Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

La Salle, Sieur

de

Leif Eriksson

Magellan,

Ferdinand

Marquette,

Jacques

Peary, Robert E.

Pizarro,

Francisco

Polo, Marco

Ponce de Leon,

Juan

Verrazzano,

Giovanni da

Vespucci,

Amerigo

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exercise (physical activity)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 4 page 171

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swimming volume 12 page 215

yoga volume 15 page 93

eyesight (physiology): see in index sight

Amundsen,

Roald

Balboa, Vasco

Nunez de

Cabot, John

Cartier, Jacques

Champlain,

Samuel de

Columbus,

Christopher

Cook, James

Gama, Vasco da

Henson,

Matthew

Jolliet, Louis

La Salle, Sieur

de

Leif Eriksson

Magellan,

Ferdinand

Marquette,

Jacques

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Aachen (city in Germany)

Charlemagne volume 3 page 82

aardvark (mammal)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 6, picture,

volume 1 page 6

Aaron, Hank (U.S. baseball player)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 6, picture,

volume 1 page 6

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Ruth volume 11 page 109

abacus (calculating device)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 7

!Abbasid Caliphate (Islamic history)

Caliphate volume 3 page 14

abbreviation (grammar)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 7

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some common abbreviations table, volume

1 page 8

United States postal codes table, volume

1 page 8

abdomen (anatomy)

insect volume 6 page 139, picture, volume

6 page 138

spider volume 12 page 164

Abenaki (people): see in index Abnaki

Abernathy, Ralph (U.S. civil-rights

activist)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 9, picture,

volume 1 page 9

Abidjan (city in Cote d’Ivoire)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 9, picture,

volume 1 page 10

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Cote d’Ivoire volume 3 page 204

Yamoussoukro volume 15 page 85

Abnaki (Native American people)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 10

abolitionist movement (European and

U.S. social movement)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 11

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African Americans volume 1 page 43

Freetown volume 5 page 65

Fugitive Slave Acts volume 5 page 74

Harpers Ferry volume 6 page 19

important people

Anthony volume 1 page 140

Arthur volume 1 page 192

Brown volume 2 page 136

Douglass volume 4 page 67

Franklin volume 5 page 64

Grimke sisters volume 5 page 161

Truth volume 13 page 102

London meeting picture, volume 1

page 11

slavery volume 12 page 107

Underground Railroad volume 14 page 9

Abolition Society (British organization)

abolitionist movement volume 1 page 11

Abominable Snowman (mythology)

legendary animals volume 1 page 129

Nepal volume 9 page 31

Aboriginal, Australian (people): see in

index Australian Aborigine

aboriginal peoples (classification of

people)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 13

aborigine (classification of people): see in

index aboriginal peoples

Abraham (Hebrew patriarch)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 13

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journey to Canaan picture, volume 1

page 14

Judaism volume 7 page 38

Absaroka (Native American people): see

in index Crow

absolutism (form of government)

dictatorship volume 4 page 46

government volume 5 page 132

monarchy volume 8 page 159

abstract art

painting volume 10 page 11

“Painting” by Miro picture, volume 10

page 12

sculpture volume 12 page 57

work by Hepworth picture, volume 12

page 57

abstract expressionism (artistic style)

painting volume 10 page 11

Absurd, Theater of the

drama volume 4 page 74

Abu Bakr (Muslim caliph)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 14, picture,

volume 1 page 14

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Caliphate volume 3 page 14

Abu Dhabi (capital city of the United

Arab Emirates)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 15, picture,

volume 1 page 15

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United Arab Emirates volume 14

page 15

Abuja (capital city of Nigeria)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 16, picture,

volume 1 page 16

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Nigeria volume 9 page 68

Abu Simbel (archaeological site in Egypt)

temple entrance picture, volume 4

page 112

Acadia (historical region in Canada)

Maine volume 8 page 23

New Brunswick volume 9 page 43

accident (safety)

safety volume 12 page 7

Accra (capital city of Ghana)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 16

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Ghana volume 5 page 110

ace (sports)

tennis volume 13 page 46

acetate (textile fiber)

fibers volume 5 page 17

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acetic acid (chemical compound)

vinegar volume 14 page 92

acid (chemical substance)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 17, picture,

volume 1 page 17

acid dew (pollution)

dew volume 4 page 42

acid rain (pollution)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 18, picture,

volume 1 page 18

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fossil fuel volume 5 page 56

coal volume 3 page 145

petroleum volume 10 page 68

pollution volume 10 page 118

rain volume 11 page 22

acne (skin condition)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 18, picture,

volume 1 page 19

Acoma (pueblo in New Mexico, U.S.)

New Mexico picture, volume 9 page 52

Aconcagua, Mount (mountain in Argentina)

Andes Mountains volume 1 page 118

Argentina volume 1 page 175

acorn (fruit)

nut volume 9 page 112

oak volume 9 page 114

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

(disease): see in index AIDS

acquired immunity (physiology)

immune system volume 6 page 119,

picture, volume 6 page 119

acro (skiing)

skiing volume 12 page 99

acronym (grammar)

abbreviation volume 1 page 8

Acropolis (ancient citadel in Athens,

Greece)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 19

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Athens volume 1 page 218