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- Mata Hari (3970 bytes)
1: ..., [[striptease|exotic dancer]] and convicted [[espionage|spy]], made her name synonymous with ''[[femm...
5: ...s]]. She posed as a princess from [[Java (island)|Java]] and became an exotic dancer, performing "[[Orie...
7: ...ll of the stories about the fortunes of entire nations resting on Mata Hari should be regarded as myth...
9: ...on. One well-known story is that during the execution, the squad members had to be [[blindfold]]ed so ...
11: ...s highly unlikely to be true, as it bears a suspicious resemblance to [[Puccini]]'s popular opera, ''[... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
1: ...ge:Volcano2.jpg|thumb|225px|left|Volcano Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classro...
2: ...cs|continental plates]]. However, important exceptions exist in '''[[hotspot (geology)|hotspot volcano...
3: ...ing Bromo and Semeru volcanoes on [[Java (island)|Java]] in [[Indonesia]].]]
9: [[Image:Mauna loa.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Eruption of [[Mauna Loa]], March [[1984]]]]
16: *Smaller versions of the "lava shield" include the '''lava dome''... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
1: ...a]] that forms the eastern part of the ancient region of [[Bengal]]. ''Bangladesh'' literally means "...
15: | colspan="2" | [[image:LocationBangladesh.png]]
30: ...'<br> - Total (July [[2004]] est.)<br> - [[Population density|Density]]
31: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 8th]]<br>141,340,476<br>1,055/km²
45: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Amar Sonar Bangla]] - Indonesia (12958 bytes)
1: ...free elections since the [[Indonesian 1998 Revolution]] toppled General [[Suharto]], who seized power ...
11: image_map = LocationIndonesia.png |
12: ...ge|Kawi]]: Unity in Diversity) <br> [[ideology|National ideology]]: [[Pancasila Indonesia]]|
13: national_anthem = [[Indonesia Raya]] |
24: population_estimate = 238,452,952 | - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...nes one hour apart. However, the one hour separation is not universal and, as the map below shows, t...
6: ...inct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
12: *[[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]: UTC − 5 (e.g. if it is 11:00...
18: ...e of midnight from UTC, then the date at the location is one day later or earlier. Some examples: - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...ue that Early Ming China was the most advanced nation on Earth at the time.
6: ...[Han Chinese]] groups and Zhu declared the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]], establishing hi...
8: ...naries to have ruled the world's most populous nation.
10: ... Confucian view regarding the military as an inferior class to be subordinated by the scholar bureaucr...
12: ...aversion to trade, Hongwu also supported the creation of self-supporting agricultural communities. Ne... - Agriculture (19147 bytes)
3: ...fiber]] and other desired products by the cultivation of certain [[plant]]s and the raising of domesti...
8: ...thumb|250px|[[Tea]] plantation in [[Java (island)|Java]], [[Indonesia]]]]
10: ...nce farming|subsistence agriculture]], the production of enough [[food]] to meet just the needs of the...
11: ...ts of obtaining financial income from the cultivation of land to yield [[produce]], the commercial rai...
15: ...iesel]]) and both legal and illegal [[drugs]] ([[biopharmaceutical]]s, [[tobacco]], [[marijuana]], [[o... - Microscope (8708 bytes)
8: ... microscope that uses only one lens for magnification. [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek|Van Leeuwenhoek]]'s mic...
11: ...lamp unit providing stable, controllable illumination.
34: ...ower of 100×. The actual power of magnification is the product of the powers of the ocular (usua...
39: ... produces a [[three-dimensional]] (3-D) visualisation of the sample being examined.
42: ...useful magnification up to 100×. The resolution is maximally in the order of an average 10×... - Continental shelf (2503 bytes)
1: ...which is covered during [[Ice age|interglacial periods]] such as the one we live in by relatively shal...
3: ...ch joins [[Borneo]], Sumatra, and [[Java (island)|Java]] to the Asian mainland. Other familiar bodies of...
5: ... before they were fished out. If [[anoxic]] conditions in the sedimentary deposits prevail, the shelve...
7: ...y the 1982 United Nations [[Law of the Sea|Convention on the Law of the Sea]].
11: == Exploration == - Morse code (33777 bytes)
2: ...perators. Morse code is the only digital [[modulation]] mode designed to be easily read by humans with...
4:
11: ...ters made it hard to adapt to automated communication, so it was largely replaced by more regular form...
13: ...rnational Morse". Morse's original code specification, largely limited to use in the United States, be...
17: ... the receiver retracted the armature, so that portion of the tape was left unmarked. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: '''Christianity''' is the world's largest religion. It is based on the life and teachings of [[Jesu...
6: ...derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' means ...
8: ...Christianity encompasses numerous religious traditions that widely vary by culture, as well as thousan...
9: ...he largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents),
11: #[[Protestantism]] (numerous denominations & schools of thought, including [[Anglicanism]]... - Sea (3330 bytes)
2: {{wiktionary}}
3: {{wiktionarypar|maritime}}
54: ** [[Ionian Sea]]
73: * [[Java Sea]]
105: ... than "seas". The distribution of these liquid regions will hopefully be better known after the arriva... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ... a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
6: ...sort of cresting waves that are formed by wind action upon the ocean (with which people are more famil...
10: ...uch as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. Howeve...
12: ...r continental plates in a process known as subduction.
14: ...oor. Similarly, a violent submarine volcanic eruption can uplift the water column and generate a tsuna... - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
19: [[16-bit application]] --
34: [[32-bit application]] --
40: [[3Com Corporation]] --
45: [[3Station]] --
133: [[Berkeley Software Distribution]] -- - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ... nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]]
2: ...ch studies the relationship between [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] and states of [[health]] and [[disease]]...
4: ...|mercury]], [[Polychlorinated biphenyl|PCBs]], [[dioxins]]), may incur [[toxic]] and potentially letha...
5: The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific diet...
8: ...s and elements occur in various forms and combinations (e.g. [[hormones]]/[[vitamins]], [[phospholipid... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
6: ...e [[Indian subcontinent]]. In the US alone, 3 million people follow some form of Hinduism.
11: :Transliteration: ''Ekam Sat Viprāha Bahudhā Vadanti''
15: ...l lead to the same ultimate state of self-realization. Thus, Hindu thought distinguishes itself by str...
19: ... form of God is [[Devi]] and who reiterated traditional Hindu beliefs that aver devotees can invoke Go...
21: ...ncept is the concept of Ahimsa, which means "non-violence." Through this concept, strict movements of ... - Tiger (11674 bytes)
3: ...|Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)]] | caption = Tiger }}
13: {{Taxobox_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name =...
15: ...believed to be [[aphrodisiac]]s. From the destruction of its habitat, to the poaching for the fur, tig...
23: ...al tigers, and stripes that are brown. This variation in color is very rare, and only a handful of gol...
25: ... from their prey (few large animals have color vision as capable as that of humans, so the color is no... - Tangram (4661 bytes)
7: * 5 [[triangle]]s of various sizes,
27: ==Bibliography==
28: ...c American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions'', Martin Garner, Simon & Schuster, 1961
29: *''A Heuristic Solution to the Tangram Puzzle'', E. S. Deutsch & K. C. H...
34: ...ts in Mathematics'', H. E. Dudeney, Dover Publications, 1958 - Homo erectus (3723 bytes)
2: ...thr.jpg|200px]] | caption = Peking Man reconstruction }}
13: {{Taxobox_section_binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Homo e...
14: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Subspecies]]}}
15: ''[[Homo erectus palaeojavanicus]]''<br/>
21: ...ended about 500,000 years ago. The primary innovation associated with Acheulean handaxes is that the s... - Peking Man (2617 bytes)
2: ... the centre: what Peking Man looked like.]] | caption = [[Zhoukoudian]] Peking Man Site - the Museum (...
14: {{Taxobox_section_trinomial_simple | color = pink | trinomial_name...
17: ...ns were first discovered in 1923-27 during excavations at [[Zhoukoudian]] (Choukoutien) near [[Beijing...
19: Excavations had begun at Zhoukoudian in 1921, investigating...
21: ...)|Java]] in 1891 by [[Eugene Dubois]], with the [[Java Man]] initially being named [[Pithecanthropus|''P...
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