Well let's see... there is upstate (and downstate), state of shock and state of benign neglect, out-of-state and in-state, the state of the weather and the state of your health, and a jillion other states.......... + 50. :s mokin:
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Well let's see... there is upstate (and downstate), state of shock and state of benign neglect, out-of-state and in-state, the state of the weather and the state of your health, and a jillion other states.......... + 50. :s mokin:
Ah... I got it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rollo
you were looking for 1.
United States of America;
But you asked for "states" (no capital), therefore zero.
:s mokin:
Well, there are 4 commonwealths, so I would guess 46 states.
4 Commonwealths?? I can think of Mass and Virginia.....what would be the other two?
Bingo - Correct! We have a winner.Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
Virginia was never a state as had itself formally ceeded from Britain on Jun 29, 1776
Kentucky county pertitioned the Commonwealth of Virginia to be known as "free and independent, to be known by the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky." it got this in 1792
The Official Seal of Pennsylvania does not use the term, but legal processes are in the name of the Commonwealth and it is a traditional official designation used in referring to Pennsylvania.
According to the constitution of 1780 Massachusetts is officially named "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts" before this time it was referred to as the Province of Massachusetts Bay and as one of the 13 orginal colonies, it never needed to establish itself as a separate entity with the Continental Congress.
The United 46 States, 4 Commonwealths and 1 Not Really Anything of America just doesn't really have the same ring as the USA, does it?
For all intensive purposes, they are all States...but I forgot about PA and Kentucky.
At least us Canadians just have plain ole Provinces or Territories....keeps it simple...
Mark, I posed a similar question in the old thread, naming the 4 commonwealths. I couldn't remember now the names of them, but I remembered the number of them. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Lemme go map-hunting and I'll be back shortly with a Q.
I haven't done the Geog. thread that much....and once I get working again, likely not a whole lot in the future....
OK.
Here is a pic of a remnant of a temple. The red columns are pretty distinct.
It's from one of my favorite ancient civilisations. (They were the original hippies)
Where is the temple? (Bonus: Name the civilisation)
Central America? Inca?