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- height for a skyscraper. In the United States today, a loose convention ... Skyscrapers are amazing feats of architecture and construction technology ...21 KB (3,158 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- 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
- 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
- that represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States ... an expedition in 1885. At first, the project of carving Rushmore was undertaken ...16 KB (2,297 words) - 18:42, 13 July 2023
- The Joint Security Area (JSA) or Panmunjom, often called the "Truce ... , represents the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ ...29 KB (4,482 words) - 19:40, 4 May 2024
- , is a landmark case in United States law and the basis for the exercise ... The case resulted from a petition to the Court by William Marbury ...23 KB (3,669 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- Bald eagle is the common name for a North American bird of prey, ... The species was on the brink of extirpation in the continental United ...30 KB (4,424 words) - 04:17, 11 January 2023
- American Samoa is an unorganized, incorporated territory of the United ... It is a destination spot of many vacationers due to its seasonally ...18 KB (2,598 words) - 06:47, 25 July 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
- discipline that involves application of the principles of physics for ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- 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
- as they cross national boundaries, usually by the government of the importing ... protect domestic industries and as a source of revenue. Methods for accomplishing ...32 KB (5,003 words) - 04:32, 27 February 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
- seed hulls, nutshells, and the manure of farm animals. It also includes ... be used as raw material for the production of biofuels and a variety of chemical ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 17:55, 31 October 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
- 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
- is an island nation in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, an island ... Similar to other Caribbean islands, it has a history of being ravaged ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- Honolulu is the capital and most populous city area in the United ... century C.E., annexation as a protectorate of the United States in 1900, ...22 KB (3,108 words) - 13:26, 2 February 2024
- 180 countries, it is engaged in every aspect of the oil and gas industry, including ... to develop the Pico Canyon Oilfield north of Los Angeles. It was purchased ...26 KB (3,656 words) - 18:40, 8 December 2023
- 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
- syndicate dedicated to the illegal traffic of alcoholic beverages during ... By the end of the 1920s, Capone had gained the attention of the Federal ...18 KB (2,835 words) - 04:20, 17 June 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
- in Washington, D.C. honoring members of the U.S. armed forces who fought ... The main part of the memorial, which was completed in 1982, is located ...24 KB (3,601 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... metropolitan area, the sixth-largest in the United States with a population ...38 KB (5,412 words) - 18:57, 7 February 2024
- Baseball who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-handed power ... Nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast" by the press ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 13:10, 1 August 2022
- and the ninth-largest city in the United States, located in the north-central ... Dallas is the main economic center of the 12 county Dallas, Fort Worth ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 18:06, 24 January 2024
- city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States ... metropolitan area. It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 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
- 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
- under equipped police force, in 1948, to one of the world's most advanced ... South Korea maintains one of the largest standing armies in the world ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...43 KB (6,372 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles arguing for the ... The articles were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and ...32 KB (4,993 words) - 01:56, 26 March 2024
- 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
- to the genus Hippoglossus from the family of right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae ... The Atlantic halibut is native to the temperate waters of the northern ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. State of Florida. ... lies within the Florida Everglades. The area is home to rare and endangered ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 23:51, 24 March 2024
- is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California ... Due to its isolation by the cold, strong, hazardous currents of San ...23 KB (3,451 words) - 05:05, 17 June 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
- Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United ... The area's fertile soil and warm climate gave rise to the early ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
- in population among cities in the United States. In 2007, the population ... metropolitan area was the fifth-largest in the United States. A commercial ...34 KB (4,831 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- The World Bank Group is a group of five international organizations ... for project evaluation are highly valued by some, and have been adopted ...25 KB (3,686 words) - 00:01, 18 May 2023
- Crater Lake National Park is a United States National Park located ... the Native American cultural ties to the area and the natural habitat of ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- It has led the consolidation of the world steel industry and today ... The company is headquartered in Luxembourg City, the former seat of ...21 KB (2,936 words) - 06:14, 12 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
- Big Sur is a 100-mile stretch of ruggedly beautiful seacoast along ... Big Sur's boundaries are loosely defined; many definitions of ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 03:49, 1 October 2023
- in Shannon County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 328 in ... Wounded Knee Creek rises in the southeastern corner of the Pine Ridge ...36 KB (5,349 words) - 14:00, 20 May 2023
- A library classification is a system of coding and organizing library ... Library classification forms part of the field of library and information ...25 KB (3,639 words) - 22:33, 25 October 2022
- method. His work included preparation of cross-cultural data sets, in ... His particular area of interest, social organization, led him to study ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:54, 21 May 2024
- A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Use ... For example, the University of Virginia Library provides access to ...18 KB (2,494 words) - 19:07, 10 November 2022
- from St. Louis County in the United States state of Missouri. It is ... French explorers arrived in 1673 and found a major center of the Mississippian ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- 14, 1870) was the first senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the American ... At the time, the Navy was not as well developed as the United States ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- The Russell Cave National Monument is a United States National Monument ... In 1958, the cave and site area–310 acres (1.3 km²) of land–were ...23 KB (3,387 words) - 23:06, 21 October 2023
- represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives ... Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the son of Captain John ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 09:28, 28 September 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
- 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
- Federalist No. 10 (Federalist Number 10) is an essay by James Madison ... No. 10 addresses the question of how to guard against "factions ...19 KB (2,859 words) - 01:53, 26 March 2024
- ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth ... faith" in Spanish) had a population of 62,203 according to the April ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 01:21, 21 April 2023
- The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles ... The Oslo Accords were a culmination of a series of secret and public ...20 KB (2,928 words) - 04:40, 18 November 2022
- Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a huge, landlocked nation ... borders on the north stretch into the center of the Sahara Desert, while the ...15 KB (2,110 words) - 06:37, 5 November 2022
- from a source (Latin fons), fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away ... One of the most common features of a fountain, if there is enough ...20 KB (2,954 words) - 06:37, 1 April 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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
- fruit and vine-like plant (Citrullus lanatus of the family Cucurbitaceae) of ... This flowering plant produces a special type of fruit known by botanists ...20 KB (2,988 words) - 23:18, 3 May 2023
- Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It is the ... eighteenth century Boston was the location of several major events surrounding ...40 KB (5,847 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards ... The first hovercraft was invented and patented by the English inventor ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America ... The centers of all three branches of the U.S. federal government are ...39 KB (5,697 words) - 23:11, 3 May 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
- 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
- in Iran, was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from ... September 22, 1980, following a long history of border disputes. The conflict ...36 KB (5,506 words) - 17:42, 29 January 2024
- In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object that has been ... Satellites are useful for a number of purposes. They are used for ...35 KB (4,993 words) - 00:11, 8 January 2024
- [[Image:Us_declaration_independence.jpg|thumb|250px|U.S. Declaration ... The Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen ...24 KB (3,622 words) - 09:03, 28 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
- stretch along the northern Pacific coast of California south of the Oregon ... The park system preserves nearly 45 percent of all Coastal Redwood ...31 KB (4,564 words) - 19:11, 16 April 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) - 15:18, 21 May 2024
- to value") is a tax based on the value of a transaction or of property ... when property is purchased, in the form of a sales tax or value added ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 05:44, 15 June 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
- city, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba. Spanish port for the New World. An influx of African slaves came while Cuba ...29 KB (4,178 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- The polka is a fast, lively Central European dance, and also a genre ... 1800s. As immigrants from different parts of Europe spread across the U ...27 KB (4,215 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central ... cave system; the Red River Gorge Geological Area with more than 100 natural ...39 KB (5,531 words) - 22:12, 3 March 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- or both, or generally to violate standards of ethical behavior. Government ... The history of competition law reaches back further than the Roman ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 06:41, 31 July 2023
- state, located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of the city of Seattle. In Pierce ... weather. The mountain and the surrounding area comprise Mount Rainier National ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- 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
- 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was the wife of former President Richard Nixon ... Nixon was always supportive of her husband even during the troubled ...17 KB (2,707 words) - 09:04, 18 November 2022
- an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA ... were also essential to the beginning of the Space Shuttle program, ...30 KB (4,076 words) - 17:11, 5 October 2022
- Legal ethics is a branch of applied ethics, having to do with the ... In many places, lawyers are bound by an ethical code that is enforced ...17 KB (2,791 words) - 19:04, 25 October 2022
- January 18, 1862) was the tenth President of the United States. As the first ... his party's platform and vetoed several of their proposals. As a result ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 07:59, 3 August 2022
- Ontario is a province located in the east-central part of Canada, ... The capital of Ontario is Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Ottawa ...35 KB (5,025 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- 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
- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population ... the missionary St. Rupert arrived in the area. The first establishment of ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as “The Friendly Islands,” is ... Settled for more than 2,800 years, Tonga is part of the cradle of ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. She co-owned the Newark ... The only female owner in the history of the Negro Leagues, Manley ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 02:46, 17 January 2023
- New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment ...37 KB (5,511 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- concerns in mind. Green libraries are a part of the larger green building movement. are life long learning centers for people of all ages in local communities ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 07:49, 25 May 2024
- and Lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces during the ... martial upon his return to the United States, Doolittle was awarded the ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- South Korea's contemporary culture has been shaped by the passionate ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- country that occupies the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola ... the Dominican Republic has a long history of violence and tyranny, including; ...37 KB (5,424 words) - 09:27, 15 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
- on several audiotapes, for numerous acts of terrorism in Iraq and Jordan ... movement, Zarqawi opposed the presence of United States and Western military ...57 KB (8,842 words) - 17:21, 17 December 2022
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Group ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, also ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 23:05, 31 October 2023
- Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams of players strike ... to be a Scottish invention. The Rules of Golf are internationally standardized ...31 KB (5,165 words) - 04:13, 24 May 2024
- Central America is the region of North America located between the ... ==Countries of the region== The area considered Central America comprises ...32 KB (4,189 words) - 17:46, 11 May 2023
- "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
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of organic compounds ... Most of the 209 different PCB congeners are colorless, odorless crystals ...24 KB (3,627 words) - 08:41, 24 November 2022
- 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 Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin ... with differing objectives, the main outcome of the Tehran Conference was the ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 02:51, 19 April 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
- 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
- Montevideo is the largest city, capital, and chief port of Uruguay ... Montevideo is the commercial, political, and intellectual center of ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- ) both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of ... in Western countries, including the United States, Australia, France, French ...34 KB (5,083 words) - 13:05, 1 February 2024
- , earlier known as Saloth Sar, was leader of the Communist movement known ... 1970s, Pol Pot became the prime minister of "Democratic Kampuchea ...22 KB (3,417 words) - 08:30, 24 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- He was the best-selling Chicago blues artist of the later 1950s and early 1960s ... Reed was a major player in the early days of electric blues, whose ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 13:23, 1 August 2022
- he mapped over 3.9 million square kilometers of North America and for this ... This represented one-fifth of the North American continent. His great ...17 KB (2,468 words) - 08:09, 28 January 2024
- are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of tropical islands ... from the sea. Located 575 miles southeast of Miami, the Turks and Caicos ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 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
- 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
- County, southeastern New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk ... Native Lenape inhabited the area prior to the arrival of English settlers ...28 KB (3,984 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- | office = Mayor of Chicago | order = 48th Mayor of Chicago | term_start = 1955 | term_end = 1976 ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 20:14, 8 December 2022
- 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
- squirrels comprising the genus Marmota of the rodent family Sciuridae ... their abundant reproduction provide a supply of defenseless young pups, which ...12 KB (1,722 words) - 16:05, 6 November 2022
- 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
- founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in ... was the first university in the United States to emphasize research, applying ...28 KB (4,118 words) - 19:30, 4 May 2024
- 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
- dogbane family Apocynaceae, characterized by dark green, lanceolate leaves ... an adverse reaction. Even a small amount of ingestion can cause lethal ...13 KB (1,908 words) - 10:31, 11 March 2023
- or the Mazarin Bible) is a printed version of the Latin Vulgate translation ... The advent of the printed Bible ushered in an age in which Bibles ...21 KB (3,123 words) - 02:56, 27 July 2023
- modern life. Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors ... Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter ...26 KB (4,124 words) - 21:08, 30 April 2023
- written Piute) refers to two related groups of Native Americans — the Northern ... The Paiute are particularly well-known through the work of Wovoka ...23 KB (3,614 words) - 06:17, 18 November 2022
- 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
- as a strong chemical base in the manufacture of pulp and paper, textiles, drinking ... It is very soluble in water, with liberation of heat. It also dissolves in ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 15:05, 27 April 2023
- 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
- South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ) has existed for nearly 60 years, built on the foundation of a 5 ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- Psychological warfare is a tactic involving the use of propaganda ... As long as war exists, we can expect new forms of psychological warfare ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 23:30, 2 December 2022
- ) is a large seaport city on the northern coast of Colombia. Founded ... eighteenth century as the de facto capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- nonmetal that belongs to the nitrogen group of chemical elements. Given its ... When purified artificially, several different allotropic forms of ...25 KB (3,622 words) - 22:45, 28 March 2023
- Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses ... Kansas City was founded in 1838 as the "Town of Kansas" ...46 KB (6,922 words) - 17:38, 14 May 2024
- Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the ... Latino and Asian populations in the United States. The citizens of Los Angeles ...40 KB (5,759 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that ... The need to identify and manipulate the properties of a system as ...28 KB (3,868 words) - 00:58, 21 April 2023
- Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- The 1953 Iranian coup d'état deposed the government of Prime ... oil industry, which had been owned and run by the British since 1908, with ...27 KB (4,144 words) - 06:28, 13 June 2023
- " is the wireless communication of signals by transmitting electromagnetic ... Radio technology gives humanity the convenience of extremely rapid ...35 KB (5,160 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of skilled ... became unpopular. However, the value of on the job training and practical ...23 KB (3,363 words) - 15:55, 11 August 2023
- Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån), officially the U.S. Territory of Guam, ... is 1,500 miles (2414 km) southeast of Tokyo and 6,000 miles (9656 ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- A poll tax, or head tax, is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per ... There are several famous cases of poll taxes in history, notably a ...22 KB (3,597 words) - 08:38, 24 November 2022
- largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located ... south of the Canada – United States border in King County, of which ...49 KB (7,077 words) - 02:45, 21 April 2023
- le monde), known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté ... high in her right hand. The statue is made of pure copper on a framework ...27 KB (4,075 words) - 22:49, 9 May 2023
- large white-colored obelisk at the west end of the National Mall in Washington ... The monument is made of marble, granite, and sandstone. It was designed ...23 KB (3,484 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- Scallop is the common name for any of the marine bivalve mollusks ... Scallops constitute a cosmopolitan family, found in all of the world ...19 KB (2,833 words) - 02:31, 21 April 2023
- the aircraft carrier as the capital ship of the fleet, a role previously ... 000 tonnes or more, has been the pinnacle of carrier development since their ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- but was defeated in the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg and Battle of ... but he, more than anyone, seemed to be aware of his shortcomings and was willing ...27 KB (4,163 words) - 02:49, 24 July 2023
- Kansas is a Midwestern state located in the geographic center of the ... Originally, home to large numbers of nomadic Native Americans that ...47 KB (6,939 words) - 17:34, 14 May 2024
- 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
- New Caledonia, or Nouvelle-Calédonie, is an overseas territory of ... New Caledonia's capital, Nouméa, is the seat of the Secretariat ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. In 1962 ... Glenn was one of the Mercury Seven military test pilots selected in ...55 KB (7,935 words) - 02:28, 9 February 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
- Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...31 KB (4,622 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2023
- The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the ... The destruction of Dresden has an epically tragic quality to it. It ...44 KB (6,668 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- carnivorous mammal, Martes pennanti, of the marten genus (Martes) and ... predator that captures a wide diversity of prey: Rabbits, hares, squirrels ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- 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
- , or 12 players (women's field), each of whom uses a netted stick (the ... It has grown in popularity in the United States, becoming the fastest growing ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 22:41, 30 April 2023
- Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated ... Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- #039;ing) is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic ... Located on the edge of the Yungui Plateau, Chongqing is intersected ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- ) 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
- Operation Provide Comfort (OPC). The pilots of two United States Air Force ... the helicopters as hostile. The crew members of the AWACS aircraft were blamed ...67 KB (10,179 words) - 23:19, 30 March 2024
- Mexican Revolutionary general. As commander of the División del Norte (Division ... military revolutionary aims, unlike those of Emiliano Zapata and the Zapatista ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- 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
- served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United ... Due to her case-by-case approach to jurisprudence and her relatively ...45 KB (6,555 words) - 21:58, 19 December 2023
- ) is a protein derived from the seed of the castor oil plant (Ricinus ... crystal, or powdered form, for delivery by inhalation, ingestion, or injection ...25 KB (3,716 words) - 18:51, 11 August 2022
- African-Americans, or Black Americans, are citizens of the United ... lived as slaves, mostly in Southern United States, and another 500,000 lived ...38 KB (5,325 words) - 06:03, 16 June 2023
- A ceiling fan is a device suspended from the ceiling of a room, with ... In the summer, the direction of rotation of the blades is set to blow ...35 KB (5,762 words) - 23:44, 3 December 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
- 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
- The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila ... plant that grew on the marshy shores of the bay. In the sixteenth century ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- , officially titled "The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro ... Numerous unethical actions -- including lack of informed consent, ...41 KB (6,364 words) - 00:19, 27 December 2021
- and technology toward benefiting the lives of everyday people. Despite the ... known as Diamond, Missouri. The exact date of birth is unknown due to the ...18 KB (2,868 words) - 15:04, 21 May 2024
- photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society ... She is noted by critics and art historians for her photographs depicting ...14 KB (2,103 words) - 11:54, 29 January 2024
- Fleming were among the most beloved athletes of their respective generations ... Major international competitions are sanctioned by the ISU. These ...29 KB (4,650 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- a former four-star general in the United States Army. He was the sixty-fifth ... in telling the world that the invasion of Iraq was justified and legal ...38 KB (5,777 words) - 22:30, 7 January 2024
- The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation ... (Saint James). However, misinterpretations of maps by subsequent Spanish ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- [[Image:Pie Grande.jpg|thumb|200 px|Artistic depiction of Bigfoot]] like animal believed to inhabit the forests of North America, although people ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 02:27, 21 April 2023
- or alkyl halides) are a group of chemical compounds, consisting ... a chemical compound derived from an alkane by substituting one or more hydrogen ...35 KB (5,199 words) - 23:36, 3 August 2023
- ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... which followed, aristocrats constructed many of the famous private gardens ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- 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
- 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
- Bobcat is the common name for a medium-sized wild cat of North America ... swampland environments. It persists in much of its original range and populations ...41 KB (6,143 words) - 23:59, 11 January 2023
- Family therapy is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the relationships ... In the new understanding, the relationship of every member in the family ...24 KB (3,689 words) - 00:39, 25 March 2024
- On the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States Army Air Forces ... in the records given the confusion of the times, the many victims ...48 KB (7,479 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- The event was first held in January 1944, organized by the Hollywood ... The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 ...36 KB (5,125 words) - 04:08, 24 May 2024
- Salmon is the common name for several species of large food and game ... in freshwater lakes—probably as a legacy of the last period of glaciation—salmon ...27 KB (4,219 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- metal that is found in ores in many parts of the world. It is an essential ... sunburn and diaper rash. The chloride of zinc is a deodorant, and the ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 06:07, 13 June 2023
- The United States of America—also referred to as the United States ... or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ...83 KB (12,292 words) - 20:34, 25 May 2024
- Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic ... Ecuador is a multicultural, multiethnic nation–state with one of ...30 KB (4,366 words) - 18:03, 12 February 2024
- English name for the former Federal Republic of Germany, from its founding ... With an area of 95,976 square miles (248,577 square kilometers), or ...36 KB (5,407 words) - 17:16, 4 May 2023
- In a matriarchy, power lies with the women of a community. Conclusive ... However, such societies generally occur in times of societal stress ...26 KB (3,881 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- It burns rapidly and produces a large amount of gas, which produces a pressure ... explosives—dynamite, TNT, etc.—because of its lower burning speed, which ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 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
- accolades, and the moniker "The Hero of Upper Canada." Known as ... the Canadian borders from the United States during the War of 1812. While ...28 KB (4,513 words) - 18:55, 7 March 2024
- digit number in the decimal system. A group of nine is called an ennead. == Evolution of the glyph == According to Georges Ifrah, ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 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
- arts college in 1928 and commenced a program of graduate studies in 1955. Affiliated ... Nicknamed the "University in the Forest" because of the ...19 KB (2,571 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- |name = Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational ...42 KB (5,941 words) - 09:17, 10 March 2023
- disease in the Northern Hemisphere. Caused by infection with the spirochetal ... there identified additional features of the disease, including an unidentified ...45 KB (6,567 words) - 16:55, 21 December 2023
- operating general store in the United States]] A general store is a retailer located in a small town or in a rural ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 00:35, 29 October 2022
- Hearst acquired and developed a series of influential newspapers, starting ... Hearst served two terms in the United States Congress, and had great ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 10:39, 12 May 2023
- A private library is a library under the care of private ownership ... Private libraries often reflect the interests of the owner and the ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 00:41, 12 April 2023
- Air pollution is the human introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals ... stationary sources, but the greatest source of emissions is mobile sources ...34 KB (4,855 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- 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
- In other words, it is the unequal access by some members of society to ... including the United Nations, the United States Agency for International ...29 KB (4,205 words) - 14:35, 29 January 2024
- : singular see below: Origin of the name ) is both the largest and ... metropolis with an urban population of 3.3 million and a metropolitan ...45 KB (6,393 words) - 18:55, 19 August 2023
- Its melting point is higher than that of any other non-alloy, and it ... Tungsten was first hypothesized to exist by Peter Woulfe in 1779, ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 18:45, 2 May 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
- ; (July 28, 1971 – October 27, 2019) was the Iraqi-born leader ... by the Shura Council, who were representing those members of the Islamic ...67 KB (8,996 words) - 06:52, 14 June 2023
- was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision establishing that ... choose to deem the act illegal), the role of the Supreme Court in constitutional ...34 KB (5,154 words) - 02:29, 16 December 2022
- In Japan, manga are widely read by people of all ages, and include ... Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Peoples Republic of China, but since the mid-1990s ...39 KB (5,688 words) - 21:37, 11 January 2024
- | order=7th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1829 ... | date of birth= March 15, 1767 | place of birth= Waxhaw, South Carolina ...39 KB (5,930 words) - 17:50, 27 July 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
- 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
- [[Image:Jan de Bray 002.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Governors of the ... A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. The ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- ]]/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions ... The state ranks fourth in area, but 44th in population with 944,632 ...59 KB (8,584 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when ... His later work has shown steadfast devotion to many traditions of ...41 KB (6,363 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- [[Image:Aatsista-Mahkan.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Chief of the Blackfoot]] who lived on the plains and rolling hills of the Great Plains of North America ...34 KB (5,411 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- , Syriac: ܒܝܪܘܬ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. ... Prior to 1975, the country was considered the banking capital of the ...27 KB (4,043 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- region including the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden ... often defined according to the conventions of different disciplines or according ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- Simon Wiesenthal, Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) (December ... At the end of World War II, thousands of Nazis who participated in ...23 KB (3,477 words) - 22:10, 29 January 2023
- 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 U.S. Congress dubbed the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights ... Mrs. Parks is one of the two individuals most often associated with ...35 KB (5,782 words) - 21:42, 16 April 2023
- |country = United States |campus = 1755|acre|km2|0 Columbus ... is a public research university in the state of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 ...40 KB (5,731 words) - 10:21, 11 March 2023
- == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution5glyph.png The evolution of our modern glyph for five cannot be neatly traced ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- 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
- Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by hydropower—that is, ... about 715,000 megawatts (or 19 percent) of the world's electricity ...23 KB (3,052 words) - 21:35, 9 February 2024
- sport that found its origins in the United States of America. In fact, worldwide ... The complete rules of volleyball are extensive, but in general, play ...62 KB (10,612 words) - 21:01, 3 May 2023
- rights leader who served in the United States House of Representatives ... legalized racial segregation in the United States. He was one of the "Big ...59 KB (8,081 words) - 20:53, 1 May 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
- 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
- the world's largest auto company by production volume, in addition ... in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea and has had collaborative ...40 KB (5,886 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- different Republican presidents and is one of only two people to have held ... In 1970, he became the first director of the Office of Management ...47 KB (6,417 words) - 14:57, 21 May 2024
- – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving ... Vietnam War. He is also noted for his middle-of-the-road domestic policy that ...34 KB (5,153 words) - 01:46, 14 December 2022
- Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a nation ... The Tanzanian geography is one of the most varied and unique in the ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- [[Image:Salishan_langs.png|thumb|222px|Pre-contact distribution of ... The Coast Salish tribe consists of three geographically divided areas ...29 KB (4,491 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other ... term has been understood to refer to a place of mistreatment, starvation, forced ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- von Braun (March 23, 1912 - June 16, 1977) was one of the leading ... Wernher von Braun was born in Wirsitz, Province of Posen, in the German ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- to indicate that it stays aloft primarily by means of a large cavity filled ... Airships were the first form of aircraft to make controlled, powered ...40 KB (6,108 words) - 07:11, 16 June 2023
- |order=5th Prime Minister of Israel |term_start =July 13, 1992 ... |birth_place =Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) ...37 KB (5,856 words) - 11:15, 24 May 2023
- was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977, and was named ... Banks is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He began ...48 KB (7,068 words) - 20:11, 27 April 2024
