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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...a racing|formula]] [[auto racing]]. It is a worldwide [[sport]], involving an annual World Drivers Cha...
9: ...South Africa]] have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" image.
16: ...nds Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.''
18: ...0s]]. A number of European racing organizations laid out rules for a World Championship before [[World...
24: ...al development, [[Cinquemani]]'s introduction of mid-engined cars, occurred in the [[1950s]]; [[Jack B... - Computer (32773 bytes)
14: ...dern ''digital'' computers possible, was formally identified and explored by [[Claude E. Shannon]].
16: ...solve all mathematical problems. [[Alan Turing]] identified which problems could and could not be sol...
20: ...often have difficulty understanding the important idea that the computer is only a machine, and cannot...
24: ...who performed the arts and this usage is still valid (although it is becoming quite rare in the [[Unit...
29: ...arch organizations could afford them and were considered so exotic that only a handful would ever be r... - Ship (18843 bytes)
1: [[Image:Genoa 139a.jpg||thumb|250px|Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
2: ...f thumb]] saying (though it doesn't always apply) goes: "a boat can fit on a ship, but a ship can't fit ...
14: ...called the "[[Plimsoll Mark]]", exists on ships' sides, and consists of a [[circle]] with a horizontal...
19: ...t that maneuverability took second place to broadside weight; this led to the dominance of the sail-po...
21: ...et]] of [[1812]]. Steam propulsion progressed considerably over the rest of the [[19th century]]. Nota... - Forest (3705 bytes)
4: ...communities covering large areas of the globe provide carbon-sink, oxygen-release, habitat, and soil-r...
9: [[image:Forest1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A decidous beech forest in [[Slovenia]].]]
17: ...emperate broadleaf and mixed forests|temperate deciduous forest]]) and evergreen forests (''e.g.'', [[...
21: ...damaged by [[logging]], [[forest fire]]s, and [[acid rain]]. In the [[United States]], most forests h...
25: {{Commons|Forest}} - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
31: ...tates]], in terms of population. It is a [[consolidated city-county]] (the only one in California) si...
33: ...ghest population density of any major U.S. city aside from [[New York City]].
35: ... [[Spain|Spanish]], in [[1776]]. The city grew rapidly due to the [[California gold rush]] starting in...
39: ...[Golden Gate Bridge]] and the [[Transamerica Pyramid]].
44: ... [[1776]] and established the sites for the [[Presidio of San Francisco]] and [[Mission San Francisco ... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
9: ...under the general supervision of the sculptor [[Phidias]], who also had charge of the sculptural decor...
13: ...ast and west ends, and of 110 millimetres on the sides.
19: ...t is not known what was depicted on the northern side: it may have been scenes from the [[Trojan War]]...
21: ...stival honouring Athena. On the fourth, eastern, side was a frieze showing all the gods of the Greek [...
31: ... of war they were willing to demolish them to provide materials for walls and fortifications. A [[mina... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
4: ...Republic. The dramatic [[assassin]]ation on the [[Ides of March]] was the catalyst for a second set of...
15: ...tor in relenting on Caesar’s proscription said, "He whose life you so much desire will one day b...
17: Despite Sulla's pardon, Caesar did not remain in Rome and left for military service ...
21: ...ight)|talents]], he laughed at them, saying they did not know whom they had captured. Instead, he ord...
23: In [[69 BC]], Caesar became a widower after Cornelia's death trying to deliver a st... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
13: ...people, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]].
15: ... the war, [[Hitler's death|Hitler died]] by [[suicide]] in a [[Berlin]] [[F?unker|bunker]]. His intend...
24: ...pecially for the proponent of a [[racism|racist]] ideology. Opponents tried to prove that Hitler, the ...
27: ..., [[1903]], at age 65, Adolf Hitler's schoolwork did not improve. At the age of 16, Hitler left school...
31: ...s paintings to merchants and tourists (there is evidence he produced over 2000 paintings and drawings ... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...h American colonies]]. The war, which eventually widened far beyond [[British North America]], resulte...
10: ...lar" or "standing" army). Each colony instead provided for its own defenses through the use of local [...
15: ...stimates, total British strength in the colonies did not exceed 20,000 men at any one time.
19: ...tion and sent no troops to America to fight alongside the Americans. The Netherlands entered the war l...
23: ...erican militias from the outset, but this was forbidden in the South, where slaveowners feared arming ... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
37: ...to their home, these Indians would leave little evidence of their existence. Their diet was dominated ...
44: The part of Sacramento originally laid out by William Warner is situated just east and s...
46: ...ley was devastated by floods, fires and cholera epidemics. Despite this, because of its position just ...
56: ...arlier brought death and destruction began to provide increasing levels of transportation and commerce...
63: ...orld War II]], William G. "Bill" Stone (later considered "The Father of the Port of Sacramento") convi... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
4: state = Idaho |
6: flag = BoiseID.jpg |
7: seal = BoiseIDseal.gif |
8: map = IDMap-doton-Boise.PNG |
10: county = [[Ada County, Idaho|Ada County]] | - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
26: ...Image:Indiana_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
29: ... the Governor's mansion. It was used as a market commons for over six years. Although an expensive Governo...
31: ...he waterway was too sandy for trade. Through the mid-1800s, a horse-drawn barge canal by-passed the ri...
37: ...ed to dwindle in popularity in Indiana and nationwide, and the national organization officially disban...
39: ...dianapolis was the only major city where rioting did not occur. - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
14: mayor = [[Tony Benavides]] |
29: ...nts with [[Meridian Charter Township, Michigan|Meridian Charter Township]] and [[Alaiedon Township, Mi...
30: ...mage:Michigan_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
37: ...people, 49,505 households, and 28,366 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] is 1,...
39: ...lies. 33.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.1% have someone living alone who is 65 ... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
4: ... lake's shore by [[marsh]]es and [[mudflat]]s. Residents are known as "[[List of famous Salt Lakers|Sa...
5: [[Image:Utah_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
6: The city is considered one of the most historically important cities...
20: ...ax occurred in [[1857]] with [[James Buchanan|President James Buchanan]] declaring the area in rebelli...
22: ...n [[1869]] at [[Promontory Summit]] on the north side of the [[Great Salt Lake]]. A railroad was conne... - Russia (28007 bytes)
17: ...and]]. The political dissolution of Kievan Rus divided the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north f...
27: ...en Czar) of Russia, finalized this process, consolidated surrounding areas under Moscow's dominion, an...
29: ...efeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the [[Russi...
31: ...]. The brutal rule of [[Joseph Stalin]] forced rapid [[industrialization]] of the largely rural countr...
37: In the mid and late 1980s General Secretary [[Mikhail Gorbac... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
15: ... Lennon]] and the 14th [[Dalai Lama]]. He often said that his values were simple; drawn from tradition...
20: ...] in [[1887]], and joining Samaldas College. He did not stay there long, however, as his family felt ...
25: ...ficer. In his autobiography, he describes this incident as a kind of unsuccessful lobbying attempt on ...
29: ...mannered, diffident, politically indifferent individual. He had read his first newspaper at age 18 an...
31: ... alike with statements of Indian grievances and evidence of British discrimination in South Africa. G... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
6: ...ks on political philosophy and other matters, providing an account of human nature as self-interested ...
12: ...little attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was...
14: ...emocratic government could not survive war or provide stability and was thus undesirable.
16: ...ether by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher.
20: ...y Man came into relation with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how Men were moved... - Native American (42651 bytes)
17: ===The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory===
19: ...logy|anthropological]] and [[genetics|genetic]] evidence, scientists generally agree that most Native ...
21: ...s in this theory — in particular, growing evidence of human presence in [[Brazil]] and [[Chile]]...
23: ...nia earlier and followed a coastal route, thus avoiding the ice-covered interior.
25: *The crossing of the Bering Land Bridge may have occurred during the previous [[ice age... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: '''Death Valley National Park''' is a mostly [[arid]] [[National Park]] located east of the [[Sierra ...
3: ...own non-[[Native American]]s to enter the Valley did so in the winter of [[1849]], thinking they would...
9: ... causes a slight widening and relatively more subsidence there.
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36: Uplift of surrounding mountain ranges and subsidence of the valley floor are both occurring. The u... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
28: ...ombard]] (the main textbook of theology in the [[Middle Ages]]), in [[1509]] [Brecht, Vol. 1, p. 93]. ...
31: ...s of God" in [[Epistle to the Romans|Rom.]] 1:17 did not mean active righteousness, that by which huma...
37: ...stion at hand was whether the Pope (or any man besides Christ) had the ''power'' or ''authority'' to a...
39: ...the practice, since he believed that indulgences did nothing to save souls and only lined the pockets ...
43: ...d for a theological disputation. Soon they were widely copied and printed; within two weeks they spre...
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