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- History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ...ewer farmers were needed to produce a greater harvest of food.
9: ...oo join the new [[League of Nations]] without success, as the mood of the nation rejected Wilson's bra...
11: ==The Roaring Twenties==
12: {{Main|Roaring Twenties}}
14: ...S. presidential election, 1920]] the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] returned to t... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...he meantime, the USSR suffered horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
11: ...rime Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Sovi...
13: ...y reigned over about one third and the United States over two thirds.
15: ...ky versus exports, of state planning against free enterprise, were to vie for the allegiance of the developing...
17: ... an economic perspective—was the United States, which moved swiftly to consolidate its position.... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...s|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ...seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...uickly mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrati... - World (6524 bytes)
1: ...imary modern meaning is the [[planet]] [[Earth]], especially when capitalized: ''the World''. In this...
3: == List of [[Countries]] Around the World ==
4: '''**[[List of countries]]'''
8: In other contexts, "world" is sometimes used to mean any [[planet]]; for example, [[Mars ...
10: ...sed to refer to the entire [[Universe]]. This is less common now that knowledge of space is more commo... - Pope Honorius I (1423 bytes)
3: ...d accomplished His work of redemption by one manifestation of his will as the God-man. For this he was...
6: Predecessor=[[Pope Boniface V|Boniface V]]|
7: Successor=[[Pope Severinus|Severinus]]|Dates=625–638}} - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...d of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the sta...
5: == Causes ==
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...egislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source ...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the followi... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...tion in the unity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ...h as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of b...
8: ...o [[political economy]], [[government]] and sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]...
12: ...The Age of Reason]]." For the present purposes, these two eras are [[lumpers/splitters|split]]; howeve...
14: ...ngs of [[Michel de Montaigne]] and [[René Descartes]], was based on extreme skepticism, and inquiry i... - Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''T. truncatus'''''}}
16: ...s the most common and well-known [[dolphin]] species. It inhabits warm and temperate seas worldwide an...
18: ==Physical description==
19: ...t grey and almost white at the underside. This makes them hard to see both from above and below when s...
21: ...ult length of just under 4m (13 feet). This compares with a 2.5m (8 feet) average in a population off ... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...gram|programming]]) a computer can be made to represent some aspect of a problem or part of a system. ...
4: The discipline which studies the theory, design, and application of computers is called '''[[...
6: ==General principles==
8: ...any different technologies, nearly all popular types of computers have electronic components.
12: ...nto the [[binary]] base-two [[numeral system]] (ones and zeros). Next, all operations on that informa... - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
2: ... of terms relating to algorithms and data structures]]
17: [[120 reset]] --
36: [[320xx microprocessor]] --
58: [[5ESS Switch]] --
90: [[Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language]] -- - Italy (17022 bytes)
2: ...anean Sea]], [[Sicily]] and [[Sardinia]], and shares its northern alpine boundary with [[France]], [[S...
3: The independent countries of [[San Marino]] and the [[Vatican City]] are [[...
22: |'''[[Capital]] and largest city''' || [[Rome]]
24: |'''[[President of Italy|President]]''' || [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]]
29: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 71st]] <br>[[1 E11 m2|301,230 km?]... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ..., as well as a very important center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [...
6: ...568]]. In the mid-[[8th century]], the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of [[Peppin III|...
8: ...rsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona in...
10: ...nd the citizens of such towns as [[Bergamo]], [[Brescia]], and [[Verona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the...
12: ...sport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
29: footnotes = |
31: ...nds in the bay and the [[Farallon Islands]] 27 miles offshore in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
33: .... census data show that San Francisco has the highest population density of any major U.S. city aside ...
37: ...isco's "rebirth" from the ashes of the fire that resulted from the quake. Long enjoying a [[Bohemiani...
42: ...the [[Ohlone]] (a [[Miwok]] Indian word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [... - Dwight D. Eisenhower (37513 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Dwight D. Eisenhower
4: | order=34th President
15: | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Richard Nixon]]
18: ...[[1961]]) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during [[World War II]], with the rank ... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4: | order=32th President
15: | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
16: | vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<b...
18: ...g illness to place himself at the head of the forces of reform. His family and close friends called hi... - William Kidd (4938 bytes)
2: ...blished his reputation as a pirate he lived as a respectable merchant.
4: ...gston the Elder|Robert Livingston]] paid for the rest. Kidd had to sell his ship the ''Antigua'' to ra...
6: ...e|French]] and pirate vessels. As the voyage progressed Kidd’s actions became increasingly more ...
8: ...fused, according to Gilbert stating his unwillingness to become a pirate. In a subsequent fight a few ...
12: ...e''. Instead his men mutinied and joined the pirates of the ''Mocha Frigate''. Only 13 of Kidd’s... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...donesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Bangladesh]].
4: ...l member of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]], since the union's dissolution in December [[19...
13: ...ch as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ...ies]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diver...
17: ...om the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the west. - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
2: ...es have had the exact same experience in this process. Russia's experience is detailed below.
7: ...tems hinder efficient utilization of those resources.
9: ...he central planning system left a number of legacies with which the Russian economy must deal in its t...
11: ... economic units such as state industrial enterprises and state farms (''sovkhozy''; sing., ''[[sovkhoz...
13: ...inistries and controlled economic units in their respective geographical areas. - New Deal (82408 bytes)
2: ...s and Exchange Commission]], as well as the [[Tennessee Valley Authority|TVA]].
7: ...ton Friedman who called them "appropriate responses to the critical situation."<ref>Parker 2002, Frie...
9: ...[[gold standard]], efforts to re-inflate farm prices that were too low, and efforts to increase foreig...
11: ... pulled us out of the depression was the natural resilience of the economy and WW2." <ref>Friedman, Mi...
13: ...bor unions, European and African-American minorities (now called "ethnics"), some farm groups, and mos... - Politics of Switzerland (6055 bytes)
2: ...very change of law some [[interest group]] disagrees with.
6: ...d by the Federal Assembly for a four-year term. Present members are: [[Joseph Deiss]], [[Samuel Schmid...
8: ...re [[Samuel Schmid]] and [[Moritz Leuenberger]], respectively.
10: ...il occur in practice only, if one of the members resigned--this member was then replaced by someone fr...
12: ...rty (formerly the smallest of the 4 parties represented in the Federal Council) gained a plurality o...
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