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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...oon in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
4: ...gical and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viab...
6: ...le trainers, and the original [[Apollo 16]] space capsule.
11: ...m (62 miles) above Earth's surface. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boun...
13: ...al flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[April 12]] [[1961]]. - 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: ... may involve a combination of chemical processes, tectonic forces and atmospheric influences.
8: ===Primary caves=== - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: ...e Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]]...
27: ...ng decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...rthworks]] (e.g. [[Hollingbury]] Castle, [[Maiden Castle]]).
2: ... to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]''.
4: ...nese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
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==
9: ...y of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics, reproductive structures, etc.
11: ...les of many well known trees and how they are typically classified. - 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
16: ...h suck in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum; and - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ... created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peera...
4: ... the context of his time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alc...
8: ...ried William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
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." - Socrates (7975 bytes)
1: [[image:socrates.png|thumb|250px|right|Socrates]]
2: '''Socrates''' ([[June 4]], c.[[470 BC|470]] – [[May 7...
5: ...hardiness, walking without shoes and a coat in winter.
7: ...on scientific research, but gave up on it when he came to see that it was ''philosophy'' that was trul...
9: ...this time. He was found guilty as charged, and sentenced to drink [[Cicuta virosa|hemlock]], which cos... - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
2: ...h Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
4: ...all and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
7: ==Physical characteristics==
8: ...e same length as it is on earth: 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...ocial]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...fferent colonies found themselves more closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Kingdom of ...
9: ...ologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...rative [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]].
13: ... to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken little interest in them, so as far as the Europeans were conc... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: ... [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]].
6: ...w Bible]]). This is reflected in their use of the term "Christ" to describe Jesus, which is derived fr...
8: ...in branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with...
10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]), and - 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)
1: ... the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
7: | style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180p...
12: ! align="left" | Term in office:
21: ! align="left" | Date of birth:
27: ! align="left" | Date of death - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ... "[[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press]] and [[paper ...
5: ...his contemporaries did so and the usage has persisted.
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: ...0]], particularly the fact that it had been predicted, that so impressed him that he began to make his... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...]], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ...] 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: ... a coup by [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitiv...
5: == Causes ==
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would becom...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the fol... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
2: ...e = [[Image:Vacalloria.jpeg|200px|Stag beetle]] | caption = }}
4: {{Taxobox_domain_entry | taxon = [[Eukaryote|Eukaryota]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Pterygota]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_infraclassis_entry | taxon = [[Neoptera]]}}
12: {{Taxobox_superordo_entry | taxon = [[Endopterygota]]}} - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Brown Pelican}}
2: ...e = [[image: Brownpelican77.jpg|Brown Pelican]] | caption = }}
5: {{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
7: {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Pelican|Pelecaniformes]]}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Pelecanidae]]}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...ower House]]") and the [[United States Senate|Senate]] (the "[[Upper House]]").
5: ... staggered so that approximately one-third of the terms expire every two years.
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]] - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: ...[Seal of the United States Senate|Seal of the Senate]]]]
2: ...nt of the Senate" ([[Article One of the United States Constitution|Article I]]).
4: ... of the Senate (the "[[upper house]]") are more extensive than those of the House of Representatives (...
6: ...] building, in [[Washington, D.C.]], the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes in th...
9: {{main|History of the United States Senate}}
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