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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...ding of the first man on the moon in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet...
3: ==From fiction to fact==
4: ...th missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...apsule trainers, and the original [[Apollo 16]] space capsule.
10: ==Orbiting and reaching space== - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: [[image:Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed f...
3: ...er, in popular usage, the term includes smaller spaces like cliff cavities, rock shelters and sea cave...
11: ...on primary caves. Lava flows downhill and the surface cools down and becomes hard. The lava now flows ...
15: ...Blister caves''' are also formed through volcanic activity.
22: ...cave.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Ice cave in Big Four Glacier, [[Big Four Mountain]], [[Washington]], ca. [[... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
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46: ... empire into Western and Eastern halves. Others place it yet further in 476, when the last western emp...
51: ...played a crucial role in this. Henceforth, it was fixed policy in the West to refer to the emperor in ...
57: "[[Byzantium]] may be defined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Chr...
61: ...t famous is the heroic or [[epic poem]] [[Digenis Acritas]]. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...the logical development of a [[Fortification|fortified enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to ...
2: ...f the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castleli...
4: Castles also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese hi...
8: ... home. Castles were made by their owners for specific purposes, or evolved into new purposes over time...
10: ... places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can be seen by many of the typi... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...nial]], woody [[plant]]. Though there is no set definition regarding minimum size, the term generally ...
5: ...tant components of the natural landscape and significant elements in [[landscaping]], and in [[agricul...
7: ==Classifications==
9: ...ety of growth form, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics, reproductive structures, etc.
11: ...well known trees and how they are typically classified. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
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 1...
10: There are five basic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivor...
16: ...n prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum; and - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: ...[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: '''Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1...
4: ...ience|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowle...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
8: ...f England|Elizabeth I]]. His mother, [[Ann Cooke Bacon]] was the second wife of Sir Nicholas, a member... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...ons of Alcibiades, Socrates refused any sort of official recognition and instead encouraged the decora...
7: ...l us that he once spent all of his time on scientific research, but gave up on it when he came to see ...
9: ...of Athens. According to Dr Will Beldam he was the first person to question everything and everyone, an...
11: ...]], the priestess [[Diotima]] and others as his teachers.
13: ...by his disciples and thinkers that reflect on his accomplishments through their writing. - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...ed, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
7: ==Physical characteristics==
8: ...ual to that of the Earth's dry land because Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] on Mars is almos...
11: ...re by Earth-based [[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Express Orbit...
13: ...ompanied by [[ethane]], while volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]]. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ... [[convict]]s of [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]] each came to the new continent for vastly different r...
4: ...the [[Southern Colonies]]. Some historians add a fifth region – the [[frontier]] had certain un...
9: ...faring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...e route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit immensely. It was in this atmosphere that [[Chr...
13: ... States]] presented themselves as an attractive place for these new powers to establish colonies. Tho... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: ...s largest religion. It is based on the life and teachings of [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in th...
14: ...en]], and that salvation is a gift given by the grace of God.
21: ...6 in the [[New Testament]], Jesus' followers were first called Christians by non-Christians in the cit...
23: According to the [[New Testament]] Jesus was a desce...
27: ...e that it was an ordinary Roman trial of a rebel. According to Christians, the [[Old Testament]] predi... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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18: ...per]]... These Pimientos are the familiar red stuffing found in quality green [[olive]]s.) - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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24: ! align="left" | Place of birth: - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: ... Tycho's father, a [[nobleman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Bea...
10: ... disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho lived with his childless uncle and aunt, ...
12: ...[ephemeris]] and books such as [[Sacrobosco]]'s Tractatus de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmographia seu de...
16: ...d eye measurements of planetary [[parallax]] were accurate to the [[arcminute]]. (These measurements b...
18: ... rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of [[silver]] and [[gold]]. Tycho's to... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ... chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]'s c...
7: ... his life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punishment in the form of we...
9: More had four children by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He rem...
12: ...vernment, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as a liaison between t...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...end of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the s...
8: ...e old order succumbed to its own rigidity in the face of a changing world; to some extent, it fell to ...
15: ...anageable national [[debt]], both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable syste...
21: ...itors of the confidence and stability of France's finances.
23: ...ly of Notables would restore confidence in French finances, and allow further borrowing until the land... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
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19: ...l in single file, flying low over the water's surface.
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
5: ...n the Union, the Senate consists of 100 members. Each Senator, who is elected by the whole state rathe...
13: ...state]] by popular vote to serve six-year terms. Each state has equal representation in the Senate bec...
15: ...population of each state, but the total number is fixed by statute at 435 ([[Public Law 62-5]]).
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
24: ...tol]] building in [[Washington, D.C.]] hosted its first session of Congress on [[November 17]], [[1800... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ... Constitution not granted to the House; most significantly, the [[President of the United States|Presi...
10: ...ber should "consist of the most distinguished characters, distinguished for their rank in life and the...
12: ... Senate's purpose as "A necessary fence against...fickleness and passion". [[George Washington]], in a...
14: ...political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate falling one vote short of...
16: ...achieved their objective in [[1913]] with the ratification of the [[Seventeenth Amendment to the Unite...
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