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the largest city of New Mexico 35.0844° N, 106.6504° W Lernen beginnen
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A small firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico, named MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) announced a computer kit called the Altair, which met the social as well as technical requirements for a small personal computer.
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Birth county of Edward Jenner Lernen beginnen
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Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire on 17 May 1749, the son of the local vicar.
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admitted to the union in 1848 as the 30th state The Badger State The state earned its Badger State nickname from itinerant miners who burrowed into hills for shelter rather than building homes. Lernen beginnen
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In addition, dairy is a major driver of Wisconsin's economy, generating more than $20 billion a year.
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What is the capital of Wisconsin? 43.0731° N, 89.4012° W The city's name commemorates on of the foundering fathers of the US close friend of Thomas Jeffeson. Lernen beginnen
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Madison is located in south central Wisconsin on an isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona in Dane County. In 1792, Madison and Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) founded the Democratic-Republican Party, which has been called America’s first opposition political party.
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Which famous French city is located at the same latitude as Madison? 43.2965° N, 5.3698° E At its heart is the Vieux-Port (Old Port), where fishmongers sell their catch along the boat-lined quay. Lernen beginnen
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Marseille, also spelled Marseilles, is the administrative and commercial capital of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, one of France’s fastest growing régions.
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It became only one of two states (the other was West Virginia) to join the Union during the Civil War The Silver State Mining is the state’s largest export industry, and tourism plays a major role in the state’s economy thanks to standing if Las Vegas as the Entertainment Capital of the World Lernen beginnen
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Bordered by Oregon, Idaho, California, Utah and Arizona, Nevada is the seventh largest state by area.
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What's the capital of Nevada? 39.1638° N, 119.7674° W The city is generally considered a Republican stronghold, often voting for Republicans by wide margins. Lernen beginnen
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Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868), better known as Kit Carson, was an American frontiersman. When Nevada became a state in 1864 during the American Civil War, Carson City was confirmed as Nevada's permanent capital.
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Which famous tourist city in Spain is located at the same latitude as Carson City? 39.5696° N, 2.6502° E Lernen beginnen
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The Wolverine State Located in the center of the Great Lakes, the state is divided into two land masses known as the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Lernen beginnen
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Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie. The Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan’s upper peninsula to the rest of the state, spans five miles and is one of the world’s longest suspension bridges.
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What is the capital of Michigan? 42.7325° N, 84.5555° W Lernen beginnen
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The Thomas M. Cooley Law School is the largest law school in the nation and is located in downtown Lansing.
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Which European capital lies on the same latitude as Lansing? 42.4304° N, 19.2594° E The city was known as Titograd (Титоград) between 1946 and 1992. Lernen beginnen
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Podgorica (Подгорица; lit. '"[little area] below the mountain"') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.
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a country in southeast Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkans considered hybrid regime The native name Crna Gora, also meaning "black mountain" or "black hill", came to denote the country in the 15th century. Lernen beginnen
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Following the independence referendum held in May 2006, Montenegro declared its independence and the confederation peacefully dissolved.
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Where is the FLI located? Federal laws of Germany hold the FLI responsible for national and international animal disease control; it also poses the international reference lab for several viral diseases Lernen beginnen
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What's the largest city of Maryland? 39°17′22″N 76°36′55″W Fort McHenry is best kown for its role in the war of 1812, when it defended the city's harbour from an attack by the British navy. Lernen beginnen
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Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University are the city's top two employers. The Battle of Baltimore was a pivotal engagement during the War of 1812, culminating in the bombardment of Fort McHenry, during which Francis Scott Key wrote a poem that would become "The Star-Spangled Banner".
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Roger Bacon was born in Ilchester in In the early modern era, he was regarded as a wizard and particularly famed for the story of his mechanical or necromantic brazen head. Tourists, pivotal to the economy, are drawn by the architectural treasures of Bath and Wells; by Bristol Channel resorts such as Weston-super-Mare, Minehead, and Burnham. Lernen beginnen
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Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.
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When the county of Avon was abolished, the city became a unitary authority. 51.4545° N, 2.5879° W The most striking ecclesiastical building there is the church of St. Mary Redcliffe, a 14th-century structure whose grandeur of proportion and majestic Perpendicular Gothic design have made it one of the most celebrated parish churches in England. Lernen beginnen
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Bristol is located about 120 miles (190 km) west of London at the confluence of the Rivers Avon and Frome.
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an important cradle of the Labour Party and the Suffragette Movement 53.4808° N, 2.2426° W On 22 May 2017, an Islamist extremist suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb as people were leaving a concert by American singer Ariana Grande. Lernen beginnen
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The IRA detonated a 1,500-kilogram lorry bomb on Corporation Street in the centre of Manchester. It was the biggest bomb detonated in Great Britain since the Second World War.
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German city at the same latitude as Manchester 53.5511° N, 9.9937° E Lernen beginnen
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conentration camp nearby Minsk 53°50'0"N 27°42'41"E «russisch Малый Тростенец» Throughout 1942, Jews from Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia were taken by train to the village to be lined up in front of the pits and were shot. Lernen beginnen
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the birthplace of Christopher Columbus 44.4056° N, 8.9463° E the capital of one of the most powerful maritime republics for over seven centuries, from the 11th century to 1797. Lernen beginnen
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Italian: Genova [ˈdʒɛːnova] On the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean: it is currently the busiest in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union.
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US-city at the same latitude as Genoa 44.9778° N, 93.2650° W On May 25, 2020, video captured the murder of George Floyd, an African-American man, by a white police officer, who knelt on Floyd's neck and back for more than nine minutes while he struggled to breathe and died. Lernen beginnen
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Saint Anthony Falls northeast of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, was the only natural major waterfall on the Upper Mississippi River.
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The first concentration camp 48.2630° N, 11.4339° E Lernen beginnen
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Where was NAM (non-aligned movement) founded? Lernen beginnen
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In which city was the Instrumentum Pacis Monasteriensis, IPM signed? Two complementary treaties were signed on 24 October 1648 to end the Thirty Years War. Lernen beginnen
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The Peace of Münster was signed by the Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of Spain on 30 January 1648, and was ratified in Münster on 15 May 1648.
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