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The Golden Age of Piracy

Ahoy, me hearties! Welcome to the quiz about the Golden Age of Piracy. During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, pirates roamed the seas, plundering ships and creating legends that are still…

The Dawning of the Space Age

On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union put the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, into Earth orbit and ushered in the modern space age. Sputnik (“traveling companion”) was…

Deaths by Age and Sex

Numbers and rates in England and Wales Numbers (thousands) Year All ages Under 11 1–4 5–9 10–14 15–19 20–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65–74…

James Agee Biography

James AgeewriterBorn: 11/27/1909Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee Brilliant and versatile, he wrote the text for Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941), which, with photographs by Walker Evans,…

Canadian Shield

(Encyclopedia) Canadian Shield or Laurentian PlateauLaurentian Plateaulôrĕnˈchən [key], U-shaped region of ancient rock, the nucleus of North America, stretching N from the Great Lakes to the Arctic…

Bering Strait

(Encyclopedia) Bering Strait, c.55 mi (90 km) wide, between extreme NE Asia and extreme NW North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean and the Bering Sea. It is usually completely frozen over from…

skating

(Encyclopedia) skating: see ice skating; ice dancing; roller skating.

winter sports

(Encyclopedia) winter sports: see bobsledding; curling; hockey, ice; ice dancing; ice skating; skiing; snowshoes; tobogganing.

mountain climbing

(Encyclopedia) mountain climbing, the practice of climbing to elevated points for sport, pleasure, or research. Also called mountaineering, it is practiced throughout the world. Many mountain…

water

(Encyclopedia) CE5 A. Water molecule (black circles represent valence-shell electrons) B. Structure of ice: Each oxygen atom (white circles) is bonded to four other oxygen atoms by hydrogen bonds…