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- Space exploration (14877 bytes)
31: ...er an agreement signed on [[June 14]], [[1962]]. Although it was officially an inter-governmental spac...
88: ...tection of [[Van Allen radiation belt|Van Allen belts]]
194: {{Commons|Category:Space exploration}} - Cave (10592 bytes)
3: ...ludes smaller spaces like cliff cavities, rock shelters and sea caves.
23: ...s''' occur in and under [[glacier]]s, formed by melting. They are also influenced by the very slow flo...
25: ... [[marble]], [[loess]], [[ice]], [[granite]], [[salt]], [[lava]], [[sandstone]], and [[gypsum]]. The ...
47: ...these characters are a loss of pigment (often resulting in a pale or white coloration), loss of eyes (...
69: ..., primitive peoples have made use of caves for shelter, burial, or as religious sites. Since items pla... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
24: | The [[Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy.
29: ...]]-[[843]] || Iconoclasm controversies. This results in the loss of most of the Empire's remaining It...
57: "[[Byzantium]] may be defined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Christian empire...
59: ...e [[7th century]], its multi-ethnic (albeit not multi-national) nature remained even though its consti...
68: ...ended citizenship outside of Italy to all free adult males in the entire Roman Empire, effectively rai... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...age, often remained attached to the dwelling, resulting in many un-castlelike castles and ''[[chaux]]'...
5: ...e Prague Castle Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
7: ...ast of Ireland. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]].
8: Castles were built not only as a defensive measure, and offensive we...
11: * Secondly castles were offensive weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to co... - Tree (23723 bytes)
5: ...icant elements in [[landscaping]], and in [[agriculture]] supplying [[orchard]] crops (e.g. [[apple]]s...
24: ...imilar to a tree, but generally having smaller, multiple trunks and/or branches that arise near the gr...
41: ...evel. Some past exaggerated measurements also result from measuring the complete next-to-bark measurem...
43: ...ion (an oval or irregular cross-section would result in a mean diameter slightly greater than the assu...
45: ...ny season, minimum at the end of the dry season. Although baobabs have some of the highest girth measu... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
40: ...itcher plant genus most commonly encountered in cultivation, and
60: of the leaf. Most species catch insects, although the larger ones, particularly
106: ..., and a number of tuberous sundews such as ''D. peltata''.
116: ...flypaper]] is ''[[Triphyophyllum|Triphyophyllum peltatum]]''. This plant is usually
177: ...s a matter of definition, although to many horticulturalists, it is a matter of taste. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...f his time, such methods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
10: ...ation at home in his early years, and that his health during that time, as later, was delicate. He ent...
14: ...the conclusion that the methods (and thus the results) were erroneous. His reverence for [[Aristotle]]...
23: ...in to have approached his powerful uncle, the result of which may possibly be traced in his rapid prog...
29: ...retrieving his position by a marriage with the wealthy widow Lady [[Elizabeth Hatton]] failed, and in ... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ... [[Xanthippe]], who bore him three sons. By the cultural standards of the time (and perhaps all time),...
9: ...ffended the leaders of this time. He was found guilty as charged, and sentenced to drink [[Cicuta viro...
13: ...influential thinker and philosopher of his time. Although no written accounts of his real life have be...
37: {{commons|Socrates}}
46: ** [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4683 Voltaire's ''Socrates''] - Mars (27704 bytes)
2: ...th Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
18: ...e past operation of [[plate tectonics]] on Mars, although this has yet to be proven [http://photojourn...
31: ...m to the bottom of the Hellas impact basin at an altitude of 4 km below the datum). In comparison, the...
35: ...50px|Topographic map of Mars, courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech. Notable features include the Tharsis volcanoe...
39: ... spherical harmonic gravity field, with the zero altitude defined by the 610.5 Pa (6.105 mbar) atmosph... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ... attempts, notably the [[Colony of Roanoke]], resulted in failure, but successful colonies were soon e...
11: ...tions, they acquired the degree of centralized wealth and power necessary to begin systematic attempts...
22: ...he coast of today's [[North Carolina]] by Sir [[Walter Raleigh]]. The second resupply ship, delayed f...
27: ... community but instead were seeking individual wealth. A lack of social bonds in the community was fur...
31: ...he region's economy for two centuries. Tobacco cultivation is labor-intensive. To provide this labor... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
8: ...merous religious traditions that widely vary by culture, as well as thousands of diverse beliefs and s...
27: ...ly an attempt to appease the Jewish authorities, although some scholars argue that it was an ordinary ...
29: ...s life, teaching and resurrection from the dead, although some of the early traditions of the church n...
39: ...o observed the [[Law of Moses]] (including [[circumcision]], dietary restrictions and the concept of p...
47: ...om to practice their religion without hindrance (although early Christian writers like Lactantius cons... - Allspice (3832 bytes)
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25: ...s still almost exclusively grown in [[Jamaica]], although some other Central American countries produc...
31: ...ning (The wood is used to smoke jerk in Jamaica, although the spice is a good substitute), in mole sau...
33: ==Culture==
34: ...are more tolerant . It adapts well to container culture and can be kept as a [[houseplant]] or in a [[... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
47: ... the fatherland, equal to her religious piety"). Although traditionalist and [[monarchist]], the famil...
69: ...ptly capture the spirit of de Gaulle's position. Although only few people actually heard the speech th...
77: ...m left to right: General Giraud, President Roosevelt, General de Gaulle, Winston Churchill.]]
112: ... not invited during its formative years. As a result of De Gaulle's snub, it is asserted, instead of g...
116: ...ctions, the Gaullists won an increased majority. Although the Algerian issue was settled the prime min... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...tinct) and [[alchemist]]. He had [[Uraniborg]] built, which became an early "[[research institute]]". ...
18: ...th Parsbjerg. A subsequent duel (in the dark) resulted in Tycho losing the bridge of his nose. A conse...
22: ...rips to Rostock, then on to Augsburg, where he built a great quadrant, Basel, and Freiburg. He was inf...
27: ..., and she wore the keys to the household at her belt like any true wife, their alliance became a bindi...
45: ...e [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]], he built a new observatory (in a castle in Benátky ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
9: More had four children by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He remarried almost immed...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
50: ... The skull is believed to reside in the Roper Vault of St. Dunstan's Church, in [[Canterbury]].
57: ...description of More's character). In [[1966]], Bolt's play was made into a successful film directed b... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
21: ... as from court factions, and both ministers were ultimately dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne...
25: ...s to withdraw their loans, leading to a near-default, which forced Louis and Brienne to surrender.
33: ...ding to the forms observed at its last meeting. Although it would appear that the magistrates were no...
37: ...eir members. The question of whether voting was ultimately to be by head or by order was again put as...
42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: Adults appear during late May to the beginning of Augus...
32: ...les seem to fly more readily than the females. Adults only live for a few months feeding on [[nectar]]... - Brown Pelican (2615 bytes)
34: {{commons|Pelecanus occidentalis}}
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40: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Clip... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
75: ...erdict requires a [[two-thirds majority]] and results in the removal of the federal official from publ...
114: |[[Mitch McConnell]]
129: ...slation: foreign affairs, defense, banking, agriculture, commerce, appropriations, etc. Almost every b...
135: ...tant. Each representative was a generalist and dealt knowledgeably with all fields of interest. The co... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...y two members, regardless of population; as a result, the total membership of the body is 100. Senator...
4: ...ose exclusively enumerated to the House. As a result, the responsibilities of the Senate (the "[[upper...
14: ...]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate fallin...
16: ...Amendment]]. The Amendment ultimately had the result of making senators more responsive to the concern...
37: ...or.htm--> In [[1934]], [[Rush D. Holt, Sr.|Rush Holt]] was elected to the Senate at the age of twenty-...
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