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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...d Drivers Championship and World Constructors Championship, and is the most expensive sport in the wor...
18: ...ip for constructors followed in [[1958]]. Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years,...
22: ... [[1957]], his streak interrupted by two-time champion [[Alberto Ascari]] of [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrar...
24: ... occurred in the [[1950s]]; [[Jack Brabham]], champion in [[1959]] and [[1960]], soon proved the new d...
26: ...and [[commonwealth]] drivers won twelve world championships between [[1962]] and [[1973]]. - Computer (32773 bytes)
29: ...[1946]], were huge devices that weighed tons, occupied entire rooms, and required many operators to fu...
51: ... commonly available devices to be included. The rapid nature of computer development means new uses fo...
81: ...~esr/jargon/html/T/Turing-tar-pit.html Turing Tar-Pit] - "a place where anything is possible but nothi...
84: ...ry. Other research institutes, who had obtained copies of the design, solved the considerable technica...
92: ...program in its own memory it became possible to rapidly "jump" from one instruction to another based o... - Ship (18843 bytes)
1: [[Image:Genoa 139a.jpg||thumb|250px|Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Cla...
4: ...as the outstanding example but the big [[German Empire|German]] ships and [[barque]]s were built partl...
12: ... Britain until the [[Samuel Plimsoll|Merchant Shipping Act of 1876]], ship-owners could load their ves...
14: ...ause different types of water, (summer, fresh, tropical fresh, winter north Atlantic) have different d...
21: ...officially in the 100-foot [[Turbinia]] at the [[Spithead]] Naval Review in [[1897]]. This facilitated... - Forest (3705 bytes)
12: * [[rain forest]] (tropical and temperate)
15: ...Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests|tropical dry forest]]
17: ... broadleaf forests|tropical moist forest]] and tropical dry forest.
25: {{Commons|Forest}}
38: *[[Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests]] - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
35: ...e [[Spain|Spanish]], in [[1776]]. The city grew rapidly due to the [[California gold rush]] starting i...
42: ...y the Yelamu tribe, belonging to a linguistic grouping later called the [[Ohlone]] (a [[Miwok]] Indian...
44: ...ea]] began in [[1542]] and culminated with the mapping of the bay in [[1775]]. A [[Spanish colonizatio...
56: ...ame the USA's largest city west of the [[Mississippi River]].
58: ...e order opened its own charity hospital, Mercy Hospital of San Francisco, which is still in operation ... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
5: ...ian League]], which later became the [[Athenian Empire]].
19: ...s and the [[Amazons]]. It is not known what was depicted on the northern side: it may have been scenes...
27: ...s no more than a provincial city of the [[Roman Empire]], albeit one with a glorious past. Sometime in...
29: ...dispersal of some of the sculptures. Those that depicted pagan gods were probably removed deliberately...
31: ...part]]]In [[1456]] Athens fell to the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]], and the Parthenon was converted aga... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...tion of the [[Roman Republic]] into the [[Roman Empire]]. In 55BC Caesar launched the first Roman inva...
4: ...man Republic]] and the beginning of the [[Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, ...
17: ...BC while still serving under Thermus, he played a pivotal role in the siege of [[Miletus]]. During the...
21: ...to death by [[crucifixion]] as a warning to other pirates. However, since they had treated him well, ...
26: ....jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|'''Julius Caesar''', depicted from the bust in the [[British Museum]], in '... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
20: ...of [[Upper Austria]], not far from the [[German Empire|German]] border in what was then [[Austria-Hung...
35: ...Jewish resident of the house named Hanisch was helping him sell his postcards— seemingly contrar...
45: ...the end of war, Hitler was admitted to a field hospital, temporarily blind following a poison gas atta...
47: ...ad right-wing, conservative explanation for the capitulation was the ''[[Dolchstosslegende]]'' ("dagge...
60: ... an attempt to seize power in [[Munich]], the [[capital]] of [[Bavaria]], in an abortive coup later kn... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
5: ...ineteenth century that came to be known as ''The Spirit of '76''. Often imitated or parodied, it is on...
10: ...ould often come and go as they saw fit. Militia typically lacked the training and discipline of regula...
25: ...rican Indian]] communities east of the [[Mississippi River]] were affected by the war, many dividing o...
67: ...image: millions of Americans know this painting depicts ''[[Washington Crossing the Delaware]]'', even...
69: ...resume operations in the spring, with the rebel capital of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ... of [[Sacramento County, California]] and the [[capital]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]]. It ...
41: === From pioneers to gold fever ===
42: The pioneer [[John Sutter]] arrived from [[Liestal]], [[...
46: ...stated by floods, fires and cholera epidemics. Despite this, because of its position just downstream f...
48: === Capital city === - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
26: '''Boise''' is the capital and largest city of [[Idaho]], a state in the ...
38: ...pt when the citizens of Lewiston discovered the capital had been taken from them.
40: Boise became the capital of the state of Idaho on [[July 3]], [[1890]] ...
51: [[Image:Boise_Idaho.jpg|thumb|right|The State Capitol in Boise, Idaho]]
72: ...ah High School]], [[Capital High School (Boise)|Capital High School]], [[Timberline High School]] as w... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
25: '''Indianapolis''' is the capital of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Indiana]]. As of t...
29: ... the Governor's mansion. It was used as a market commons for over six years. Although an expensive Governo...
44: [[Image:Indianapolis Capitol.jpg|thumb|The Capitol of Indiana in Indianapolis]]
47: ...iers and Sailors Monument. (Monument Circle is depicted on the city’s flag, and is generally co...
57: ...f $36,302 versus $27,738 for females. The [[per capita income]] is $21,640. 11.9% of the population a... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
1: [[Image:CapitolMichigan.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Capitol Building]]
2: '''Lansing''' is the capital city of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]], lo...
28: ...thumb|left|250px|An aerial view of Lansing, the capital of the State of Michigan]]
29: ... River (Michigan)|Red Cedar River]]. The city occupies most of what had formerly been part of [[Lansin...
43: ...f $32,648 versus $27,051 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city is $17,924. 16.9% of the... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
1: ... Latter-day Saints]] during the [[2002 Winter Olympic Games]]. It is Salt Lake City's top tourist dra...
2: ...y''' is the [[List of U.S. state capitals|state capital]] and most populous city in the [[U.S. state]]...
4: The city occupies the north end of the [[Salt Lake Valley]] along...
6: ...sm industry and was host to the [[2002 Winter Olympics]].
17: ... [[Fillmore, Utah|Fillmore]] as the territorial capital in [[1858]] and the name was subsequently abbr... - Russia (28007 bytes)
13: ...navians, the [[Varangians]], who established a capital at the Slavic city of [[Novgorod]] and gradual...
15: ...yzantine, or [[Orthodox]], church and moved the capital to [[Kiev]] in [[1169]] A.D. In this era the ...
17: ...gan Mongols and Muslim Turkic-speaking nomads who pillaged the Russian principalities for over three c...
23: ...m succession to the legacy of the Eastern Roman Empire.
27: ...d the vast expanses of [[Siberia]]. The Russian Empire was born. - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
15: ...d as "way of truth" or "pursuit of truth", has inspired other democratic activists, including [[Martin...
23: ...[[London, United Kingdom|London]], the Imperial capital, was influenced by a vow he had made to his mo...
29: ... First, he was literally thrown off a train at [[Pietermaritzburg]] after refusing to move from first...
35: ...e growing Indian nationalism. Gandhi was also inspired by the American writer [[Thoreau|Henry David T...
42: ... and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning ''khadi'' in support of the independence mov... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
10: ...e from [[Oxford University]]. Hobbes was a good pupil and around 1603 he was sent to Oxford and entere...
16: ...endish family, tutoring the son of his previous pupil. Over the next seven years as well as tutoring h...
20: ...n interest in the physical doctrine of motion. Despite his interest in this phenomenon, he disdained e...
26: ...in [[1644]]. He built a good reputation in philosopic circles and in [[1645]] was chosen with Descarte...
36: ... Ecclesiastical and Civil]]'', with a famous frontpiece in which, from behind hills overlooking a land... - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...om the later arriving [[Eskimo]]s ([[Inuit]], [[Yupik]], and [[Aleut]] peoples native to [[Alaska]] an...
33: ...opted a lifestyle resembling that of Inuits and Yupiks during the last [[ice age]].
37: ..., in some regions, specifically in the [[Mississippi River]] valley of the [[United States]], in [[Mex...
41: ...t the beginning of time and have continuously occupied the area.
45: ''See also: [[Mississippian culture]], [[Cahokia]], [[Mesoamerica]], [[Maya... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
3: ... used to transport this ore out of the Valley, helping to make it famous and the subject or set of num...
38: ...ter any measurable rainfall). Annual average precipitation varies from 1.90 inches (48 mm) overall bel...
43: ...oday's drier climate does not provide enough precipitation to recharge the aquifer at the rate at whic...
45: ...suggest. One of the main dune fields is near Stovepipe Wells in the north-central part of the Valley a...
53: ...y top of the mountain ridges where they harvested pine nuts before moving back to the valley bottom fo... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...stinian]] [[monasticism|monk]] whose teachings inspired the [[Protestant Reformation]] and deeply infl...
26: ...[[flagellation]]s, long hours in [[prayer]] and [[pilgrimage]], and constant [[confession]]. The more ...
28: [[Johann von Staupitz]][http://newadvent.org/cathen/14283a.htm], Luth...
31: ...ized that the phrase "righteousness of God" in [[Epistle to the Romans|Rom.]] 1:17 did not mean active...
41: ...[[Prince-Elector]]), but holding more than one [[episcopal see]] was a violation of [[canon law]]. Pop...
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