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Northern Territory

(Encyclopedia) Northern Territory, territory (2016 pop. 228,833), 520,280 sq mi (1,347,525 sq km), N central Australia. It is bounded on the N by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea, and the Gulf of…

2011 Nobel Prize Winners

Related Links Nobel Prize History Nobel Prize History Quiz Nobel Peace Prize Winners Quiz Women Nobel Prize…

Fun Facts About Food Near and Far

What's bouillabaisse? It's French for a fish stew that combines many kinds of fish and shellfish. Here is a stew of another kind — a variety of food facts. Meal…

DK History: The Depression

WHAT WAS THE WALL STREET CRASH? HOW WIDESPREAD WAS THE DEPRESSION? FIND OUT MOREAn economic depression is a period of falling prices, low production of goods, and high unemployment. The Great…

2006 Freestyle Skiing World Cup

2006 Freestyle Skiing World Cup ChampionsMenOverall—Tomas Kraus, Czech RepublicAerials—Dmitri Dashinski, BelarusMoguls—Dale Begg-Smith, AustraliaSki-Cross—Tomas Kraus, Czech RepublicHalfpipe—Kalle…

exploration

(Encyclopedia) exploration, travel to a part of the earth that is relatively unknown to the traveler's culture, historically often motivated by a desire for colonization, conquest, or trade. See also…

Daylight Saving Time

A trip around the world reveals that time isn't a synchronized science by John Gettings and Borgna Brunner Map of world time zones – full size U.S. Daylight Saving Time Schedule 2015: March…

World Atlas & Map Library

  Click on a region below for a more detailed map, or try our map index.   Map Library: Map Index · Printable U.S. Maps ·…

State Department Notes on Solomon Islands

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Solomon Islands Relations GEOGRAPHYThe Solomon Islands…

State Department Notes on Fiji

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Fiji Relations GEOGRAPHYFiji is comprised of a group of…