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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...se of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the ...
10: ...rvive into adulthood precipitated a succession crisis, for, in the absence of a [[Protestant]] heir, t...
12: ... English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...ing [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], and her sister was the future Mary II. Anne and Mary were th...
17: ...ys, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion. - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...uses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, ...
8: ...e built not only as a defensive measure, and offensive weapon, but also as a home. Castles were made b...
11: * Secondly castles were offensive weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories...
12: ... look was probably built merely to impress, and inside the castle is geared towards family living.
14: ...t castles for offensive reasons: territorial expansion and control of a region. A castle was a strongh... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...rtantly, having secondary branches supported on a single main stem or trunk (see [[shrub]] for compari...
5: ...important components of the natural landscape and significant elements in [[landscaping]], and in [[ag...
7: ==Classifications==
11: ...y well known trees and how they are typically classified.
16: ...t tissues ([[xylem]] and [[phloem]]). [[Wood]] consists of ''xylem'' cells, and [[bark]] is made of ''... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...he colourless patches that confude prey trapped inside ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that...
10: There are five basic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous pla...
14: *Flypaper traps, which trap prey using a sticky mucilage;
19: ...active or passive. For example, there are both passive flypapers,
27: ...ved independently on at least four occasions. The simplest pitfall - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
9: ...ntellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the Middle Ages. At the same time, the ...
11: ...in on his famous westward voyage. He sought for Asia, but the lands he came upon were found to belong...
16: ...rcial enterprise]], [[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respecti...
22: ...]] off the coast of today's [[North Carolina]] by Sir [[Walter Raleigh]]. The second resupply ship, d...
27: ...highly socially unstable as well as unprofitable, since individual colonists felt little attachment to... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
19: ...-like fish. Groups of these birds often travel in single file, flying low over the water's surface.
21: The nest location varies from a simple scrape on the ground on an island to a bulky stic...
27: *''Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis''
31: It is the state bird of [[Louisiana]]. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...ficantly, the [[President of the United States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important app...
4: ... the Senate (the "[[upper house]]") are more extensive than those of the House of Representatives (the...
10: ...ng a likeness to the British House of Lords as possible."<!--Harpers, May 2004, 42-->
12: ...as "A necessary fence against...fickleness and passion". [[George Washington]], in answer to a questio...
14: ...ng one vote short of the two-thirds majority requisite for conviction. - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ... from [[digital circuit|components]] that perform simple well-defined functions. The complex interactions ...
4: The discipline which studies the theory, design, and application of computers is called '''[[c...
8: ...quantum particles or any other well-understood physical phenomenon. Although computers have been buil...
10: ...odel the flow of water in a dam. Such ''[[analog signal|analog]]'' computers were once common in the ...
12: ...all operations on that information are reduced to simple [[Boolean algebra]]. - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: ...ocal [[law]] and regulation will define the exact size (or the number of [[mast (sailing)|mast]]s) whi...
4: ...tion. The same economic pressures which increased sizes to the point of carrying four or five masts, a...
12: ...usly unstable condition. Additionally, anyone who signed onto such a ship for a voyage and, upon reali...
14: ...a specific ship could load in water of various densities. Hence the "ladder" of lines seen forward of ...
16: ==Propulsion== - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to this day.
4: ...hopes of saving the Republic. The dramatic [[assassin]]ation on the [[Ides of March]] was the catalyst...
6: ...[[Suetonius]], [[Plutarch]], and [[Dio Cassius|Cassius Dio]].
15: ...s proscription said, "He whose life you so much desire will one day be the overthrow of the part of no...
17: ...ng under Thermus, he played a pivotal role in the siege of [[Miletus]]. During the course of the battl... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
15: ...[Dalai Lama]]. He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] belief...
18: ...eds and sects. He was born into the vaishya, or business, caste. At the age of 13 Gandhi married [[Kas...
20: ...ly passing the matriculation exam for the [[University of Bombay]] in [[1887]], and joining Samaldas C...
23: ...this with giving him valuable experience in organising and running institutions. Some of the vegetaria...
25: ...for litigants but was forced to close down that business as well when he ran afoul of a British office... - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
3: ...s motion relative to the flat surface on which it sits. The mouse's 2D motion is typically translated ...
9: [[Image:firstmouseunderside.jpg|frame|The first computer mouse held by inve...
11: ...px|Early '''mouse''' patents. (left to right) Opposing track wheels by ''Englebart'', 11/70, [http://w...
13: ... but ultimately, the mouse won out because of its simplicity and convenience.
15: ...41541 on [[November 17]], [[1970]] for a ''"X-Y Position Indicator For A Display System"''. At the ti... - Dog (69384 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
15: {{Taxobox_section_trinomial_simple | color = pink| trinomial_name = Canis lupus fami...
17: ...d ability to fit into human households and social situations.
23: ...Iditarod]] race, as well as scientific studies of similar conditions, suggest that under such extreme ...
27: ...arolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] in [[1758]], but reclassified as a subspecies of the [[wolf]], ''Canis lupu... - Chile (39914 bytes)
18: leader_titles = [[President of Chile|President]] |
30: population_density = 21 |
31: population_density_rank = 153rd |
56: ... the Incan conquest. Another theory points to the similarity of the valley of the Aconcagua with that ...
61: ...n Chile, but the area's remoteness prevented extensive settlement. - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...ormation that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory forced early joint [[publication of D...
6: ...election in Relation to Sex]]'' and ''[[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]''. His las...
8: ... Abbey]], close to [[Sir William Herschel]] and [[Sir Isaac Newton]].
15: ...nd the grandson of [[Erasmus Darwin]], and of [[Josiah Wedgwood]], a family of the [[Unitarian]] churc...
17: ...inishing school, Darwin went to [[Edinburgh University]] in [[1825]] to study medicine. - Human societies (6587 bytes)
6: The casual meaning of ''society'' simply refers to a group of people living together i...
14: === Subsistence types ===
15: ...cieties, also called [[civilization]]s. Some consider [[Industry|Industrial]] and [[Post-Industrial]...
18: ...form, whether the aid is symbolic, linguistic, physical, mental, emotional, financial, medical, religi...
20: ...some larger group of people. This type of ''generosity'' can be seen in all known cultures; typically,... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
6: == Asia ==
8: ...umb|left|A large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall in [[Hong Kong]]]]
10: ... exchanging gifts, and hanging stockings are very similar to Western celebrations.<ref name=autogenera...
12: Both [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] designate Christmas as a public holiday on December 25...
14: ...signs, and other symbolic items have become increasingly prevalent during the month of December in lar...
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