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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
3: ...PG|right|thumb|150px|'''Anne''' <br><small>Queen of Great Britain and Ireland</small>]]
6: {{House of Stuart}}
8: ...ge I of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...d and Scotland into Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
12: ...rough]], who led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...]], though traditionally in Britain it has also referred to [[Prehistory|prehistoric]] [[earthworks (...
2: ...nations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwelling, resulting i...
4: ... [[History of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
6: ==Purpose of castles==
7: ...g|280px|thumb|right|Castle found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipa... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: ...mage:coastredwood.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tallest tree specie...
3: ...es of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live for several [[millennium|millennia]].
5: ...e]]s). Trees also play an important role in many of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]] (see [[Tree...
7: ==Classifications==
9: ...Trees thus show a wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics, reproductiv... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...lant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in ...
10: There are five basic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivo...
13: ... trap prey in a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes;
14: *Flypaper traps, which trap prey using a sticky muci... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...t reasons, and they created colonies with very different [[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politi...
4: ... of Great Britain|British]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ...of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages a...
11: ... an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South Am... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Pelican|Pelecaniformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Pelecanidae]]}}
15: ... the smallest (42"-54") member of the [[pelican]] family.
17: ... the coasts in flocks, returning to warmer waters for winter.
19: ...el in single file, flying low over the water's surface. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: ...g|framed|[[Seal of the United States Senate|Seal of the Senate]]]]
2: ...Advice and Consent of the Senate" ([[Article One of the United States Constitution|Article I]]).
4: ...e]]") are more extensive than those of the House of Representatives (the "[[lower house]]").
6: ...se of Representatives convenes in the south wing of the same building.
9: {{main|History of the United States Senate}} - Computer (32773 bytes)
1: ...ter case|tower]] of a [[personal computer]] (specifically a [[Power Mac G5]]).]]
3: ...ically solve the problem or predict the behavior of the system.
4: ...hich studies the theory, design, and application of computers is called '''[[computer science]].'''
8: ...different technologies, nearly all popular types of computers have electronic components.
10: ..., electron flows might be used to model the flow of water in a dam. Such ''[[analog signal|analog]]'... - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: ... boat requires to become a ship. (Note that one refers to [[submarine]]s as "boats"). Compare [[vesse...
4: ...|German]] ships and [[barque]]s were built partly for [[prestige]] reasons.
10: ...d when describing merchant ships for the purpose of tolls, taxation, etc.
12: ... Additionally, anyone who signed onto such a ship for a voyage and, upon realizing the danger, chose ...
14: ...sities. Hence the "ladder" of lines seen forward of the Plimsoll mark to this day. - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
1: ...age:Julius_caesar.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|Bust of Julius Caesar]]
2: ...ing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequenc...
4: ... end of the [[Roman Republic]] and the beginning of the [[Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew ...
6: ...'' (''Commentarii'')]], and many details of his life are recorded by later historians such as [[Sueto...
8: ==Early Life== - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Biography |
4: image_caption=''"[[Father of the Nation|Father of the nation]]"'' —Mohandas Gandhi |
5: quotation=An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. |
6: date_of_birth=[[October 2]], [[1869]] |
7: place_of_birth=[[Porbandar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]] | - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
1: ...encoding disks include light holes.<br>'''4:''' Infrared LEDs shine through the disks.<br>
3: ...D motion is typically translated into the motion of a [[cursor]] on the [[computer display|display]].
5: ...or ''mouses''. See [[English plural]] for more information.
7: ==History of mouse engineering==
8: ...ge:First_Computer_Mouse_pic_2.jpg|thumb|300px|The first computer mouse]] - Dog (69384 bytes)
2: <!-- The following is markup for the dog taxonomy box; scroll down to get to the...
4: ...aption = '''[[Norwegian Elkhound]]'''<br>A breed of domestic dog.}}
10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Canidae]]}}
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = ''[[wolf|C. lupus]]''}}
13: {{Taxobox_subspecies_entry | taxon = '''''C. l. familiaris'''''}} - Chile (39914 bytes)
1: ...rip between the [[Andes]] mountains and the [[Pacific Ocean]]. It shares borders with [[Argentina]] t...
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6: {{Infobox Country |
9: image_flag = Chile flag large.png |
12: national_motto = ''Por la razón o la fuerza''<br>([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: "By righ... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
1: ...e same time as the publication of ''[[The Origin of Species]]''.]]
2: ...chieved lasting fame as originator of the theory of [[evolution]] through [[natural selection]].
4: ... similar theory forced early joint [[publication of Darwin's theory]].
6: ...on in Relation to Sex]]'' and ''[[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]''. His last boo...
8: In a national recognition of Darwin's pre-eminence, he was buried in [[Westmin... - Human societies (6587 bytes)
1: {{Social Infobox/Human}}
2: ...ety''' is a group of human beings distinguishable from other groups by mutual interests, characterist...
4: == Definitions ==
6: ... people living together in an ordered community.{{fn|1}}
8: ...ity|entities]]. A ''society'' is also sometimes defined as an interdependent [[community]]. - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
2: {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}}
4: The [[Christmas]] season is celebrated in different ways around the world, varying by country an...
8: ...mage:TSTNewWorldCentre.jpg|thumb|left|A large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall i...
10: ...kings are very similar to Western celebrations.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
12: ...December 25. Both are former [[colony|colonies]] of Western powers with (nominal) [[Christian]] cultu...
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