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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=Third President
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]] - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to the south by [...
3: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
4: |+<big>'''Bundesrepublik Deutschland'''</big>
6: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
7: ...Germany]] || align=center width=130px| [[Image:Bundesadler.png|100px|Germany: Coat of Arms]] - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...> [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the Interior]]}}
9: ...ion_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Orders}}
17: ...rd_flying.jpg |thumb|300px|left|Tenontosaurus and deinonych]]
18: ...he [[media]]. The term is also used informally to describe any prehistoric reptile, like the [[pelycos...
20: ...ww.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/avians.html]. The widespread application of [[cladistics]], which rigoro... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...nd of the asteroid across the gouge on its underside and toward the opposite end. Features as small as...
3: == Definition ==
4: ...p://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1840AN.....17...81E&db_key=AST&high=41e14...
6: The exact definition of an asteroid is unsettled. The term "mi...
8: ...[boulder]]-sized or smaller. The distinction is made because asteroids are large enough to survive pas... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...ennial]], woody [[plant]]. Though there is no set definition regarding minimum size, the term generall...
8: ...nkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]]]]
9: ...iology)|families]] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark...
13: ...lled a '''[[forest]]'''. Several [[biotope]]s are defined largely by the trees that inhabit them; exam...
16: ...]] consists of ''xylem'' cells, and [[bark]] is made of ''phloem'' and other tissues external to the v... - Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
2: ...:Archaeopteryx-model.jpg|250px|]] | caption = A model of ''Archaeopteryx lithographica''<br/> on displ...
17: ...[The Origin of Species]]'' set off a firestorm of debate about [[evolution]] and the role of [[transit...
19: ...tacular is the famed ''Berlin Specimen'' at the [[Humboldt Museum]] of [[Berlin]].
27: ...|200px|left|Illustration of a Archaeopteryx, provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
28: ...tures) lineage of which eventually gave rise to modern birds. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
7: ...ific]] coast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning...
9: ...of ten vessels. In Mexico Cook died, and a new leader, Captain Davis, took command. Dampier transferre...
11: ...e ship was being [[careening|careened]] Dampier made notes on the fauna and flora he found there. Late...
20: On the return voyage to England, ''Roebuck'' foundered near [[Ascension Island]] on [[21 February]] [...
22: ...as able to save many new charts of coastlines, trade winds and currents in the seas around Australia a... - Saint Paul, Minnesota (13759 bytes)
2: ...ille]] has a marker near an obscure intersection identifying the exact location of the 45th parallel)....
13: founded = 1854|
22: density = 2,101.0|
31: ...r league]] [[baseball]] team, the [[Minnesota Thunder]], professional [[soccer]] team, the [[Minnesota...
32: ...ge:Minnesota_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (15483 bytes)
1: ...th Century Germany's movement of philosophical [[idealism]]. It would come to have a profound impact o...
5: ...on]] and collaborated in a [[critique]] of the [[idealist]] philosophies of [[Immanuel Kant]] and his ...
7: ...hy were compiled from the lecture notes of his students and published posthumously.
9: ...of rational [[government]] and the revolutionary ideals of freedom and equality.
11: ...o an infinite antithesis; that, viz. between the Idea in its free, universal form - in which it exists... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - Aztec (38742 bytes)
3: ... islets in [[Lake Texcoco]] – the site of modern-day [[Mexico City]].
7: ...ith the historical Aztec civilization, not with modern-day Nahuatl speakers.
9: .... Their use of the word ''Azteca'' was like the modern use of ''Latino'', or ''Mediterranean'': a broa...
11: ... that after leaving Aztlan, [[Huitzilopochtli]] ordered his people not to use the word Azteca, instead...
14: ...xica" is increasingly applied. The Museo Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, for example, refers to t... - Andes (13210 bytes)
2: [[Image:Andies.png|thumb|200px|right|The Andes form the longest mountain chain in the world.]]
3: ...Image:Andes Chile Argentina.jpg|thumb|300px|The Andes between [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]]]]
4: ...:Andesplane.jpg|thumb|300px|Plane's view of the Andes, Peru.]]
5: ...in some parts (widest between 18° to 20°S latitude), and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,0...
6: ...hich are known as [[Andean States]]. The name ''Andes'' comes from the [[Quechua]] word ''anti'', whic... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...its greatest east-west width at about 5�N latitude, where it stretches approximately [[1 E7 m|19,800...
9: ...sunami]]s, caused by underwater earthquakes, have devastated many islands and wiped out whole towns.
15: ...enches lie adjacent to the outer margins of the wide western Pacific continental shelf.
17: ...ast Pacific Rise]], which is a part of the worldwide mid-oceanic ridge. About 3000 km (1800 miles) acr...
18: ...e]]. Pelagic sediments derived from seawater include pelagic red clays and the skeletal remains of sea... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...38]]. Fully aware of the likely reaction, he confided only in close friends and researched to meet ant...
6: ...nts and animals, now including mankind in ''[[The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex]]'' ...
12: ''For details see [[Charles Darwin's education]].''
17: ... was only eight and the next year he became a boarder at the ''[[Shrewsbury School]]''. After finishin...
19: ...ation'' Charles saw [[John James Audubon]] give a demonstration of his method of using wires to prop u... - Penguin (7847 bytes)
19: ...sciformes''', family '''Spheniscidae''') are an order of [[flightless birds|flightless]] [[bird]]s liv...
21: ...s of [[sealife]] that they catch while swimming underwater. They spend half of their life time on lan...
23: ...r penguins retain heat better and thus inhabit colder regions, while smaller penguins are found in tem...
25: ...nguins known are large, but not larger than the modern Emperor Penguin. All lived in the [[southern he...
35: ... white underside and a dark (mostly black) upperside. This is for [[camouflage]]. A predator looking u... - Black Howler Monkeys (4913 bytes)
10: ...main Etienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacepede|Lacepede]] | date = [[1799]]}}
12: ... type species | color = pink | species = [[Red-handed Howler|Simia belzebul]] | comment = [[Carolus Li...
17: ''[[Red-handed Howler|Alouatta belzebul]]''<br/>
28: ...ut 18 individuals. Threats to howler monkeys include being hunted for food and export.
30: ...ing whoop they make, which can be heard over considerable distances. They have an enlarged basihyal or... - Howler Monkeys (5154 bytes)
10: ...main Etienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacepede|Lacepede]] | date = [[1799]]}}
12: ... species = Alouatta belzebul | comment = [[Red-handed Howler]]}}
17: ''[[Red-handed Howler|Alouatta belzebul]]''<br/>
30: ...ut 18 individuals. Threats to howler monkeys include being hunted for food and export.
32: ...ing whoop they make, which can be heard over considerable distances. They have an enlarged basihyal or... - History of geography (6224 bytes)
5: ...tor]] and a Periplus of the Erythraean sea, which describes the coastlines of the Red Sea and the Pers...
7: ...n]] maintained the Greek and Roman techniques and developed new ones.
9: ...s]] revived a desire for both accurate geographic detail, and more solid theoretical foundations. The...
13: ...on reading ''Kosmos''. Von Humboldt himself persuaded her to publish (after the publisher sent him a c...
15: ...]], as well as [[economics]], [[sociology]] and [[demographics]]. - History of ecology (10158 bytes)
1: ...interest in many species of animals. Theophrastus described interrelationships between animals and bet...
5: ===The botanical geography and Alexander von Humboldt===
6: ...al launched many world exploratory expeditions to develop [[maritime commerce]] with other countries, ...
8: ...d vegetation zones using [[latitude]] and [[altitude]], a discipline now known as [[geobotany]].
10: ...cal]] data. One of Humboldt's famous works was "Idea for a Plant Geography" ([[1805]]).
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