasty's ... tradition of expansion within the European space, Germany's renewed ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- Liverwort is the common name for any of the small, green, non-vascular ... It is estimated that there are perhaps 10,000 species of liverworts ...21 KB (3,070 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- Buddhist art refers to the rich and diverse representations of religious ... Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ... == History of Imperial Examinations == [[Image:Palastexamen-SongDynastie ...21 KB (3,072 words) - 15:27, 4 February 2023
- Sukarno (June 6, 1901 – June 21, 1970) was the first President of ... The son of a Javanese school teacher and his Balinese wife from Buleleng ...25 KB (3,644 words) - 21:41, 26 February 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
- A fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of plants classified ... There are an estimated 10-15,000 known species of ferns, classified ...16 KB (2,291 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- landscape shaped by the dissolution of a soluble layer or layers of ... and where the first scientific research of a karst topography was made ...14 KB (1,944 words) - 20:16, 28 February 2023
- The harmonica's first large-scale success came at the hands of ... jazz. It has become ingrained in the culture of the world and continues to ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- Dobsonfly is the common name for any of the insects comprising the ... The dobsonflies include some of the largest and most impressive of ...11 KB (1,495 words) - 09:21, 15 January 2023
- small invertebrates are important members of the zooplankton, particularly ... As this taxonomic group advances in its individual need of growth ...32 KB (4,630 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- ) is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean ... and a very long wavelength (often hundreds of kilometers long). Consequently ...44 KB (6,684 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- The Kingdom of Thailand, known as Siam until 1939, lies in Southeast ... in the Thai language and is also the name of the majority Thai ethnic group. ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is a Melanesian island ... Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands, two of which—Matthew and ...19 KB (2,664 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand formed by eolian ... Some coastal areas have one or more sets of dunes running parallel ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 17:21, 12 February 2024
