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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: '''Space exploration''' is the physical exploration of outer-[[Earth]] objects and gener...
4: ...tronger and lighter materials and other technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-...
6: ...le trainers, and the original [[Apollo 16]] space capsule.
13: ...al flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[April 12]] [[1961]].
15: ...ght. On [[June 21]], [[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraft]... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: ...t.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
3: ...spaces like cliff cavities, rock shelters and sea caves.
5: ==Cave types and formation==
6: ...rocesses. These may involve a combination of chemical processes, tectonic forces and atmospheric influ...
8: ===Primary caves=== - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ... as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</smal...
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]]...
27: ...he following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
41: ...ople is liberated by the Byzantine emperor of [[Nicaea]], Michael Palaeologus. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...rthworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Castle]]).
2: ... to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
4: Castles also figure prominently in [[History of Japa...
5: ...e:Prague_castle2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
6: ==Purpose of castles== - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live for several [[millennium|millennia]].
5: ...ural landscape and significant elements in [[landscaping]], and in [[agriculture]] supplying [[orchard...
7: ==Classifications==
11: ...les of many well known trees and how they are typically classified.
13: ...d (usually grazed or burned over periodically) is called a '''[[savanna]]'''. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...s patches that confude prey trapped inside ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives som...
3: especially [[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Carnivorous plants usually
6: ...s Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
10: ...e are five basic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous plants. These
21: grow or move in response to prey capture; and there are also active flypapers, such a... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...odology for [[science|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implie...
10: ...ater, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for th...
12: ...y his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper."
16: ...of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
18: ... with insufficient means, he borrowed money and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...ouraged the decoration of Alcibiades. During such campaigns, he also showed his extraordinary hardines...
7: ...on scientific research, but gave up on it when he came to see that it was ''philosophy'' that was trul...
11: ...e knew nothing and strived for knowledge. Historical accounts from varied sources, while questionable...
13: ... no written accounts of his real life have been located, he is idolized by his disciples and thinkers ...
27: ...lives you might continue sleeping, unless the god caring for you should send you another.'' (''Apology... - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
2: ...orth Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
4: ...h are both small and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refer...
7: ==Physical characteristics==
8: ...oximately equal to that of the Earth's dry land because Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] on M... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...ocial]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ... recognize four regions in the lands that later became the eastern United States. Listed from north t...
9: ...nd colonization in many ways. A revival in classical learning sparked an interest in [[geography]] an...
11: ...rative [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]].
16: ...ing of colonies was piecemeal and variable. Practical considerations such as [[business|commercial ent... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
8: ...e persons (technically Greek ''[[hypostasis]]''), called the [[Trinity]]. Christianity encompasses num...
9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with...
11: ... schools of thought, including [[Anglicanism]], [[Calvinism]], [[Lutheranism]], and [[Methodism]]).
14: ...inity]] of distinct persons with one substance) became human on earth, born as [[Jesus]] pursuant to t...
21: ...he [[New Testament]], Jesus' followers were first called Christians by non-Christians in the city of [... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
2: ...nta dioica.jpg|200px| This picture is missing]] | caption = }} -->
3: ...ture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg -->
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''P. dioica'''''}}
13: ... color = lightgreen | binomial_name = Pimenta dioica}}
16: ...ch is the dried unripe fruit of the [[Pimenta dioica]] plant. The name "allspice" was coined by the E... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
42: ...1969]]. His [[Ideology#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left ...
45: .... Born in [[Lille]], de Gaulle grew up and was educated in [[Paris]].
47: ...ere also more [[liberal]], influenced by [[social Catholicism]]. During the [[Dreyfus affair]] the fam...
49: ==1912–1940: Military career==
50: ... was put in solitary confinement in a retaliation camp. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ... "[[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press]] and [[paper ...
8: ...ng's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced lea...
10: ...hich they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...ut also studied a variety of other subjects and became interested in [[astronomy]]. It was, however, t...
14: ... of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years.'' -Tycho Brah... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and...
5: ...[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ...ent in the form of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...ided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually rese...
11: ==Early political career== - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...Roman Catholic Church]] was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While [[France]] would oscillate ...
5: == Causes ==
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the fol...
12: * Resentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]]. - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
2: ...e = [[Image:Vacalloria.jpeg|200px|Stag beetle]] | caption = }}
15: {{Taxobox_infraordo_entry | taxon = [[Scarabaeiformia]]}}
16: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Scarabaeoidea]]}}
17: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Lucanidae'''}}
23: [[Lucaninae]]<br> - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Brown Pelican}}
2: ...e = [[image: Brownpelican77.jpg|Brown Pelican]] | caption = }}
7: {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Pelican|Pelecaniformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Pelecanidae]]}}
9: {{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = ''[[Pelecanus]]''}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...ucture and powers. Congress is a [[bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature, consisting of the [[United St...
7: ..." as is the case with the upper houses of the [[bicameral]] legislatures of most other nations.
9: ...s of Congress meet in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C]].
10: ...tolindaylight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|United States Capitol]]
13: ... equal vote in at least one house of Congress. Because terms are staggered, every state will have a '... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...onstitution not granted to the House; most significantly, the [[President of the United States|Preside...
4: A [[bicameralism|bicameral]] Congress was created as a result of the [[...
6: ...] building, in [[Washington, D.C.]], the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes in th...
10: ...Island]] agreed to send delegates. Many delegates called for a second Congressional chamber, modeled o...
12: ...ed the [[New Jersey Plan]], which called for a unicameral Congress with equal representation for the s...
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