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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...he first man on the moon in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]]...
4: ...er-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...one Arsenal]] displays many articles of space hardware, including a full-size replica of the [[Apollo...
8: See also: [[The Blue Marble]], a [[1972]] image taken during the [[Apollo p...
10: ==Orbiting and reaching space== - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: ...Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
3: ...t some portion of it will not receive daylight; however, in popular usage, the term includes smaller ...
6: ...med by geologic processes. These may involve a combination of chemical processes, tectonic forces and...
10: ...aters of the Moon NM-750px.JPG|thumb|300px|Lava tube cave at [[Craters of the Moon National Monument|...
11: ...face cools down and becomes hard. The lava now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
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2: ...29;ΩΜΑΝΙΑ'''</big></big>
3: |+<big><big>'''''Romania'''''</big></big>
4: ...ρατορία</big></big>
5: |+<big><big>Byzantine Empire</big></big> - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...thworks (engineering)|earthworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Castle]]).
2: ...ism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles an...
4: ...panese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
5: ...humb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]...
7: ... found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: ...g|right|thumb|250px|The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tallest tree species on earth]]
3: ..., trees are long-lived. A few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live for several [[mi...
5: ... Trees also play an important role in many of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]] (see [[Tree (myth...
8: [[Image:Raunkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]]]]
9: ...wide variety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics, reproductive structures, etc. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...mall entrance to the trap underneath the swollen 'balloon', and the colourless patches that confude p...
2: [[nutrient]]s (but not [[energy]]) by trapping and consuming [[animal]]s,
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
5: especially [[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and rock outcroppings.
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...unt St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ... context of his time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchem...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
8: ..., Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth. - Socrates (7975 bytes)
1: [[image:socrates.png|thumb|250px|right|Socrates]]
2: ...8049;της}} Sōkrá´Ĥamp;#275;s) was a Greek ([[Athens|Athenian]]) [[philosophy|phil...
5: ...ry hardiness, walking without shoes and a coat in winter.
7: ...en he came to see that it was ''philosophy'' that was truly important for study.
9: ...and sentenced to drink [[Cicuta virosa|hemlock]], which cost him his life. - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: ...ars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
2: ...IA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
4: ...) which are both small and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''...
6: ...2; (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the god...
8: ...proximately equal to that of the Earth's dry land because Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] o... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...stly different reasons, and they created colonies with very different [[social]], [[religion|religiou...
4: ...fore, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and ...
9: ...hnologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...n effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South Amer...
13: ..., so as far as the Europeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: ... as described in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]].
4: ==Beliefs ==
6: ... for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' means "belonging to Christ" or "of Christ".
8: ...ty is generally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctr...
9: ...] (the largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents), - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}} - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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5: |+ <big><big>'''Charles de Gaulle'''</big></big>
7: | style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [...
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1969]]
15: ! align="left" | Preceded by: - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
1: [[Image:brahe.jpeg|right|]]
3: ...ss]] and [[paper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
5: ...eferred to as "Tycho" rather than by his surname "Brahe". Apparently his contemporaries did so and t...
8: ...ycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced leading churchmen and politician...
10: ... and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old. - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
1: ...mb|right|Portrait of Sir Thomas More by [[Hans Holbein the Younger]]]]
2: ...ch he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ...s Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ...actices, including self-punishment in the form of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellat...
9: ... classical education at a time when such learning was usually reserved for men. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...s subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
8: ...ed groups would become the source of conflict and bloodshed.
10: ...es of the revolution must include all of the following:
12: * Resentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]].
13: ...sants, wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoisie - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}} - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...resentatives|House of Representatives]] (the "[[Lower House]]") and the [[United States Senate|Senate...
5: ...pproximately one-third of the terms expire every two years.
7: ...w," as is the case with the upper houses of the [[bicameral]] legislatures of most other nations.
9: ...eet in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C]].
10: [[Image:Uscapitolindaylight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|United States Capitol]] - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ... ratify treaties and make important appointments "with the Advice and Consent of the Senate" ([[Artic...
4: ...n those of the House of Representatives (the "[[lower house]]").
6: ...sentatives convenes in the south wing of the same building.
10: ... a likeness to the British House of Lords as possible."<!--Harpers, May 2004, 42-->
12: ...n answer to a question by Thomas Jefferson, said "we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to c...
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