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- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[15...
7: ...ourse this raised Coronado's interest, and he decided to try to get that [[gold]]. He set out in 1540,...
9: ...othing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[...
11: ...do River (U.S.)|Colorado]]). [[Garcia Lopez de Cardenas]] was sent out to find this river, and found h...
12: ...ent east, and found villages around the [[Rio Grande]]. Coronado set up his winter quarters in one of ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ... figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Chris...
11: ...t|250px|thumbnail|[[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by...
13: ... strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...rs only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years...
17: ... and other women (John 19:26). Mary cradling the dead body of her son is a common motif in art, calle... - Bookbinding (7761 bytes)
1: ...|Illustration of Medieval Bookbinding. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
4: ... were easier to handle, allowed writing on both sides of the leaves, and could be searched through mor...
6: ... handmade materials, sizes and styles varied considerably, and each book was a unique creation or a co...
8: ...rdize somewhat. But page sizes still varied considerably.
10: ...books3a.jpg|250px|Picture of Old Books. Image provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...f Palestine|Palestine]], have ''de facto'' independence and/or some international diplomatic recogniti...
3: ...o fulfill these obligations. The General Assembly determines admission upon recommendation of the Secu...
5: ... The name was transferred to the UN as it was founded by the victorious powers in the war as a conditi...
20: ...ebated by governments and private citizens worldwide.
24: ...ong the original signatories had been reserved, added its name later, bringing the total of original s... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
6: ...ut his life and teachings. Pythagoras and his students believed that everything was related to [[math...
11: ...center. He opened his school to men and women students alike. They called themselves the Mathematikoi...
13: ...y infer from this that participants required some degree of wealth and leisure to join the inner circl...
17: ...e bad." Others were more cryptic: "What is the [[Delphic oracle]]?" "The [[tetraktys]], in which the ...
19: ...p joy and love" (excerpt from the book ''The extended circle'', by Jon Wynne-Tyson). - Salem witch trials (12402 bytes)
2: ...ing and [[Puritan]] [[paranoia]] which led to the deaths of at least 25 people and the imprisonment of...
6: ...chusetts|Manchester]], [[Malden, Massachusetts|Malden]], [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown]], [...
9: ...at last one concluded that it was the hand of the Devil on them; in other words, they were possessed. ...
11: ...nal interpretations of the trials, there is no evidence that she was anything but Native American.
13: ...rminer|Court of Oyer and Terminer]] (to "hear and determine"). By then, Sarah Osborne had died in jail... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ... also provide [[pronunciation]] information, word derivations, histories, or [[etymology|etymologies]]...
4: ==Word order==
5: ...logous phonetic order. Words and characters in [[ideographic]] writing systems such as [[Chinese chara...
14: ...on|romanized]] and sorted in Roman alphabetical order.
20: ...[[stroke (Chinese character)|stroke]] count and order, readings (pronunciations), and a list of words ... - Flag (13245 bytes)
1: [[Image:Delaware_flag.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Delaware State Flag]]
3: ... is a flag if it is flown like a flag, with one side attached, though many flags are recognisable if d...
9: ... thousands of years, the origin of flags in the modern sense is a matter of dispute. Some believe flag...
11: ...]], and in [[China]] they were the [[general]]s under the imperial army.
13: ...ter a legal requirement) for ships to carry flags designating their nationalities; these flags eventua... - Tornado (14220 bytes)
3: ...[[Tornado Alley]]. Although in pure number of incidences, the [[United States]] experiences more torna...
8: ...], and sometimes [[hail]] are associated with thunderstorms. Many tornadoes appear at the tail end of...
10: ...otation can intensify and form tornadoes is not understood.
12: ...mes opposite direction swirls develop under a thunderstorm. And about 1 in 100 tornadoes rotate in an ...
14: ... high wind velocity and the associated wind-blown debris. Tornadic winds have been measured well in ex... - Colorado (22240 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]] |
11: LargestCity = [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]] |
21: DensityRank = 37<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 16.01 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 38<sup>th</sup> | - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...klin was a member of the [[Freemasons]], corresponded with members of the [[Lunar Society]] and was al...
4: Franklin's [[invention]]s include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [[catheter]],...
9: ...[[Ecton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, ...
11: ...ing half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
5: ...ita, Magellan had two siblings: his brother Diogo de Sousa, named after his grandmother, and his siste...
9: ...5]] he was sent to [[India]] to install Francisco de Almeida as a Portuguese [[viceroy]] there and est...
13: ...everal medals, Magellan was accused of illegal trade with the Islamic [[Moors]]. He had also been invo...
15: ...ame from "''Fern㯠de Magalh㥳''" to "''Fernando de Magallanes''."
20: ...he ear of Charles and the powerful Juan Rodriguez de Fonseca, bishop of [[Burgos]] and the persistent ... - Francisco Coronado (5090 bytes)
1: '''Francisco Vásquez de Coronado''' (ca. [[1510]] - [[September 22]],[[15...
5: ...iscan monks, the most notable of which was [[Juan de Padilla]], and several slaves, both native Americ...
8: ...othing like the great golden city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[...
10: ... in the destruction of the Tiguex pueblos and the death of hundreds of Indians.
12: ...ado thought he did so, and was executed. Other guides led him further to Quivira, and he reached a vil... - Comic book (4367 bytes)
1: .... In fact, the seriousness of the medium varies widely.
5: ...ral populace would mainly consider a comic book a hardcover book collecting comic book stories, such as the [...
14: **[[Franco-Belgian comics]] - ''Bande Dessin饬 BD''
20: *[[Underground comics]]
38: * ''[[Spider-Man]]'' ([[United States]] - [[Marvel Comics]]) - Dust Bowl (5196 bytes)
2: ...the east in very large black clouds. The clouds made the sky appear black all the way to [[Chicago]]. ...
6: ...etation, the ecological balance of the plains was destroyed, leaving nothing to hold the soil when the...
8: ...arren and dry, and homes foreclosed for unpayable debts, many farm families gave up and left. Many of ...
11: ...ke snow, dumping the equivalent of four pounds of debris per person on the city. Several days later, t...
15: During [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s first 100 days, g... - Biology (23579 bytes)
2: ...our priorities for writing in this area? To help develop a list of the most basic topics in biology, ...
4: ...tudy life over a wide range of [[Orders of magnitude (length)|scales]].
6: ...mental biology]] studies life at the level of the development or [[ontogeny]] of an individual organis...
8: ...e multi-species scale of [[lineage]]s. Interdependent populations and their [[Habitat (ecology)|habit...
25: ... several major principles and concepts which include: universality, evolution, diversity, continuity, ... - Puma (9263 bytes)
17: ...ed to leopards than to [[lion]]s. There is a considerable variation in color and size of these animals...
20: ...lly in the [[Everglades]]. There is currently a widespread effort in Florida to try to save the remain...
23: ...]] (on both the [[Chilean]] and [[Argentinian]] sides).
26: ...o extinction in the United States, the puma has made a dramatic comeback, with an estimated 30,000 ind...
30: ... especially in areas with a large population of [[deer]], their natural prey. They have also begun pre... - Dan Quayle (12089 bytes)
5: ! Order:
6: | 44th Vice President
11: ! Predecessor:
14: ! Succeeded by:
32: ! [[President of the United States|President]]: - Florida Panther (10551 bytes)
15: ...e in size this cat can purr and is therefore considered a small cat. It is more closely related to th...
20: There is a considerable variation in color and size of these animals...
23: ...lly in the [[Everglades]]. There is currently a widespread effort in Florida to try to save the remain...
31: ...]] (on both the [[Chilean]] and [[Argentinian]] sides).
34: ...o extinction in the United States, the puma has made a dramatic comeback, with an estimated 30,000 ind...
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