Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

Kings, Divine Right of (political doctrine):

see in index Divine Right of

Kings

Kings, Valley of the (archaeological site

in Egypt)

Tutankhamen volume 13 page 119

king salmon (fish)

salmon volume 12 page 22

king snake (reptile): see in index eastern

king snake

Kingston (capital city of Jamaica)

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Devon House picture, volume 7 page 68

Jamaica volume 7 page 10

Kingstown (capital city of Saint Vincent

and the Grenadines)

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines volume

12 page 18

Kinshasa (capital city of the Democratic

Republic of the Congo)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

volume 3 page 179

shop in Kinshasa picture, volume 7

page 69

Kiowa (Native American people)

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Elk Tongue picture, volume 7 page 70

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Kipchak Khanate (western part of the

Mongol Empire): see in index Golden

Horde

Kiribati (island country in the Pacific

Ocean)

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Tarawa Atoll picture, volume 2 page 10

Kirinyaga (volcanic mountain in Kenya):

see in index Kenya, Mount

Kiritimati Atoll (island in Kiribati)

Kiribati volume 7 page 71

Kirov Ballet (Russian ballet company)

ballet volume 2 page 15

Kishinev (capital of Moldova): see in

index Chisinau

“kissing disease” (disease): see in index

mononucleosis

kitchen cabinet (U.S. presidential politics)

Jackson volume 7 page 6

kite (flying device)

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volume 1 page 51, picture, volume 7

page 72

kite flying (sport) picture, volume 1

page 51

kite picture, volume 7 page 72

Kitty Hawk (town in North Carolina,

U.S.)

Wright brothers volume 15 page 76

kiwi (bird) picture, volume 2 page 79

flightless birds volume 2 page 79

New Zealand volume 9 page 61

kiwi (fruit)

fruit picture, volume 5 page 72

Kiyomizu Temple (temple in Kyoto,

Japan) picture, volume 1 page 203

KKK (terrorist organization in the U.S.):

see in index Ku Klux Klan

KLA (political organization in Serbia): see

in index Kosovo Liberation Army

Klamath (Native American people)

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Klamath woman preparing food picture,

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Klavier (musical instrument): see in index

piano

Klondike gold rush (Canadian history)

Yukon volume 15 page 98

Yukon River volume 15 page 96

Klondike River (river in Yukon, Canada)

Yukon River volume 15 page 96

km (measurement): see in index kilometer

knee (anatomy)

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knee joint in cross section picture, volume

12 page 97

kneecap (bone): see in index patella

Knesset (Israeli parliament)

legislature volume 7 page 124

Knickerbocker Base Ball Club (U.S.

organization)

baseball volume 2 page 32

knight (medieval practice and honorific

rank)

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Arthurian legend picture, volume 1

page 193

feudalism volume 5 page 14

Middle Ages volume 8 page 122

knighthood (medieval practice and honorific

rank): see in index knight

knighthood, orders of: see in index

orders of knighthood

Knights of the Round Table (legendary

group of knights): see in index Round

Table, Order of the

knitted cloth (textile)

knitting volume 7 page 75

knitting (textile)

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volume 7 page 75

knitting needle

knitting volume 7 page 75, picture, volume

7 page 75

knockout (boxing)

boxing volume 2 page 118

Knossos (ancient city in Crete, Greece)

Aegean civilization volume 1 page 33

Know-Nothing party (historical U.S.

political party)

Fillmore volume 5 page 21

Knox, John (Scottish religious leader)

Reformation volume 11 page 39

KO (boxing): see in index knockout

koala (mammal)

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eucalyptus volume 4 page 158

marsupial volume 8 page 64

Kobenhavn (capital city of Denmark): see

in index Copenhagen

Kodiak bear (mammal)

bear volume 2 page 42

Koguryo (ancient kingdom in Korea)

North Korea volume 7 page 80

Pyongyang volume 10 page 170

South Korea volume 7 page 83

koi (fish) picture, volume 3 page 42

kolkhoz (Soviet agriculture): see in index

collective farm

Komodo dragon (lizard) picture, volume

7 page 169

Indonesia volume 6 page 130

lizard volume 7 page 170

reptile volume 11 page 51

Konakry (capital city of Guinea): see in

index Conakry

Kongfuzi (Chinese teacher and philosopher):

see in index Confucius

Kongo (African people)

Republic of the Congo volume 3

page 181

Kongo kingdom (historical kingdom in

Africa)

Angola volume 1 page 123

Congo volume 3 page 181

Konigsburg, E. L. (U.S. author)

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Konza (Native American people): see in

index Kaw

Kool Herc (U.S. deejay)

rap volume 11 page 26

Kooning,Willem de (U.S. artist): see in

index de Kooning,Willem

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Kootenai (Native American people)

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Korab, Mount (mountain in Albania and

Macedonia)

Albania volume 1 page 65

Koran

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