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What Is a City-State?

You've seen the word a thousand times, but what does it actually mean? City-states are small, independent areas that have full sovereignty over their domestic and international policies. Unlike in…

Cayman Islands Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Cayman Islands Index: Historical Highlights Economy Government and Political Conditions U.S.-Caymanian Relations HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS The Cayman…

Marine Debris in the United States

Plastic bags and bottles, cans, straws, and other debris continue to contaminate our water and threaten marine life by Liz Olson Related Links Earth Day America's Troubled…

Aruba Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Aruba Index: People and History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Aruba Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYAruba's first…

Colima, state, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) Colima Colima kōlēˈmä [key], state, 2,010 sq mi (5,206 sq km), SW Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean…

Crow, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) Crow, indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages) and who call themselves the…

Anguilla

(Encyclopedia) AnguillaAnguillaăng-gwĭlˈə [key], island and British dependency (2015 est. pop. 15,000) 35 sq mi (91 sq km), West Indies, northernmost of the Leeward Islands. The capital is the town…