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• Vatican City - country.

  return, the Roman Catholic Church recognized Italy’s government with Rome as its capital. Since that time, all popes have continued to live in Vatican City. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

• Sudan - country.

  B Principal Cities and Political Divisions The principal city is Khartoum, the capital; other major cities include Omdurman and Khartoum North, major industrial centers, and Port Sudan, a seaport on the RedSea. Sudan is divided into 26 states. C Religion and Language About 70 percent of the people of Sudan are Muslims, some 15 percent are Christians, and most of the remainder follow traditional religions. The people of northernSudan are predominantly Sunni Muslims (Sunni Islam). Most of the pe...

• Venezuela - country.

  Venezuela has six navigable rivers. Of the thousand or more streams in the country, the majority flow into the Orinoco. The Orinoco flows east across central Venezuelaand drains approximately four-fifths of the total area of the country. With the tributaries—the Apure, Meta, and Negro rivers—it forms the outlet into the Atlantic Oceanfor the waters of much of the interior of Colombia, as well as of inland Venezuela. F Climate The climate of Venezuela is tropical on the Llanos and along the coas...

• Alaska - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.5 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 7 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 4.1 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Not available Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 438 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 474 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 16.5 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 17.2 (2003) Government s...

• Rhode Island - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 7.7 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 8.7 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 76.5 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 278 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 447 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 8.6 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 13.4 (2003) Go...

• Nevada - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.4 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 11.8 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 19.7 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 74.2 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 534 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 513 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 19.6 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 19 (2003) G...

• Delaware - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 3.7 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 4.8 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 74.8 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 9 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 403 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 421 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 12.1 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 15.2...

• Wyoming - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 4.3 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 6.4 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 76.2 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 536 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 242 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 14.6 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 13.3 (2003) G...

• Georgia (state) - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 3.8 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 5.3 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 73.6 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 9 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 457 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 365 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 17.7 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 15.7 (2003) G...

• Nebraska - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 4.2 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 5.5 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 76.9 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 418 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 231 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 12.3 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 13.6...

• Ohio - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 2.2 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 1.9 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 75.3 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 381 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 344 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 10.1 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 15.2...

• Louisiana - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.8 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 2.4 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 73 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 10 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 393 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 291 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 21.9 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 16.6...

• Wisconsin - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 2.8 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 3.6 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 76.9 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 392 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 381 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 8.8 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 15.1...

• Illinois - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 7.7 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 12.3 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 74.9 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 367 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 370 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 14 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 16.5...

• Vermont - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.4 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 0.9 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 76.5 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 274 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 714 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 10.2 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 11.3...

• Florida - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 5.3 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 16.8 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 75.8 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 410 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 347 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 21.2 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 17.9 (2003)...

• Texas - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 14.2 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 32 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 75.1 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 470 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 394 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 24.5 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 15 (2003) Gov...

• Utah - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.7 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 6.3 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 9 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 77.7 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 477 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 541 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 17.4 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 22.4 (2003) Gov...

• Tennessee - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 2.1 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 2.2 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 74.3 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 9 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 380 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 289 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 13.7 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 15.7...

• Indiana - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 2.9 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 3.5 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 75.4 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 466 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 352 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 11.8 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 16.9...

• Pennsylvania - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 2.7 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 3.2 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 75.4 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 341 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 313 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 10 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 15.2 (...

• New Hampshire - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.7 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 1.7 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 76.7 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 380 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 467 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 11.5 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 13.7...

• East Timor Facts and Figures.

  Male 64.6 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 43 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 10,380 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 5 people (2000 estimate) Literacy rateTotal 43 percent (2001 estimate) Female 42.8 percent (2001 estimate) Male 43.1 percent (2001 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) Not available Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teache...

• Iowa - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 2.4 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 2.8 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 77.3 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 539 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 275 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 10.5 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 13.8...

• Kentucky - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.6 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 1.5 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 74.4 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 434 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 280 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 15.6 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 16.1...

• New Jersey - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 7.9 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 13.3 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 75.4 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 323 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 394 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 15.5 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 12....

• North Dakota - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.5 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 1.2 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 77.6 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 417 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 181 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 12.2 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 12.7...

• South Dakota - Facts and Figures.

  Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.8 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 1.4 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 76.9 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 456 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 180 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 11.8 percent (2006) Number of students per teacher (K-12) 13.6...

• Uganda - country.

  Uganda’s population is predominantly rural and is concentrated in the south, particularly in the crescent at the edge of Lake Victoria and in the southwest. Almost allUgandans are black Africans. Foreign residents make up less than 4 percent of the population and come mostly from neighboring states. In 2008 Uganda’s population was estimated at 31,367,972. The estimated growth rate of the population in 2008 was 3.6 percent. The birth rate was 48 per 1,000people and the death rate 12 per 1,000. Th...

• Kenya - country.

  threatens fish and other water life in the lake by depriving them of oxygen. Kenya is well known for its game parks—including Masai Mara Game Park and Tsavo National Park in the south, and Marsabit National Reserve in the north—whichattract large numbers of tourists and much revenue. Conservation of wildlife within reserves has thus received high priority. About 13 percent (2007) of Kenya’s totalland is protected. There are 229 (2004) threatened species in Kenya. Threatened habitats include the...

• Vietnam - country.

  E Natural Resources Vietnam’s most valuable natural resource is its land, particularly the fertile, alluvial soils in the Red and Mekong deltas. Some 29 percent of the land is currently beingcultivated. Vietnam has some valuable mineral resources, including gold, iron, tin, zinc, phosphate, chromite, apatite, and anthracite coal. Most deposits are located in the northernpart of the country. Few attempts were made to extract these minerals until the French takeover of Vietnam at the end of the 1...

• Berlin - geography.

  boroughs of Wedding and Tiergarten. Other important central areas include Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, now united as the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough, andPrenzlauer Berg, now incorporated as a part of the Pankow borough. Tiergarten contains a large wooded park, a zoo, and a variety of public monuments as well as the large, modern Congress Hall and the Reichstag building, which wasbuilt from 1884 to 1894. The Reichstag and the surrounding area have undergone renovation to accommodate the Bun...

• Economics.

  Malthus, nature's check was “positive”: “The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must insome shape or other visit the human race.” The shapes it took included war, epidemics, pestilence and plague, human vices, and famine, all combining to level theworld's population with the world's food supply. The only escape from population pressure and the horrors of the positive check was in voluntary limitation of population, no...

• Washington, D.

  structures built according to L’Enfant’s plan. During the War of 1812, British troops set fire to the White House, destroying its interior. President James Madison and hisfamily lived in the Octagon while the White House was being rebuilt. South of the Federal Triangle is the Mall, a narrow park stretching roughly 1.6 km (1 mi) from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. Although the Mall officially endsat 14th Street, landscaped greenery extends to the Potomac. The Washington Monument, whose m...

• Armenia (country) - country.

  because of ethnic tension brought on by a secessionist conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inhabited predominantly by Armenians in western Azerbaijan. In thereverse direction, many Armenian refugees entered Armenia from Azerbaijan during the conflict. Armenia’s official state language is Armenian, an Indo-European language with no surviving close relatives. It has a unique 38-letter alphabet that dates from the early5th century. Of its many spoken dialects, the most important are Eastern or Y...

• Democratic Republic of the Congo - country.

  Except in the high elevations, the country’s climate is very hot and humid. The average annual temperature in the low central area is about 27°C (about 80°F).Temperatures are considerably higher in February, the hottest month. At altitudes above about 1,500 m (about 5,000 ft) the average annual temperature is about 19°C(about 66°F). Average annual rainfall is about 1,500 mm (about 60 in) in the north and about 1,300 mm (about 50 in) in the south. Frequent heavy rains occur fromApril to November...

• Afghanistan - country.

  D Climate Most of Afghanistan has a subarctic mountain climate with dry and cold winters, except for the lowlands, which have arid and semiarid climates. In the mountains and afew of the valleys bordering Pakistan, a fringe effect of the Indian monsoon, coming usually from the southeast, brings moist maritime tropical air in summer.Afghanistan has clearly defined seasons: Summers are hot and winters can be bitterly cold. Summer temperatures as high as 49°C (120°F) have been recorded in thenorth...

• Sir Mackenzie Bowell.

  government. B Retirement Bowell's political career was not quite over. He remained Conservative leader in the Senate until 1906. He did not forgive his rebellious colleagues, even when some ofthem joined him in the Senate. In 1905 he reasserted in a speech that they had been “a nest of traitors.” Even his retirement in 1906 struck a bitter note. TheConservative senators elected one senator to succeed Bowell, but not before another senator had been led by Bowell to expect the position. Microsof...

• Sir Mackenzie Bowell - Canadian History.

  government. B Retirement Bowell's political career was not quite over. He remained Conservative leader in the Senate until 1906. He did not forgive his rebellious colleagues, even when some ofthem joined him in the Senate. In 1905 he reasserted in a speech that they had been “a nest of traitors.” Even his retirement in 1906 struck a bitter note. TheConservative senators elected one senator to succeed Bowell, but not before another senator had been led by Bowell to expect the position. Microsof...

• Laos - country.

  by the year 2025. About one-quarter of Laos’s people live in mountainous regions. The rest live in upland valleys or on the flood plains of the Mekong and its tributaries.Just over three-quarters of the population live in rural areas, although the proportion of people living in urban areas is steadily increasing. Vientiane is the capital and largest city of Laos. Louangphrabang, the former royal capital, is an increasingly popular tourist destination. Other major cities are theregional capitals...

• American Revolution.

  C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...

• American Revolution - U.

  C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...

• Israel (country) - country.

  harbor in the northern part of the country, and Ashdod, an artificial deepwater port to the south, serve as the main seaports on the Mediterranean. The port of Elat onthe Gulf of Aqaba provides Israel’s only access to the Red Sea, making it extremely important to the country’s shipping interests. D Natural Resources Although much of Israel’s desert regions contain poor soils, the northern Negev, the coastal plains, and the interior valleys provide patches of productive soils. Anestimated 18 per...

• French Revolution.

  B2 Assembly of Notables and Estates-General To pressure the parlements into accepting the plan, Calonne decided to gain prior approval of it from an Assembly of Notables—a group of hand-picked dignitaries hethought would sympathize with his views. But Calonne had badly miscalculated. Meeting in January 1787, the assembly refused to believe that a financial crisis reallyexisted. They had been influenced by Necker’s argument that state finances were sound and suspected that the monarchy was only...

• French Revolution .

  B2 Assembly of Notables and Estates-General To pressure the parlements into accepting the plan, Calonne decided to gain prior approval of it from an Assembly of Notables—a group of hand-picked dignitaries hethought would sympathize with his views. But Calonne had badly miscalculated. Meeting in January 1787, the assembly refused to believe that a financial crisis reallyexisted. They had been influenced by Necker’s argument that state finances were sound and suspected that the monarchy was only...

• Australia - country.

  itself forms most of the border between New South Wales and Victoria. Considerable lengths of the Murray, Darling, and Murrumbidgee rivers are navigable during thewet seasons. The central plains region, also known as the Channel Country, is interlaced by a network of rivers. During the rainy season these rivers flood the low-lying countryside,but in dry months they become merely a series of water holes. The Victoria, Daly, and Roper rivers drain a section of the Northern Territory. In Queensland...

• Australia - Geography.

  itself forms most of the border between New South Wales and Victoria. Considerable lengths of the Murray, Darling, and Murrumbidgee rivers are navigable during thewet seasons. The central plains region, also known as the Channel Country, is interlaced by a network of rivers. During the rainy season these rivers flood the low-lying countryside,but in dry months they become merely a series of water holes. The Victoria, Daly, and Roper rivers drain a section of the Northern Territory. In Queensland...

• Ontario - Geography.

  governed Ontario’s initial settlement and development. The province’s most important river is the St. Lawrence. Its route was much improved and enlarged by dredgingand canal building in the mid-20th century. This enabled large ocean-going vessels to reach Great Lake ports ( see St. Lawrence Seaway). The Ottawa River was an important early route to the interior for fur traders and timber merchants. The Niagara River, because of its falls, is a great center of hydroelectric power as well as aninte...

• Ontario - Canadian History.

  governed Ontario’s initial settlement and development. The province’s most important river is the St. Lawrence. Its route was much improved and enlarged by dredgingand canal building in the mid-20th century. This enabled large ocean-going vessels to reach Great Lake ports ( see St. Lawrence Seaway). The Ottawa River was an important early route to the interior for fur traders and timber merchants. The Niagara River, because of its falls, is a great center of hydroelectric power as well as aninte...

• Qing Dynasty - History.

  The Manchus also dealt with the problem of Russian expansion into northeastern Asia. In 1689 the Treaty of Nerchinsk was signed by an envoy from the Manchu courtand a Russian representing Peter the Great. The treaty, the first between China and a Western country, established territorial boundaries and defined rules ofcommerce for the two powers. Through the mid-18th century, the Manchus continued to consolidate their power. In 1720 the Qing ruler sent forces to fight the Mongols in Tibet and the...