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  2. Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A map showing the approximate locations of Native American nations in present-day North America, c. 16th century Spanish Empire explorer Hernando DeSoto greeting Native Americans on the Mississippi River, c. 1541, depicted in an 1853 portrait by William Henry Powell, which now hangs in the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C.

  3. List of North American Numbering Plan area codes - Wikipedia

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    1993: split to create 905. 2001: overlaid by 647. 2013: overlaid by 437. 2025: overlaid by 942. area code 387 is reserved as a fifth code for the region. 417. Missouri ( Springfield, Joplin, Branson, Lamar, Lebanon, and most of southwestern Missouri) 1950. created from parts of the area codes 314 and 816.

  4. Geography of North America - Wikipedia

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    With an estimated population of 580 million and an area of 24,709,000 km 2 (9,540,000 mi 2 ), the northernmost of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere [1] is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west; the Atlantic Ocean on the east; the Caribbean Sea on the south; and the Arctic Ocean on the north. The northern half of North America is ...

  5. Kraft Foods Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Kraft Foods Inc. (/ ˈ k r æ f t /) was a multinational confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate. It marketed many brands in more than 170 countries. Twelve of its brands annually earned more than $1 billion worldwide: Cadbury, Jacobs, Kraft, LU, Maxwell House, Milka, Nabisco, Oreo, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Trident, and Tang.

  6. Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada. /  45.400°N 75.667°W  / 45.400; -75.667. Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline.

  7. Exploration of North America - Wikipedia

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    Exploration of North America. The exploration of North America by European sailors and geographers was an effort by major European powers to map and explore the continent with the goal of economic, religious and military expansion. The combative and rapid nature of this exploration is the result of a series of countering actions by neighboring ...

  8. MapQuest - Wikipedia

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    Optional. Launched. February 6, 1996; 28 years ago. ( 1996-02-06) Current status. Active. MapQuest (stylized as mapquest) is an American free online web mapping service. It was launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service. [1] MapQuest vies for market share with competitors such as Google Maps and Here.

  9. List of copper mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rank Mine County and State Owner Source of copper Annual production (thousand tonnes) 1 Morenci: Greenlee County, Arizona: Freeport-McMoRan (72%), Sumitomo Group (28%): Open pit, copper-molybdenum ore, producing copper cathode, copper and molybdenum concentrates