Montana | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Montana 00:01:28 1 Etymology and naming history 00:02:51 2 Geography 00:03:37 2.1 Topography 00:08:38 2.1.1 Rivers, lakes and reservoirs 00:09:25 2.1.1.1 Pacific Ocean drainage basin 00:10:22 2.1.1.2 Gulf of Mexico drainage basin 00:12:23 2.1.1.3 Hudson Bay drainage basin 00:12:46 2.1.1.4 Lakes and reservoirs 00:13:38 2.2 Flora and fauna 00:15:21 2.3 Protected lands 00:18:14 2.4 Climate 00:24:11 2.5 Antipodes 00:24:37 3 History 00:27:23 3.1 Montana territory 00:28:48 3.2 Conflicts 00:31:16 3.3 Cattle ranching 00:32:10 3.4 Railroads 00:33:48 3.5 Statehood 00:35:03 3.6 Homesteading 00:39:40 3.7 Montana and World War I 00:44:11 3.8 Depression era 00:44:41 3.9 Montana and World War II 00:46:42 3.10 Other military 00:47:38 3.11 Cold War Montana 00:48:57 4 Demographics 00:51:17 4.1 Intrastate demographics 00:55:11 4.2 Language 00:57:09 4.3 Religion 00:58:05 4.4 Native Americans 01:01:07 4.5 Birth data 01:01:34 5 Economy 01:03:33 6 Education 01:03:42 6.1 Colleges and universities 01:03:51 6.2 Schools 01:06:10 7 Culture 01:07:55 7.1 Major cultural events 01:09:27 7.2 Sports 01:09:35 7.2.1 Professional sports 01:10:08 7.2.2 College sports 01:10:42 7.2.3 Other sports 01:11:17 7.2.4 Olympic competitors 01:12:31 7.2.5 Sporting achievements 01:13:22 7.3 Outdoor recreation 01:13:46 7.3.1 Fishing and hunting 01:15:18 7.3.2 Winter sports 01:17:37 8 Health 01:18:08 9 Media 01:19:16 10 Transportation 01:21:33 11 Law and government 01:21:43 11.1 Constitution 01:25:31 11.2 State government: Executive 01:27:43 11.3 State government: Legislative 01:28:33 11.4 State government: Judicial 01:33:51 11.5 Federal offices and courts 01:37:26 12 Politics 01:41:07 13 Cities and towns 01:42:50 14 State symbols 01:46:23 15 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: increases imagination and understanding improves your listening skills improves your own spoken accent learn while on the move reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:    / @wikipediatts983   You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." Socrates SUMMARY ======= Montana ( (listen)) is a state in the Northwestern United States. Montana has several nicknames, although none are official, including "Big Sky Country" and "The Treasure State", and slogans that include "Land of the Shining Mountains" and more recently "The Last Best Place".Montana is the 4th largest in area, the 8th least populous, and the 3rd least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. The western half of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller island ranges are found throughout the state. In total, 77 named ranges are part of the Rocky Mountains. The eastern half of Montana is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands. Montana is bordered by Idaho to the west, Wyoming to the south, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan to the north. The economy is primarily based on agriculture, including ranching and cereal grain farming. Other significant economic resources include oil, gas, coal, hard rock mining, and lumber. The health care, service, and government sectors also are significant to the state's economy. The state's fastest-growing sector is tourism. Nearly 13 million tourists annually visit Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, the Beartooth Highway, Flathead Lake, Big Sky Resort, and other attractions.