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- Hand (6764 bytes)
2: ...ly has four fingers and a thumb; 15kb ]]<br>''A human left hand''</div>
4: ...in grasping and holding. Each hand is a [[mirror image]] of the other.
7: ...rimates]]. Hands must also feature [[opposable thumb]]s, as described later in the text.
10: ...tacarpus) with five digits, attached to the forearm by a joint called the wrist (carpus).
14: ...thumb, has a colloquial name to distinguish it from the others: - Finger (2398 bytes)
1: ...]]<br><small>''Fingers of the human left hand''</small></div>
3: ...[[thumb]], with its [[flexor]] and [[rotators]] comprised in the hand itself.
5: ...ow, from the most [[radius (bone)|radial]] to the most [[ulna|ulnar]]:
7: # [[thumb]]
8: # [[index finger]], pointer finger, or forefinger - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: [[Image:Machiavelli.jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florent...
3: ...], [[poet]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavelli was also a key figure in [[realist]] [[...
6: [[Image:Macchiavelli01.jpg|thumb|Statue at the [[Uffizi]]]]
7: ...ze.PalVecchio.Machiavelli.JPG|thumb|200px|Bust of Machiavelli]]
8: ...erished branch of an influential old Florentine family. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
3: ...arly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against churc...
7: ...Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained...
9: ...ced a sort of [[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
10: ...ces: in the spandrels are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, water]] - El Salvador (12362 bytes)
1: ... [[Industrialization|industrialized]] in Central America.
2: ... cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; ...
7: <td width="140px">[[Image:El salvador flag large.png|125px|]]</td>
8: <td width="140px">[[Image:El_Salvador_coa.gif|80px]]
14: ...nish language|Spanish]]: God, Union, Liberty)''</small> - Archery (18991 bytes)
1: ...:Archery_competition.jpg|thumb|400px|Archers in Competition]]
3: ...ally been used in hunting and combat, and has become a precision sport.
5: ==Modern competitive archery==
7: ...istance or distances. This is the most popular form of archery and is called 'Target Archery'.
9: ...r distances tend to be dominated by European and American archers. - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
1: ...erhaps the most thoroughly [[commercialization|commercialized]].
6: ...al]], a reliability test to determine best performance.
8: A year later the first real race was staged, from [[Paris]], [[France]] to [[Bordeaux]], France. Fi...
10: An international competition began with the [[Gordon Bennett Cup in au...
12: ...[[1895]], [[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two elec... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
1: {{MLB Cubs franchise}}
2: ...hicago Cubs''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Chicago]]. They are in the Central Di...
4: ...[[1871]]. Became a charter [[National League]] member in [[1876]].
5: ...e team the ''Spuds'' around this time, but that name didn't stick.
6: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison... - Architect (6342 bytes)
2: [[Image:Architect.png|thumb|Architect at his drawing board, 1893]]
4: ...dings]], or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan.
6: ...with requirements for practice varying greatly from place to place (see below).
8: ...or excellence in architecture are given by the [[American Institute of Architects]] and [[Royal Insti...
9: ...l term Architect, which has a legal definition in most areas.--> - Sodalite (4894 bytes)
1: ...ight cellpadding=0 width=250 style="margin-left:1em"
5: ...lite slab]]<br><small>Detail of a sodalite slab</small>
9: |Category||[[Mineral]]
11: |[[Chemical formula]]||[[Sodium]] [[aluminium]] [[silicate]] with [[chlorine]] (Na<sub>4</sub>A...
15: ...yal blue, green, yellow, violet, white veining common - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...ral nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]]
2: ...]] and [[disease]]. Absence of adequate nutrients may cause disease or death.
4: ... [[Polychlorinated biphenyl|PCBs]], [[dioxins]]), may incur [[toxic]] and potentially lethal effects,...
5: The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific dietary asp...
8: ...]] and in organisms (e.g. plants, animals) that humans eat. - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: ...provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...[1536]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanist]] and [[theology|theologian]].
6: ...r seems to have worked as a priest, and monasticism was one of the chief objects of his attack in his...
8: ...s' College, Cambridge]] and may have been an [[alumnus]].
10: ...ess active association with Italian scholars than might have been expected. - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
2: [[Image:Lightmatter sanfrancisco.jpg|thumb|293px|San Francisco skyline.]]
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
5: nickname = The City by the Bay |
6: image_flag = Us-ca-sf.png |
7: image_seal = Sfseal.gif | - Earth's atmosphere (10093 bytes)
1: ...solar [[radiation]] and reducing temperature extremes between [[day]] and [[night]].
3: ... provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
5: ...is also frequently used as the boundary between atmosphere and space.
7: ==Temperature and the atmospheric layers==
8: ...ature and altitude varies between the different atmospheric layers: - Ionosphere (19365 bytes)
1: ...t influences [[high-frequency]] (HF) (3&ndash;30[[MHz]]) [[radio propagation]] to distant places on t...
2: ...phere.gif|thumb|right|350px|Relationship of the atmosphere and ionosphere]]
6: ...to stay fixed together in an electrically neutral molecule.
8: ...s the degree of ionization present at any given time.
10: ...ich reaches the Earth and interacts with its [[geomagnetic]] field. - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
1: [[Image:Julius_caesar.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|Bust of Julius Caesar]]
2: ...o what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to this ...
4: ...oman Republic]] and the beginning of the [[Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son...
6: ... Caesar|''Commentaries'' (''Commentarii'')]], and many details of his life are recorded by later hist...
9: ...ed in the Subura, a lower-class neighborhood of Rome, where he apparently learned to speak several la... - Film speed (5065 bytes)
1: ...with a shorter exposure and is called a ''fast film''.
3: The standard known as '''ISO 5800:1987''' from the
4: ...ar scale and a logarithmic scale for measuring film speed.
6: ...SO&nbsp;200/24&deg; is twice as sensitive as a film rated ISO&nbsp;100/21&deg;.
8: ...deg;, 1600/33&deg;, and 3200/36&deg;. Consumer films are generally rated between 100/21&deg; and 800/... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
1: ...pensive government building of its time. Three teams of architects labored on it.]]
3: ...w York]] in the [[United States|United States of America]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it has a popu...
5: ...o the south of the juncture of the [[Mohawk River|Mohawk]] and [[Hudson River]]s.
9: {{Template:US City infobox|
12: nickname = | - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...y area|largest]] country in the world, covering almost twice the territory of the next-largest nation...
4: ...nt States]], since the union's dissolution in December [[1991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was c...
6: ... is notable, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
10: {{main|History of Russia}}
13: ...uch as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]]. - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
1: {{Economy of Russia table}}
2: ...n. However, no two countries have had the exact same experience in this process. Russia's experience ...
5: ''Main article: [[Economic history of the Soviet Union]]''
7: ...aying infrastructure, and inefficient supply systems hinder efficient utilization of those resources.
9: ...nomy must deal in its transition to a market economy.
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