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What are some interesting facts for kids about Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania was named in honor of Admiral Sir William Penn, the father of William Penn, and means "Penn's Woodland." It is nicknamed the Keystone State because it was the center of the 13 colonies, with six to the north and six to the south. Its motto is "virtue, liberty and independence." The state animal is the white-tailed deer, the state bird is the ruffled grouse and the state dog is the Great Dane. Pennsylvania has one national forest, 20 state forests, 116 state parks and 294 state game lands.\nBecause Philadelphia was the nation's capital from 1776 to 1800, many historical e..

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What is a cruise to nowhere?

Some examples of "cruises to nowhere" are Carnival's two-night cruises out of Norfolk on the Carnival Vista and Norwegian's two-night Breakaway cruises out of New York. Relatively few of these are available as compared to standard cruises that stop in ports.\nAs of 2015, these cruises will become unavailable in the United States in 2016 as the Department of Homeland Security has determined that most cruise ships will not be able to comply with applicable laws. Ships that are registered in a foreign country are required to stop in a foreign port for at least one night if they embark f..

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Does Dollywood offer season passes?

Dollywood features two parks: the Dollywood amusement park and Dollywood's Splash Country water park. Season passes are available for either one of the parks, while combo season passes allow admission to both parks. The combo pass is cheaper than purchasing two park passes individually. Visitors with a season pass to only one park receive a discount on purchasing one-day tickets for the other park.

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What is Constantinople called today?

The name "Constantinople" comes from the name "Constantine," who was an emperor of Rome. During the Byzantine era, Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire. The empire fell to the Turks in 1453, but the Turks continued to refer to it as Constantinople for many years. In fact, in the west, most people only began referring to the city as Istanbul after the establishment of the Republic of Turkey following World War I.

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What countries make up Southeast Asia?

The southeastern subregion of Asia is located south of China, east of India and north of Australia. Brunei and Singapore are the two smallest countries of Southeast Asia, with Brunei measuring 5,765 square kilometers and Singapore at 724 square kilometers. In 2012, the countries with the top three largest populations were Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam; Indonesia having approximately 244 million people, the Philippines having 96 million and Vietnam having 90 million.\nThe two geographically largest Southeast Asian countries are Myanmar and Indonesia. Myanmar measures 676,000 square kil..

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What is an Indian princess called?

"Maharani" was used across India, especially for Hindu rulers, while "Begum" was used during the Mughal Empire. There is no such thing as a Native American princess, because the tribes did not have royalty. It is popular lore for some that a person's great-grandmother or another ancestor was a Cherokee Indian princess, but it is not true.

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What is the latitude of the tundra biome?

The term "tundra" is derived from the Finnish word "tunturi," which means a barren plain. The biome generally experiences exceedingly cold temperatures, minimal precipitation and brief planting seasons.The tundra biome is categorized into two types of latitudinal zones, the arctic tundra and the alpine tundra. The arctic tundra surrounds the North Pole in the Northern Hemisphere and stretches across the southern region of the taiga biome while the alpine tundra is situated at extremely high altitudes.

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Where can you find the price of passport renewal?

There is a listing of fees for renewing a passport book and card, as well as fees for renewing just the passport book or the passport card. In addition to renewal fees, additional optional fees are listed, such as expedited service, overnight delivery fee and a file search to verify a previous U.S. Passport or Consular Report of Birth Abroad.

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When did Spain gain independence?

Spain did not gain its independence until almost seven centuries later, after Christians from the north conquered the Muslims. The seizure of Grenada is considered the touchstone of Spain's independence. Subsequently, the kingdoms of Spain united and led the way to what today is considered modern Spain.\nDuring its time under Muslim occupation, Spain was considered a center of culture and education.

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Where does the Nile River start and end?

The Kagera River flows from Burundi through Tanzania into Lake Victoria as its largest tributary. From there, the Nile has two principal streams called the White Nile, which originates at Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile, which originates at Lake Tana in the Ethiopian highlands. The two streams meet in Sudan, south of Egypt. The White Nile is the larger of the two, but it loses much of its flow along the way, contributing to 15 percent of the water that eventually flows into Egypt. The Nile River drains an area of over 1.9 million square miles, or 3.1 million square kilometers, which comprises..

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