The name Pygmy is used by anthropologists to describe any human group whose males are less than 4 feet, 11 inches in average height.
The best-known Pygmy groups are those of tropical Africa, but they also include some of the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert and the Asian Pygmies known as the Negritos.
In the traditional list, there are seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. However, Europe and Asia are sometimes considered a single continent, Eurasia, making only six. Asia is the largest continent, comprising about 17 million square miles. Australia is the smallest, comprising only about 3 million square miles.
The five largest Lakes in the world are: 1. Kaspiyskoye More (or Caspian Sea). USSR–Iran 2. Superior. United States–Canada 3. Victoria. Tanzania–Uganda–Kenya 4. Aralskoye More (or Aral Sea). USSR 5. Huron. United States–Canada
In 1535, the sight of what is now Baja California in Mexico evoked for Spanish conquistador Hernin Cortes an imaginary island and its female black ruler, Calafia, in a popular Spanish novel. In September 1542, when Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo stepped onshore from San Diego Bay, the entire Pacific coast had been named California.
The Antilles, the islands of this chain of Caribbean islands are divided into two groups, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. The islands of the Greater Antilles are: Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico. Those of the Lesser Antilles are: the Virgin Islands, the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands,…
Birmingham, Alabama. Which city is known as the Rubber Capital of the World? Akron, Ohio. Which city is known as the Pretzel City? Reading, Pennsylvania. Which city is known as the Insurance City? Hartford, Connecticut. Which city is known as the Cement City? Allentown, Pennsylvania. Which city is known as the Celery City? Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Gibraltar is a limestone promontory off the southeastern coast of Spain. Connected to Spain by an isthmus, it commands the northeastern entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, which joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Gibraltar is a self-governing British colony.