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Rich in history, language, and culture, South America is a vibrant place. Nature has made its mark SOUTH AMERICAin the trees of ...

SPORT The British, Spanish, and Italian football leagues are considered the best in the played throughout the year, tennis world ...

LANDSCAPES Across the continent, landscapes differ dramatically. Iceland’s glaciers and Norway’s fjords contrast with the mounta ...

CULTURE The beliefs, culture, and art of the continent’s original inhabitants form a rich heritage. Aboriginal Australians have ...

This southern-hemisphere region includes Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and neighbouring Pacific islands. As all 14 c ...

In the coldest continent on Earth, the temperature can drop to -80 ̊ C (-112 ̊ F) and human skin can freeze in seconds. Yet than ...

205 LANDSCAPE Dramatic seas, steep glaciers, and giant icebergs up to 295 km (183 miles) long are the main features of this uniq ...

206 Historically, army leaders carried flags into battle as a rallying point for the soldiers. Today, flags are used to decorate ...

207 INDIA At the centre of the tricolour (three colours) is the ashoka chakra, meaning “wheel of law”. This symbolizes the hope ...

208 Maps SATELLITE IMAGE Space satellites are used to photograph Earth, capturing its surface in great detail. Orbiting thousand ...

209 SAILING CHART Nautical maps of coastal or ocean areas are called charts. They include information about tides, currents, dep ...

210 All over the world, groups of people or nations come together for common causes. The unions they form are called alliances. ...

211 ASEAN ▶ In 1967, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines founded the Association of Southeast Asian Na ...

DOMESTIC WORK Any unpaid work done at home is not counted as part of the economy. Housework, for example, only contributes to th ...

CONSUMER GOODS Producers must recognize what people want in order to create consumer goods that will prove popular, sell well, a ...

214 Throughout history, countries have been run by a variety of leaders and governments. At one time, heads of state were royalt ...

215 ◀ MONARCHY In the past, most countries were ruled by a king or a queen and, as head of state, the monarch’s word was conside ...

216 ABRAHAM LINCOLN ▶ A passionate opponent of slavery, Lincoln led the Union States to victory in the Civil War of 1860–65. His ...

217 WILLIAM MCKINLEY ▶ The first to campaign using advertising techniques, McKinley won the 1896 election promising to tax forei ...

CHRISTIANITY Christianity is based on the belief that Jesus Christ is God’s son. The Bible, Christianity’s sacred book, contains ...