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21United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
22Vinland — /vin leuhnd/, n. a region in E North America variously identified as a place between Newfoundland and Virginia: visited and described by Norsemen ab. A.D. 1000. Also, Vineland. * * * Wooded land in North America visited and named by Leif Eriksson …
23colonialism, Western — ▪ politics Introduction a political economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world. The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, following the European… …
24Siberia — • A Russian possession in Asia forming the northern third of that continent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Siberia Siberia † …
25Races of the Mass Effect universe — This article is about the fictional races found within the Mass Effect universe. These races are explored in the novels Mass Effect: Revelation and Mass Effect: Ascension, and the video games Mass Effect, Mass Effect Galaxy, and Mass Effect 2.… …
26Colonization — For other uses, see Colonization (disambiguation). World empires and colonies 2007 Colonization (or colonisation) occurs whenever any one or more species populate an area. The term, which is derived from the Latin colere, to inhabit, cultivate,… …
27Colonization of trans-Neptunian objects — Artist s rendering of the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. Space colonization Solar System Inner Mercury …
28Connell–Slatyer model of ecological succession — Ecological succession can be understood as a process of changing species composition within a community due to an ecological disturbance, and varies largely according to the initial disturbance prompting the succession.[1] Joseph Connell and… …
29post-colonial writing — As a starting point, post colonial studies is about the critique of and the resistance to colonialism. Post colonial literature is a term which has come to replace the older labels ‘world literature written in English’, ‘Third World… …
30THE MIDDLE AGES — …
