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- Afghanistan [r]: A Islamic republic in Central Asia, with an unstable but elected government; borders China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan [e]
- Agatha Christie [r]: (1890 – 1976) An English author best known for her crime novels and her fictional characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. [e]
- Albert Einstein [r]: 20th-century physicist who formulated the theories of relativity. [e]
- Biodiversity [r]: The study of the diversity of life. [e]
- Culture (social) [r]: UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (2002) defined culture as "... the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of a society or a social group..." that "encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs". [e]
- Ecosystem [r]: A space in which multiple biological species interact. [e]
- Everglades National Park [r]: A national park located in the U.S. state of Florida, preserving the southern portion of the Everglades. [e]
- Free Software Foundation [r]: Massachusetts-based non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman to support the free software movement. [e]
- Free statistical software [r]: This article briefly describes what free software is available for conducting statistical analysis of data. [e]
- Great Wall of China [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Herat [r]: Capital of Herat Province in western Afghanistan, bordering Iran and Turkmenistan; often considered the cultural capital of Afghanistan [e]
- Indigenous knowledge system [r]: Set of knowledge, skills and technologies existing and developed around specific conditions of indigenous populations and communities. [e]
- Indigenous knowledge [r]: Local-level accumulated knowledge that does not originate in academic or corporate research institutions, inherited in situ through tradition and culture. [e]
- Ireland (island) [r]: An island to the west coast of Great Britain, comprising the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. [e]
- Khmer [r]: The dominant ethnicity, language, and culture of Cambodia [e]
- Laos, History [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lee R. Berger [r]: Anthropologist / archeologist noted for work on Australopithecus africanus and the Taung Bird of Prey Hypothesis. [e]
- Lingua franca [r]: Any language used for widespread communication between groups who do not share a native language or where native speakers are typically in the minority; name from 'Lingua Franca', a pidgin once used around the Mediterranean. [e]
- Lübeck [r]: Second largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, one of the major ports of Germany it was for several centuries the 'capital' of the Hanseatic League. [e]
- Macau [r]: A Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, and former Portugese colony, located on the South China Sea south of Guangzhou. [e]
- Machu Picchu [r]: An archaeological site in the Andes just northwest of Cusco, Peru built by the Incas in about 1450 AD. [e]
- Melbourne [r]: "Capital city of the state of Victoria, Australia." [e]
- Mumbai [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Naples [r]: City in Southern Italy, capital of Campania. [e]
- Ottawa [r]: Capital city of Canada, population 812,129. [e]
- Pleiku [r]: The capital of Gia Lai Province of Vietnam; headquarters of the II Corps tactical zone during the Vietnam War [e]
- Quang Binh Province [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rome [r]: The capital city of Italy. [e]
- Sathya Sai Baba [r]: Controversial South Indian guru, religious leader, and orator, often described as a "godman" and miracle worker. [e]
- South Korea [r]: A democratic republic in East Asia, occupying the southern half of the Korean peninsula; established in 1948 after Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. [e]
- Sri Aurobindo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Statue of Liberty [r]: A large (151 feet/46 meters) statue, representing Liberty deified, located at Liberty Island, New York City; a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. [e]
- Sterkfontein cave [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sustainable development [r]: Pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations. [e]
- Taj Mahal [r]: 17th century mausoleum complex, located on the south bank of the River Yamuna in Agra, India. [e]
- Tel Aviv [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thousand Islands [r]: An archipelago of islands in the Saint Lawrence River, stretching for approximately 80 kilometres (50 miles) downstream from Kingston, Ontario. [e]
- United Nations [r]: An international organization that was founded in 1945 with the mission of preventing international war, protecting human rights, supporting social progress and justice, and helping with economic progress. [e]
- World Heritage site [r]: A place included in a list maintained by the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO with the aim of cataloguing sites of particular natural or cultural importance to the whole of mankind. [e]
