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  1. Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
    40: ...e English. Other theories are that the name comes from words meaning "Gathering of the Waters" or "Gre...
    47: ...] became Wisconsin's first European explorer. The French controlled the area until [[1763]], when it w...
    51: ...ocialist, [[Daniel Hoan]], was mayor of Milwaukee from [[1916]] to [[1940]]. During both the [[2000]] ...
    53: ...thousands of miners—many of them immigrants from [[Cornwall]], England—flocked to southern...
    61: ...adison is also home to the [[Vilas Zoo]] which is free for all visitors as well as the [[University of...
  2. Virginia (23198 bytes)
    38: ...ate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
    40: ...aylor]] round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footn...
    46: ...America]], eventually applying to the whole coast from [[South Carolina]] to [[Maine]]. The [[London ...
    48: ...overnor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779, and again from 1784 to 1786. On [[June 12]], [[1776]], the [[V...
    50: ...a is one of the states that [[secession|seceded]] from the Union to become the [[Confederate States of...
  3. Texas (39610 bytes)
    38: ...nguage]] of the [[Hasinai]], ''tejas'', meaning ''friends'' or ''allies''; [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers...
    42: ...ist of U.S. state mottos | state motto]] — "Friendship"
    50: ** flying — [[Mexican free-tailed bat]]
    57: ...om you talk to (and which part of Texas they come from), Texas forms part of the [[U.S. Southern State...
    62: ...ve flown over its soil: the [[Fleur-de-lis]] of [[France]], and the national flags of [[Spain]], [[Mex...
  4. Tennessee (19096 bytes)
    39: ...ed "Tanasqui" in [[1567]] while travelling inland from [[South Carolina]]. European settlers later enc...
    48: ...9]], nearly 17,000 Cherokees were forced to march from Eastern Tennessee to [[Indian Territory]] west ...
    50: ...ennessee was the last Confederate state to secede from the Union when it did so on [[June 8]], [[1861]...
    52: Tennessee was the only state that seceded from the Union that did not have a military governor...
    72: ...see Governors]], [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Tennessee]]''
  5. Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
    2: ...ption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States Department of the In...
    16: ...of the [[Cretaceous]] period. Dinosaurs are known from both fossils and nonfossils including [[fossil]...
    20: ...on|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still known from a spotty [[fossil record]].
    34: ...are [[morphology|morphologically]] quite distinct from their reptilian ancestors, and referring to bir...
    42: ...mong those that are recovered, very few are known from complete skeletons and even impressions of soft...
  6. Art (11479 bytes)
    11: ... some extent, and [[child art]] is created by all from about the first birthday.
    52: The word ''art'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''ars'', which, loosely translate...
    74: ... is often described as a lay critique and derives from the fact that in [[Western culture]] at least, ...
    84: From one [[point of view|perspective]], art is a gen...
    92: ...f art and [[aesthetic]] arguments usually proceed from one of several possible perspectives. Art may b...
  7. Meteorology (19082 bytes)
    10: ...' goes back to the book ''Meteorologica'' (dating from about [[340 BC]]) by [[Aristotle]], who combine...
    14: ...Franklin]]'s kite experiments with [[lightning]]. Franklin was also the first American to keep accurat...
    18: ...d]]. These were solved when [[Luke Howard]] and [[Francis Beaufort]] introduced their systems for clas...
    20: ...]], introducing the idea of [[front (meteorology)|front]]s, that is, sharply defined boundaries betwee...
    26: ...sable tool for studying a wide range of phenomena from forest fires to [[El Ni񯝝.
  8. American football (39287 bytes)
    7: ...le. American football evolved as a separate sport from [[Rugby football]] in the early 20th century. [...
    51: ...eld Goals over 50 yards (measured as the distance from the point where the ball is kicked to the end l...
    52: ...an '''extra point''' or '''conversion attempt''') from just outside the end zone. They can either att...
    53: ...es 2 points and gains possession from the ensuing free kick (''see "Kickoff" below''). Typically this...
    61: ...ame. The team that was scored upon kicks the ball from its own 20-yard line. In this case, a tee canno...
  9. Medieval literature (14207 bytes)
    2: ...erature, it is a complex and rich field of study, from the utterly [[sacred]] to the exuberantly [[pro...
    7: ...survived in the [[Breton lai|lais]] of [[Marie de France]], the ''[[Mabinogion]]'' and the [[King Arth...
    10: ...anding down something from an [[auctor]] instead. From this point of view, the names of the individual...
    20: ...iographies]], or "lives of the saints", were also frequently written, as an encouragement to the devou...
    22: ...a prolific poet, and his [[Franciscan]] followers frequently wrote poetry themselves as an expression ...
  10. India (27950 bytes)
    5: ...indus'' in [[Persian language|Persian]], was used from [[Mughal]] times onwards, though its contempora...
    13: ...an]] kingdoms, and finally the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta d...
    21: ...ndia. On [[1947-08-15]] India gained independence from British rule, later becoming a [[republic]] on ...
    23: ...as a [[secular]] democracy barring a brief period from [[1975]] to [[1977]] during which the then [[Pr...
    32: ...rime Minister, but this option has been exercised from time to time.
  11. Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
    15: ... Vietnam]]<br><br>[[Viet Cong|National Liberation Front<br>(Viet Cong)]]<br><br />[[Image:Viet cong fl...
    33: The '''Vietnam War''' was fought from [[1957]] to [[1975]] between Vietnamese nationa...
    37: ...y experts consider the Vietnam War to just be one frontline in the larger [[Cold War]].
    41: ...for the Liberation of Vietnam|National Liberation Front]], a South Vietnamese opposition movement with...
    43: ...ort to maintain control of her former colony of [[French Indochina]].
  12. Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
    3: ...meline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1860]] to [[1899]]'''.
    15: ...[1861]] - [[Kansas]] admitted to the Union as a [[free state]]
    36: *[[1865]] - [[Freedman's Bureau]]
    45: *[[1867]] - [[Alaska Purchase]] from Russia
    55: ...Wyoming]] becomes first state to grant [[woman suffrage]]
  13. History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
    5: ...een." Further along their line of march, they confronted a much larger group of militia at a bridge i...
    7: ...nd [[Continental Congress]], with representatives from 13 of the [[United_Kingdom|British]] [[colonies...
    9: ...rson]]. However, Jefferson's work was reviewed by Franklin at length and then submitted to the Congres...
    11: ... States with a great wilderness empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, and incl...
    21: ...Seven Years' War]] and in North America, as the [[French and Indian War]], in 1763, Britain had emerge...
  14. History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
    11: ..." ad, which featured a little girl picking petals from a daisy in a field, counting the petals, which ...
    15: ...vil rights]] divided conservative southern whites from the rest of the party (see [[Dixiecrat]]).
    20: ...e proposed, they continued to have strong support from both of the United States' major political part...
    27: ...Viet Minh]] (led by [[Ho Chi Minh]]) defeated the French colonial army in [[1954]], the colony was gra...
    29: ...]) was formed as a [[guerrilla]] movement drawing from the South Vietnamese peasantry and working clas...
  15. Aristotle (37648 bytes)
    1: [[Image:aristotle.jpg|right|framed|Aristotle (sculpture)]]
    10: ...alogue itself which guides the interlocutors away from the paths to truth. The soul alone can have kno...
    12: ...wrote dialogues early in his career, no more than fragments of these have survived. The works of Arist...
    17: ...ing his ''Ethics'': detail from the [[Vatican]] [[fresco]] ''[[Raphael Rooms|The School of Athens]]'',...
    19: The history of Aristotle's works from the time of his death until the [[1st century B...
  16. John Locke (14749 bytes)
    6: ...rn in [[Wrington]], [[Somerset]], about ten miles from [[Bristol]], [[England]], in [[1632]]. His fat...
    14: ...ter become Essay. Two extant Drafts still survive from this period.
    16: ...x]], where he had lived in the household of [[Sir Francis Masham]] since [[1691]].
    24: ...ing theological viewpoints. He recoiled, however, from what he saw as the divisive character of some n...
    27: ... the bulk of the writing took place in the period from 1679-1682. It was therefore much more of a comm...
  17. Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
    1: '''Venus''', the second [[planet]] from the [[Sun]], is named after the [[Roman mytholo...
    3: ..., it always appears in roughly the same direction from Earth as the Sun (the greatest [[elongation]] i...
    7: ...me astronomers use ''[[Cytherean]]'', which comes from [[Cythera]]. Other less common adjectives incl...
    14: ...]'s, even though Venus is nearly twice as distant from the Sun and only receives 25% of the solar irra...
    16: ...k into space. This prevents most of the sunlight from ever heating the surface. Venus's [[Bolometer|...
  18. Barbecue (24807 bytes)
    6: ...g is barbecuing except when it means double-sided frying with something like a [[sandwich toaster]] or...
    8: ...ooking, including grilling, as barbecue, which is frowned upon by purists in some areas. The device us...
    10: ...dispersed to the sides or at significant distance from the grate. Alternately, an apparatus called a ...
    23: ...g, and/or flavored in numerous ways after removed from the heat.
    26: ... off to the side and almost always under a cover, frequently with added smoke for additional flavor.
  19. Mars (27704 bytes)
    4: '''Mars''' is the fourth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] in the [[solar system]]. It is name...
    6: ...#x2642; (a circle with a small arrow pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the...
    15: ...en summer and winter, giving rise to Earth-like [[frost]] and large [[cirrus cloud]]s [http://marsrove...
    18: ...tic field would have helped to protect the planet from [[cosmic radiation]]. Other explanations have a...
    22: Amongst the findings from the Opportunity rover is the presence of [[hema...
  20. DNA (29095 bytes)
    5: ...gical cell|cell]] organisms, DNA is not separated from the [[cytoplasm]] by a [[nuclear envelope]]. In...
    10: ...e-but-impossible-to-read one! It has been assumed from the beginning that this is not necessarily a ve...
    14: ...only'' contained scientific data -- that would be frustrating, wouldn't it?
    31: ...lit half of the strand plus the bases it collects from the soup will ideally end up as a complete repl...
    35: ...or was unknown and only a DNA sample was obtained from the scene (particularly in [[rape]] cases betwe...

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