The term “big cat” is are commonly used to relate to any of the five species of the genus Panthera: lion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard. Except for the snow leopard, these big cat species can roar. A more broad interpretation of the term covers species outside of Panthera including the cougar, clouded leopard, Sunda clouded leopard, cheetah and even the several lynxes species. However, these added species also do not roar.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a milestone in civil rights and labor law in the U.S. that bans discrimination based on race, color, national origin, faith, and sex. It forbids the unequal use of voter registration necessities and racial discrimination in schools, work, and public services.
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World military expenditure is measured to have been nearly $2 trillion in 2019, the highest level since 1988, and it continues to grow. Global military spending increased in each of the five years from 2015, has declined firmly from 2011 until 2014 following the world financial crisis.
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According to the U.S. Forest Service report, more than 640 various species of trees in the United States, 186 of which are endemic. Maps of tree diversity in the U.S. include the total species richness and endemic species of trees.
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One of the most significant disadvantages of the Mercator projection is that it distorts the actual sizes of territories. The atlas below shows the actual size of all countries and dependencies by area.
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Since the U.S. Congress enacted the Fair Housing Act in 1968, wealth amongst white households has significantly increased while wealth in black households has frozen. HowMuch.net took a glance at the data concerning the median income gap within Black and white households in the U.S.
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This map, at first glance, similar to a medieval map of the world ‘mappa mundi’, is the topologist’s map of the world, showing international borders, and nothing else.
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The first Portuguese settlement was founded after the signing “Tordesilhas Treat” in 1532. Colonization began in 1534 when King John III of Portugal split the territory into the fifteen private and autonomous Captaincy Colonies of Brazil.
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The Mediterranean Sea at all times played a significant role in the communication of the peoples around it. The world map shows what a unique position the Mediterranean Sea has in the world. It looks like a closed sea, but it offers the main transit routes linking east and west. All this, along with a beautiful climate and abundant nature, has made the Mediterranean region the cradle of world civilization. The maps below show the uniqueness of the Mediterranean region.
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Atlantropa was a gigantic engineering and colonization idea designed by the German architect Herman Sörgel to unite the continents of Europe and Africa through the partial evaporation of the Mediterranean Sea.
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