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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ... race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
4: ...outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, but a viable practice.
6: ...e [[U.S. Space & Rocket Center]] museum in [[Huntsville, Alabama]] next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] displa...
13: ...red [[Space Race]] between the two superpowers. Soviet dog [[Laika]] became the first animal in orbit ...
15: ...one was achieved on [[May 17]], [[2004]] when [[Civilian Space eXploration Team]] launched the [[GoFas... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: ...ge:Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
3: ...ge, the term includes smaller spaces like cliff cavities, rock shelters and sea caves.
11: ...[[Lava tube]]s''' are formed through volcanic activity. They are the most common primary caves. Lava f...
15: ...ter caves''' are also formed through volcanic activity.
42: ...vered is widely skewed toward countries where [[caving]] is popular (such as the [[United States]], [[... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
46: ...mulus Augustus]], was forced to abdicate, thus leaving to the emperor in the Greek East sole imperial ...
63: ...51;νες (Hellenes), a trait that survived into the early [[21st century]] and still pers...
68: ...n the entire Roman Empire, effectively raising provincial populations to equal status with the city of...
70: ...ce, each having a co-emperor of their own. This division continued into the [[4th century]] until [[32...
74: ... two halves to his two sons [[Arcadius]] and [[Flavius Augustus Honorius|Honorius]]; Arcadius became r... - Castle (27805 bytes)
5: ....jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip...
7: ...Castle found along the coast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip...
12: ... and inside the castle is geared towards family living.
14: ...surrounding territory. The story of [[Hugh of Abbeville]] in the last decades of the 10th century illu...
15: :Because [Hugh of Abbeville's peers] were not all lords of castles, [he] b... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...(20 ft) high at maturity and, more importantly, having secondary branches supported on a single main s...
11: ...riod; tree ferns still survive, but the only surviving horsetails are not of tree form. Later, in the ...
20: ...ing]]s. In temperate climates, these are commonly visible due to changes in the rate of growth with te...
22: ...ots of a tree are generally embedded in earth, providing anchorage for the above-ground biomass and ab...
24: ...e form of a species with the size or shape of individual specimens. A spruce seedling does not fit the... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
53: Insects (mostly ants) get into the chamber ''via'' the opening, which is underneath
63: ...rculum over the entrance to the pitcher, which provide
71: ... pronounced, and both secretes [[nectar]], and provides a thorny overhang to the
73: is very [[wax]]y, which provides a very uncertain footing for insects. The inse...
81: ...t]]s and (more usefully from the plant's point of view), - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...d '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titl...
10: ...College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[...
18: ...ncis was left with only a fifth of that money. Having started with insufficient means, he borrowed mo...
21: ... next two years he worked quietly at Gray's Inn giving himself seriously to the study of law, until ad...
23: ...in his rapid progress at the Bar, and in his receiving, in 1589, the reversion to the Clerkship of the... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...red a shrew. Socrates himself attested that he, having learned to live with Xanthippe, would be able t...
7: ...ocrates explicitly states that he teaches for a living, paid by his students, and that he thinks this ...
9: ...uilty as charged, and sentenced to drink [[Cicuta virosa|hemlock]], which cost him his life.
11: ...g them about their knowledge of good, beauty, and virtue; finding that they knew nothing yet believed ...
23: :''The unexamined life is not worth living.'' (''[[The Apology of Socrates|Apology]]'', 38... - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: ...ge:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
4: ...reek mythology]]) because of its [[red]] color as viewed in the night sky. This feature also earned it...
13: ...he gas on the planet. [[volcanism|Volcanic]] activity, [[comet]] impacts and the existence of life in...
15: ...ther with the change between summer and winter, giving rise to Earth-like [[frost]] and large [[cirrus...
18: ...blished in [[1999]] is that these bands could be evidence of the past operation of [[plate tectonics]]... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...irginia|Jamestown]], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]] each came to the new cont...
9: ...d exploration and colonization in many ways. A revival in classical learning sparked an interest in [...
11: ...tion and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South America|South]] and [[Cen...
25: ...its [[Chesapeake Bay]] [[estuary]]. [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] - named after the recently enth...
27: ...t to their community but instead were seeking individual wealth. A lack of social bonds in the communi... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
8: ...tians believe in a [[God]] that exists as three divine persons (technically Greek ''[[hypostasis]]''),...
11: ...hools of thought, including [[Anglicanism]], [[Calvinism]], [[Lutheranism]], and [[Methodism]]).
31: ... and the [[Acts of the Apostles]] are stated as having been written by Luke, whom many believe to have...
35: * via [[Egypt]] into [[North Africa]], [[Sudan]] and [...
36: * via [[Mesopotamia]] to [[Persian Empire|Persia]], In... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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22: ...ortedly scores between 100 and 500 su on the [[Scoville scale]] of hotness (most often used for [[chil...
28: ...fused]] during cooking and then removed before serving. Unlike bay leaves, they lose much flavour when... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
42: ...[Free France]] in World War II and head of the provisional government in [[1944]]–[[1946]]. Call...
52: ... but chose instead to return to France. He was heavily influenced by that war, namely by the use of ta...
54: ...s of mechanised troops and specialised armoured divisions in preference to the static theories exempli...
58: ..._ww2_DeGaulle.jpg|thumb|250px|General de Gaulle reviewing troops.]]
59: ...e was finally given command of the 4th Armoured Division. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
26: ..., being the [[Lutheran]] clergyman of Knudstrup's village church.
28: The husband retained his noble status and privileges; the wife remained a commoner. Their childre...
33: ...a fundamental axiom of the [[Aristotelian]] world view, celestial immutability), other observers held ...
51: ...etary motion|laws of planetary motion]], which provided powerful support for the [[Copernicus|Copernic...
53: ...] while the Sun orbited the Earth. His system provided a safe position for astronomers who were dissa... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...usal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]'s claim to be the supreme head of the [[Churc...
5: ...t Anthony's School and was later a page in the service of [[John Morton]], the [[Archbishop of Canterb...
9: ...n her daughter by her previous husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical educ...
12: ...gn diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as a liaison between the king and his Lord Chan...
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: ...e in the popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and...
8: ...ed with aggrieved peasants, wage-earners, and individuals of all classes who had come under the influe...
17: * Resentment at noble privilege and dominance in public life by the ambitious...
21: ...strategy of conspicuous spending as a means of convincing potential creditors of the confidence and st...
23: However, Calonne, having conducted a lengthy review of France's financial situation, determined tha... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
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28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]]. - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
19: ...te Pelican]] by its brown body and its habit of diving for [[fish]] from the air, as opposed to [[coop...
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}} - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
5: ... serves a two-year term. Seats in the House are divided between the states on the basis of population,...
7: ...entatives. The Senate is not a mere "chamber of review," as is the case with the upper houses of the [...
15: ...amoa]], [[Guam]], [[Puerto Rico]], and the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]. Members are [[direct election|dir...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
26: ...subcommittee|subcommittee]]s. Details of the activities of Congress can also be found on the internet... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...aties and make important appointments "with the Advice and Consent of the Senate" ([[Article One of th...
4: ...ly represented in the Senate. The Constitution provides that the approval of both houses is necessary ...
12: ...r preserve the authority of the states, it was provided that state legislatures, rather than the peopl...
14: ...short of the two-thirds majority requisite for conviction.
16: ...ons arose between [[1866]] and [[1906]]. Many individuals, furthermore, perceived the Senate as a bast...
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