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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...ates dollar|US dollars]]. It is based around a series of races (19 in [[2005 Formula One season|2005]]...
9: ...or [[Mexico]], [[India]], [[Russia]] and [[South Africa]] have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" imag...
11: ...and is generally promoted and controlled by [[Bernie Ecclestone]].
16: ...e [[List of Formula One Grands Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.''
18: Historically, the Formula One series evolved from the European [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...erical]] or [[logic]]al terms. Computers are made from [[digital circuit|components]] that perform sim...
4: ...plication of computers is called '''[[computer science]].'''
8: ...rs have been built out of many different technologies, nearly all popular types of computers have elec...
14: ...digital'' computers possible, was formally identified and explored by [[Claude E. Shannon]].
16: ... and in doing so founded [[theoretical computer science]]. - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: ...n [[boat]]s, such as [[lifeboat]]s, [[dinghy|dinghies]], or [[runabout]]s. A [[rule of thumb]] saying ...
4: During the [[age of sail]], '''ship''' signified a [[ship rig|ship-rigged]] vessel, that is, one ...
14: ...pecific ship could load in water of various densities. Hence the "ladder" of lines seen forward of the...
19: ... Actium]]. The use of large numbers of [[cannon]] from the [[16th century]] meant that maneuverability...
21: ...00-foot [[Turbinia]] at the [[Spithead]] Naval Review in [[1897]]. This facilitated a generation of hi... - Forest (3705 bytes)
2: ...px|A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California]]
4: ...n area set aside for [[hunting]]). Plant communities covering large areas of the globe provide carbon...
6: ...natural form is home to many animal and plant species, and [[biomass]] per unit area is high compared ...
8: ...cological]] terms, a forest may be differentiated from a [[woodland]]: A forest has a more or less clo...
17: ..., and in terms of leaf longevity of the major species (whether they are [[evergreen]] or [[deciduous]]... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
2: ...mage:Lightmatter sanfrancisco.jpg|thumb|293px|San Francisco skyline.]]
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
8: image_map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
9: ..._caption = Location of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
11: subdivision_name = [[San Francisco]] | - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: ...:ac.parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
3: ...thena the Virgin''', and its popular name derives from the Greek word ''παρθέ...
9: ...he treasury of the Delian League, which was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]] to the A...
13: ...tres wide, with internal Doric colonnades in two tiers, structurally necessary to support the roof. On...
19: ...ted on the northern side: it may have been scenes from the [[Trojan War]]. - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...ing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequence...
4: ...ering government of the weak republic. Caesar's friend [[Marcus Brutus]] conspired with others to assa...
6: ...tten [[Literary works of Julius Caesar|''Commentaries'' (''Commentarii'')]], and many details of his l...
11: ... His paternal aunt, [[Julia Caesaris|Julia]], married [[Gaius Marius]], a talented general and reforme...
13: ...r Caesar turned 15, his father grew ill and soon died. Both Marius and his father had left Caesar much... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...hancellor of Germany|chancellor]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[N...
13: .... The [[Racial policy of Nazi Germany|racial policies]] that Hitler directed culminated in the systema...
15: ...e final days of the war, [[Hitler's death|Hitler died]] by [[suicide]] in a [[Berlin]] [[F?unker|bunke...
20: ...]), a customs official, and [[Klara P?]], Alois' niece and third wife. Of these six children, only Ado...
22: ..., however, and was ironically closely related to Hiedler through his mother's family, too. - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...he overthrow of British rule in the thirteen colonies and the establishment of the [[United States|Uni...
5: ... as ''The Spirit of '76''. Often imitated or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to...
10: ...t a time, were generally reluctant to go very far from home, and would often come and go as they saw f...
12: ... men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000.
15: ...ern estimates, total British strength in the colonies did not exceed 20,000 men at any one time. - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
1: ...ramento from Riverwalk.JPG|thumb|175px|Sacramento from near the Sacramento River]]
2: ... [[1848]] by [[John Sutter, Jr.]] Sacramento grew from [[Sutter's Fort]], which was established by Sut...
36: === The lost frontier ===
37: ...entiful [[oak]] trees in the region and by eating fruits, bulbs, seeds, and roots throughout the year.
39: The Spanish explorer [[Gabriel Moraga]] discovered and named the Sacramento Val... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
11: mayor = [[David Bieter]] |
30: ...f mayors of Boise|Mayor of Boise]] is [[David H. Bieter]].
34: .... The name was apparently a translation of an earlier English name for it, the Wood River.
38: ...of Lewiston discovered the capital had been taken from them.
52: ...ho.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Boise, Idaho, as seen from the train depot]] - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ...all neoclassical limestone and bronze State [[Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument]], designed by [[Germany...
31: ...ed in 1836, but Indiana went bankrupt in [[1839]] from the loans taken out under the aforementioned bi...
33: ...used a suburban explosion. With automobile companies as [[Duesenburg]], [[Marmon]], National, and [[S...
35: ...lt there. This led to a sharp increase in industries such as [[glass]] and [[automobile]] manufacturi...
37: ...social organization in the city during the period from [[1921]] through [[1928]]. The Klan continued ... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
13: ...an|Ingham]] & [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton Counties]] |
28: [[Image:Scan0001.jpg|thumb|left|250px|An aerial view of Lansing, the capital of the State of Michigan...
29: ...r Township]] and [[Alaiedon Township, Michigan|Alaiedon Township]] in Ingham County to the southeast.
37: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 4.60% from two or more races. 9.98% of the population are...
39: ...r with no husband present, and 42.7% are non-families. 33.2% of all households are made up of individu... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
1: ...akecitydowntown2002.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Aerial view of [[Temple Square]] of [[Church of Jesus Christ...
2: ...ah|Davis]], and [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]] counties, had a population of 1,333,914 as of [[2000]].
4: ...nearby [[Great Salt Lake]], the city is separated from the lake's shore by [[marsh]]es and [[mudflat]]...
6: ...], Salt Lake City is among the region's oldest cities and is the location of the headquarters of [[Chu...
15: ...an isolated area to practice their religion, away from the persecution they had faced in the East. Upo... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...; (6,595,600 mi²), it is the [[List of countries by area|largest]] country in the world, covering...
4: ...Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic]] (RSFSR).
6: ...able, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
12: ===Ancient Rus===
13: ... The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assimila... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...ought the cause of [[India|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to worl...
15: ...ple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth]] (''satya''), and [[non-violence]] ('...
18: ..., or business, caste. At the age of 13 Gandhi married [[Kasturba Gandhi|Kasturba Makharji]], who was t...
20: ...at the opportunity to study in England, which he viewed as "a land of philosophers and poets, the very...
22: ...t spelling of the verb in the UK and Indian varieties of English ---> - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National P...
6: ...né „escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...t by a young man named Robert Latimer, a graduate from [[Oxford University]]. Hobbes was a good pupil ...
14: ...work into [[English language|English]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides' account of the [[Peloponnesia...
16: ...ps in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher. - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ... many of them still enduring as political communities. A comprehensive tribal list can be found under ...
5: ...t native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
7: ...e in Canada, where the term [[First Nations]] applies only to Native Canadians who belong to the same ...
11: ...ative to territorial possesions of American countries but are not specifically "Native American" (in t...
19: ...nd from people who [[Migration (human)|migrated]] from [[Siberia]] across the [[Bering Strait]], betwe... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ... below [[sea level]]. It is also home to many species of [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s that have adapted ...
3: ...[radio]] programs, [[television]] series and [[movie]]s. '''Death Valley National Monument''' was crea...
5: ...rphosed]] and at least 1700 million years old. Ancient warm-shallow seas deposited marine sediments un...
6: ... and low points in Death Valley National Park.png|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points ...
8: [[Image:Wpdms shdrlfi020l death valley.jpg|frame|left|Death Valley and environs]] - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...ment composed of many congregations and church bodies). His call to the Church to return to the teachi...
17: ...ght|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at...
19: ...opper]] mine in nearby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to...
23: ...im as he was returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help,[[Saint Anne]]! I'll become a monk!" ...
26: ...age]], and constant [[confession]]. The more he tried to do for God, it seemed, the more aware he beca...
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