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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...uce a child who could survive into adulthood precipitated a succession crisis, for, in the absence of ...
26: ...e totally extinguished, then it would have become simple for the deposed King James to reclaim the Throne....
47: ...|Bourbon]] on the Spanish Throne. In the House of Commons, the Tory majority was unassailable, but the same...
57: ...bill (in this case, a Scots militia bill). Preocuppied with her health (she suffered from [[porphyria]... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...French castle is a ''chau-fort,'' for in French a simple ''chau'' connotes a grand [[country house]] at th...
10: ...ace of retreat. This can be seen by many of the typical features of European castles - e.g. portcullis...
46: ...ill common in French place-names. It is clearly depicted at the time of the Conquest in the [[Bayeux T...
48: ... of the town many years before, may be taken as typical of the practice of the 11th century. But in ad...
50: The rapidity and ease with which it was possible to constr... - Tree (23723 bytes)
5: ...al landscape and significant elements in [[landscaping]], and in [[agriculture]] supplying [[orchard]]...
11: ...mples of many well known trees and how they are typically classified.
20: ...s the science of [[dendrochronology]]. In some tropical regions with constant year-round climate, grow...
26: ==Champion trees==
27: ...each case, the top position is always held by a [[Pinophyta|conifer]], though a different species in e... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
2: [[nutrient]]s (but not [[energy]]) by trapping and consuming [[animal]]s,
5: ...trogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and rock outcroppings.
8: ==Trapping mechanisms==
10: There are five basic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous plants. The...
13: *Pitfall traps ([[pitcher plant]]s), which trap prey in a rolled leaf ... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ... of development in colonial America, historians typically recognize four regions in the lands that lat...
16: ...he motivation behind the founding of colonies was piecemeal and variable. Practical considerations suc...
27: ...s behaved as the company had expected them to. Hoping to obtain all of their food by trading with the...
44: ...ng in the [[Church of England]]. But whereas the Pilgrims sought to leave the Church of England, the ...
46: ===The Pilgrims=== - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Brown Pelican}}
3: {{Taxobox begin placement | color = pink}}
12: {{Taxobox section binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Pelecanus occidentalis | auth...
21: The nest location varies from a simple scrape on the ground on an island to a bulky stic...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...here that is somewhat more insulated from public opinion than the House. The Senate has several exclus...
6: ...building, in [[Washington, D.C.]], the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes in the ...
23: ... candidates in [[primary election]]s, which are typically held several months before the general elect...
25: ...ns censuring members; [[censure]] requires only a simple majority and does not remove a senator from offic...
27: ...lection serves until the original six-year term expires, and not for a full term of his or her own. - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ... from [[digital circuit|components]] that perform simple well-defined functions. The complex interactions ...
12: ...all operations on that information are reduced to simple [[Boolean algebra]].
29: ...[1946]], were huge devices that weighed tons, occupied entire rooms, and required many operators to fu...
51: ... commonly available devices to be included. The rapid nature of computer development means new uses fo...
81: ...~esr/jargon/html/T/Turing-tar-pit.html Turing Tar-Pit] - "a place where anything is possible but nothi... - Ship (18843 bytes)
1: [[Image:Genoa 139a.jpg||thumb|250px|Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Cla...
4: ...as the outstanding example but the big [[German Empire|German]] ships and [[barque]]s were built partl...
12: ... Britain until the [[Samuel Plimsoll|Merchant Shipping Act of 1876]], ship-owners could load their ves...
14: ...ause different types of water, (summer, fresh, tropical fresh, winter north Atlantic) have different d...
21: ...officially in the 100-foot [[Turbinia]] at the [[Spithead]] Naval Review in [[1897]]. This facilitated... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...tion of the [[Roman Republic]] into the [[Roman Empire]]. In 55BC Caesar launched the first Roman inva...
4: ...man Republic]] and the beginning of the [[Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, ...
17: ...BC while still serving under Thermus, he played a pivotal role in the siege of [[Miletus]]. During the...
21: ...to death by [[crucifixion]] as a warning to other pirates. However, since they had treated him well, ...
26: ....jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|'''Julius Caesar''', depicted from the bust in the [[British Museum]], in '... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
15: ...[Dalai Lama]]. He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] belief...
23: ...[[London, United Kingdom|London]], the Imperial capital, was influenced by a vow he had made to his mo...
29: ... First, he was literally thrown off a train at [[Pietermaritzburg]] after refusing to move from first...
35: ...e growing Indian nationalism. Gandhi was also inspired by the American writer [[Thoreau|Henry David T...
42: ... and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning ''khadi'' in support of the independence mov... - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
3: ...face on which it sits. The mouse's 2D motion is typically translated into the motion of a [[cursor]] o...
8: [[Image:First_Computer_Mouse_pic_2.jpg|thumb|300px|The first computer mouse]]
21: ...ineer]] and [[watchmaker]] [[André ‡uignard]]. A spin-off of EPFL, [[Logitech]], launched the first po...
26: ...a rectangular array of 18*18 [[pixels]], and each pixel can sense 64 different levels of gray.
37: ... mechanical mouse is much simpler, usually just a simple cleaning. - Dog (69384 bytes)
3: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Domestic Dog}}<br />{{StatusSecure}}
5: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
15: {{Taxobox_section_trinomial_simple | color = pink| trinomial_name = Canis lupus familiaris}}
19: ...ion dog|detecting contraband]] and [[Guide dog|helping the blind]] or [[Service dog|disabled]]. For do...
23: ...e proportion of these in its diet. Wild canines typically get such nutrients from the stomach contents... - Chile (39914 bytes)
15: capital = [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]<sup>1</sup> |
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $11,537 |
36: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 59th |
61: ...now Chile. The [[Inca]]s briefly extended their empire into what is now northern Chile, but the area's...
64: ...41]] by [[Pedro de Valdivia]], one of [[Francisco Pizarro]]'s lieutenants. Although the Spanish did no... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
19: ...n by acquired characteristics. He joined Grant in pioneering investigations of the life cycle of marin...
24: ...iam Whewell]] and Charles became the "favourite pupil", known as "the man who walks with Henslow". Whe...
27: ...is course, then that summer worked with him at mapping strata in [[Wales]].
41: .... For the rest of his life he suffered recurring episodes of illness and disability.
43: ...s tortoises and [[finch]]es. An Australian [[marsupial]] rat-kangaroo and a [[platypus]] made him thin... - Human societies (6587 bytes)
15: ...] societies, [[horticulture|horticulturalist]] or simple farming societies, and [[agriculture|intensive ag...
20: ...generosity'' can be seen in all known cultures; typically, prestige or other cultural factor accrues t...
52: ...ons/topics/culture/glossary/society.html Learning Commons - What is Culture ? - Glossary Item - Society] - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
8: ...large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall in [[Hong Kong]]]]
41: ...e suppressed. From the 1960s, with the aid of a rapidly expanding economy, and influenced by American ...
74: ===Philippines===
75: {{main|Christmas in the Philippines}}
77: ...eft|[[Parol]]s are an iconic display in the Philippines during its long Christmas season]]
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