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- Simple machine (1852 bytes)
1: In [[physics]], a '''simple machine''' is any device that only requires the application of a sing...
3: The traditional list of simple machines is:
4: * The [[inclined plane]]
6: * The [[wedge (mechanics)|wedge]]
8: * The [[wheel and axle]]
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...ost archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chi...
14: ...|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
15: ...ng_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ... parts of the southwest of what is now the [[United States]].
3: ...onado expedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]]
7: ... allies, and 1000 slaves, both native Americans and Africans.
9: ...]] Indians. Marcos was sent back to [[Mexico]] in disgrace.
11: ...rdenas]] was sent out to find this river, and found himself - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: .... The Middle Colonies were also known as the "bread basket" colonies because of their large grain exp...
3: ... could be made of logs and chinked with moss or mud.
5: ... milk, and sugar which many people thought improved the taste.
7: ...rnut tree bark; red came from the roots of the madder herb; brown came from the hulls of black walnut...
9: ...inting and publishing were also very important trades. - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...adical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
4: ...list]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...ar churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
8: ...n towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (middle way).
10: ...olity (organization of church power), they differed. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
3: ..., although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
6: ...nd.jpg|right|thumb|A set of Scottish Great Highland bagpipes.<br>
11: 5) Tenor drones<br>
12: 6) Bass drone<br> - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...p year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ...p]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ... under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
9: ...ange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]]. - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
3: ...ne''' <br><small>Queen of Great Britain and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...f the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George ...
10: ...England and Scotland into Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
12: ...[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], who led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Su...
15: ...urchill (the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important general... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ry of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, London. Copyright [[V&A]] Museum]]
3: ...ld the title of a [[Princess]] of Teck in the Kingdom of [[W?berg]] with the style [[HSH|''Her Serene...
5: ...uccessors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events, Queen Mary's valuable ...
9: ...ghter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]].
11: ...the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]es and [[museum]]s. - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...sted.jpeg|thumb|right|330px|Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to make room for...
2: ...s a retired [[African-American]] [[seamstress]] and figure in the [[American Civil Rights Movement (1...
3: ==Civil rights and political activity==
4: ...her, and brother; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
6: ...hool]], an education center for workers' rights and [[racial equality]]. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
1: ...ge:Margaret_Atwood.jpg|right|framed|Margaret Atwood]]
2: ...velist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ... with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...endolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
8: ...or her [[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].'' - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...ne of her published works: ''Marie ai nun, si sui de France'', which translates as, "My name is Marie...
3: ...of France and Countess of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
7: ...ss, Glyn S. ''The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of Georgia Press, c...
8: ... Robert Hanning. ''The Lais of Marie de France''. Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth Press, 1982.
9: ...s'', Roger S. Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. ISBN 0198115881 - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbury Gro...
5: ==Life and work==
7: ...informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) towards doctrinaire rationalism.
9: ...f the foremost [[Modernists]], though she disdained some artists in this category, such as [[James Jo...
11: ...chievements and creativity are influential even today. - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
1: [[Image:Hipatia.jpg|thumb|Hypatia of Alexandria]]
2: ...hydrometer]]. It has been romanticized that she had Athene like beauty.
4: ...man Empire had embarked on an intense campaign to destroy pagan places of worship.
8: ...t historical records, though, as they often contradict each other.
12: ...unt of her extraordinary dignity and virtue admired her the more." - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
3: ...rch into [[globular cluster]]s, but best remembered for her astronomy column, which ran from [[1951]]...
5: .... She received her doctorate in [[1931]] from [[Radcliffe College]].
7: ... Frank Hogg became director in [[1946]] until his death in [[1951]].
9: ...to]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in 1993.
11: ...onomy]] in [[1949]] and the [[Klumpke-Roberts Award]] in [[1983]]. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: ...pg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationa...
4: ...tta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...2003]], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s.
8: ==Early life and work==
9: ... are [[Macedonian Orthodox Church|Macedonian Orthodox]]. - Marigold (1868 bytes)
1: ...axobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Marigold}}
2: ...la officinalis]] | caption = Pot Marigold (''Calendula officinalis'')}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliop...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asterales]]}} - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
1: ...{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Orchids}}
2: ....jpg|250px|Phalaenopsis hybrid]] | caption = Orchid}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliop...
6: ...x_classis_entry | taxon = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asparagales]]}} - Honeysuckle (2143 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliop...
6: ..._classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Dipsacales]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
11: {{Taxobox_end}} - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliop...
6: ...x_classis_entry | taxon = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asparagales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Iridaceae]]}}
9: ...axobox authority|author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]|date = [[1753]]}} - Tiger lily (1547 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Liliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Liliales]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_end_placement}}
12: {{Taxobox section binomial simple|color=lightgreen|binomial_name=Lilium lancifolium...
13: {{Taxobox end}}
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