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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ... between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
3: ==From fiction to fact==
4: ...ntific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...dvar-Hazy Center|NASM annex]] at [[Dulles International Airport]] in Northern Virginia displays an un...
11: ...The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].) - Cave (10592 bytes)
3: ...pulate that it must be large enough that some portion of it will not receive daylight; however, in pop...
5: ==Cave types and formation==
6: ...y geologic processes. These may involve a combination of chemical processes, tectonic forces and atmos...
10: ...|300px|Lava tube cave at [[Craters of the Moon National Monument|Craters of the Moon]]]]
11: ...e lava now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
24: | The [[Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy.
46: ...e process of [[Hellenization]] and [[Christianization]] was well underway.
51: ...eir eastern neighbours as true Romans. The [[Donation of Constantine]], one of the most famous [[forge...
53: ...g manner since he ascribed his changes to ''historiography'' and not ''history'' itself.
57: ...ek Orthodox]] state: An empire that became a [[nation]], almost by the modern meaning of the word".<su... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...s]], usually of the [[Middle Ages]], though traditionally in Britain it has also referred to [[Prehist...
2: ...rom the late 15th century, their "castle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often ...
10: ... First and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This...
14: ...easons: territorial expansion and control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or ...
15: ...what he liked without fear, relying on the protection of the castle, while others, if they tried anyth... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...], woody [[plant]]. Though there is no set definition regarding minimum size, the term generally appli...
7: ==Classifications==
9: ...fferent [[order (biology)|orders]] and [[family (biology)|families]] of plants. Trees thus show a wide...
11: ...tly [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Cretaceous]] Period. Most species of trees today are [[flowering pla...
13: ...cross grassland (usually grazed or burned over periodically) is called a '''[[savanna]]'''. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
22: ... leaves undergo rapid growth, aiding in the retention and
23: digestion of prey.
27: ... have evolved independently on at least four occasions. The simplest pitfall
29: In this genus, the leaves are quite clearly evolutionarily derived from a simple
32: ...flow. To counteract this problem, [[natural selection]] has favoured the - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...he natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of hi...
10: Biographers believe that Bacon received an education at home in his early years, and that his health ...
12: ...rst met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the ...
14: ...totelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives.
16: ...nry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction. - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...ial recognition and instead encouraged the decoration of Alcibiades. During such campaigns, he also sh...
7: ...e thinks this is the most important art or occupation. According to Aristophanes, he managed a scient...
9: ...to Dr Will Beldam he was the first person to question everything and everyone, and apparently it offen...
11: ...], [[Anaxagoras]], [[Prodicus]], the priestess [[Diotima]] and others as his teachers.
15: ...il and background about Socrates' trial and execution. - Mars (27704 bytes)
2: ...ea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
6: ...ing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the god [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]' shield and...
11: ... methane concetration of about 10 [[Parts per million|ppb]] (see [[#references|reference]]).
13: ...hile volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]].
18: ...e planet from [[cosmic radiation]]. Other explanations have also been proposed. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...s with very different [[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|econ...
4: ...rnment on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ... interest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the ...
11: ...[Portugal]] quickly mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divid... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: '''Christianity''' is the world's largest religion. It is based on the life and teachings of [[Jesu...
6: ...derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'' means ...
8: ...Christianity encompasses numerous religious traditions that widely vary by culture, as well as thousan...
9: ...he largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents),
11: #[[Protestantism]] (numerous denominations & schools of thought, including [[Anglicanism]]... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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3: ...picture, put it in the commons with name Pimenta dioica.jpg -->
6: ...x_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
7: ...{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicots | Magnoliopsida ]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''P. dioica'''''}} - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ...[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
40: ...sman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...overnment in [[1958]], he inspired a new constitution<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s fir...
45: ...mily of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in [[French Flanders]]. Born in [[Lille...
47: ...the family was legalist and respected the institutions of the French Republic. Their social ideas were... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press]] and [[paper mil...
8: ... dead twin which was printed as his first publication in 1572). He also had two sisters, one older ([[...
10: ...h they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
14: ...eavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years.'' -Tycho Brahe, [[1563]] (age ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...]] as a [[treason|traitor]]. More was [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic ...
7: ...earing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...d his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually reserve...
12: ...of requests". After undertaking a diplomatic mission to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roma...
14: ... chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and judicial contro... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
1: {{French Revolution}}
2: ... in the popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and ...
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarch...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the following: - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
2: ...[[Image:Vacalloria.jpeg|200px|Stag beetle]] | caption = }}
19: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Subfamilies}}
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...legs which they use for communication ([[stridulation]]) with other larvae. The name [[cervus]] is der...
32: ...le to an approaching large object is to remain motionless making them a good photographic subject. Sex... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
2: ...[[image: Brownpelican77.jpg|Brown Pelican]] | caption = }}
12: {{Taxobox section binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Peleca...
21: The nest location varies from a simple scrape on the ground on an ...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}}
37: ...[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Animals Classroom Clipart Pictures and... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...ates Constitution|Article One]] of the [[Constitution of the United States]], which also delineates it...
5: ...of population. As there are fifty states in the Union, the Senate consists of 100 members. Each Senato...
7: ...f the [[bicameral]] legislatures of most other nations.
12: ==Composition==
13: ...ered, every state will have a ''junior'' and ''senior'' Senator. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...ate" ([[Article One of the United States Constitution|Article I]]).
4: ...e powers enumerated to the Senate in the Constitution are regarded as more important than those exclus...
6: ...pitol]] building, in [[Washington, D.C.]], the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes...
10: ...gates. Many delegates called for a second Congressional chamber, modeled on the [[House of Lords]] (th...
12: ...resentatives)". <!--Sources are in references section-->
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