Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

Marshall,

Thurgood

Meredith, James

Obama, Barack

Powell, Colin

Truth,

Sojourner

Tubman,

Harriet

Turner, Nat

Washington,

Booker T.

Wells-Barnett,

Ida B.

For more about African Americans,

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BRITANNICA STUDENT ENCYCLOPEDIA African music 7

 

African National Congress (political

party in South Africa)

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apartheid volume 1 page 145

Mandela volume 8 page 41

South Africa volume 12 page 139

African pygmy squirrel (rodent)

squirrel volume 12 page 173

African savanna elephant (mammal)

picture, volume 4 page 123

elephant volume 4 page 123

African Union (intergovernmental organization)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 46, picture,

volume 1 page 46

African Unity, Organization of (intergovernmental

organization)

African Union volume 1 page 46

African wood stork (bird) picture, volume

12 page 191

Afrikaner (Dutch-South African people):

see in index Boer

agent, intelligence (intelligence): see in

index spy

Age of Mammals: see in index Cenozoic

era

Age of Reason (European history): see in

index Enlightenment

Age of Reptiles (prehistoric time period):

see in index Mesozoic era

aggregate fruit (botany)

berry volume 2 page 64

aging (life process)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 47, picture,

volume 1 page 47

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Alzheimer’s disease volume 1 page 91

death volume 4 page 22

sleep volume 12 page 108

Agnew, Spiro T. (vice president of the

U.S.)

Ford volume 5 page 52

Agra (city in India)

tomb picture, volume 1 page 170

agricultural industry

industry volume 6 page 134

agriculture

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Africa

Malawi volume 8 page 26

Mali volume 8 page 32

Morocco picture, volume 8 page 184

Asia

Malaysia picture, volume 8 page 28,

picture, volume 13 page 24

Pakistan volume 10 page 14

Saudi Arabia picture, volume 6

page 161

Vietnam picture, volume 1 page 48,

picture, volume 14 page 85

cooperative picture, volume 6 page 169

Demeter volume 4 page 34

erosion volume 4 page 153

Europe volume 4 page 163

France picture, volume 6 page 162

farm: see in index farm

grains: see in index grain

Green Revolution volume 5 page 159

irrigation volume 6 page 160

micro-jet irrigation system picture,

volume 1 page 49

Mauritius picture, volume 8 page 80

North America volume 9 page 82

Chavez volume 3 page 83

Manitoba picture, volume 8 page 45

Mexico picture, volume 9 page 82

pioneer life volume 10 page 88

seaweed farming picture, volume 7

page 71

South America

Paraguay volume 10 page 30

Peru picture, volume 10 page 65

Stone Age volume 12 page 189

veterinary medicine volume 14 page 75

Agriculture, Department of (U.S. government

agency)

United States government executive

departments table, volume 14 page 35

ahimsa (religious doctrine)

Hinduism volume 6 page 56

Ahmad Shah Durrani (ruler of Afghanistan)

Afghanistan volume 1 page 37

Ahriman (Zoroastrian evil spirit)

Zoroastrianism volume 15 page 109

Ahura Mazda (Zoroastrian deity)

Zoroastrianism volume 15 page 109

AI: see in index artificial intelligence

AIDS (disease)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 49

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Africa volume 1 page 41

AIDS Memorial Quilt picture, volume 1

page 49

epidemic volume 4 page 146

immune system volume 6 page 120

people

Ashe volume 1 page 199

Johnson volume 7 page 30

AIDS Memorial Quilt picture, volume 1

page 49

Aigams (capital city of Namibia): see in

indexWindhoek

aileron (aircraft part)

airplane volume 1 page 54

Ailey, Alvin (U.S. dance artist)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 50

AIM (U.S. civil rights organization): see

in index American Indian Movement

air (atmospheric gas)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 51

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cloud volume 3 page 143

dew volume 4 page 42

air bag (restraint system)

automobile volume 1 page 237

aircraft: see in index airplane; airship;

balloon; glider; helicopter

aircraft carrier (warship) picture, volume

9 page 25, picture, volume 12

page 82

navy volume 9 page 25

ship volume 12 page 82

aircraft industry: see in index aerospace

industry

air force (military branch)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 51

Air Force, United States (military): see in

index United States Air Force, The

airframe (aircraft structure)

airplane volume 1 page 54

airline (commercial aviation)

airplane volume 1 page 57

air navigation

navigation volume 9 page 25

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airplane

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 52

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images

aircraft carrier picture, volume 9

page 25

bomber picture, volume 2 page 104

early airplane picture, volume 1

page 57

F-16 picture, volume 1 page 52

passenger airplane picture, volume 1

page 53

propeller airplane picture, volume 1

page 56

seaplane picture, volume 1 page 53

WorldWar I air combat picture, volume

15 page 64

WorldWar II production picture, volume

15 page 69

transportation volume 13 page 93

war volume 15 page 10

WorldWar I volume 15 page 64

ambulance volume 1 page 93

Wright brothers volume 15 page 75

air plant (type of plant): see in index epiphyte

air pollution

automobile volume 1 page 237

chemical plants picture, volume 10

page 117

ozone volume 9 page 160

pollution volume 10 page 117

Taj Mahal volume 13 page 11

transportation volume 13 page 93

air power (military technology)

navy volume 9 page 26