Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

air pressure: see in index atmospheric

pressure

airship

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 58

MORE TO EXPLORE

airship flies over Dodger Stadium picture,

volume 1 page 58

polar exploration volume 10 page 111

air traffic control

navigation volume 9 page 25

air transportation: see in index aviation

airway (anatomy): see in index respiratory

system

Aix-la-Chapelle (city in Germany): see in

index Aachen

Akagera River (river in Africa): see in

index Kagera River

Akansa (Native American people): see in

index Quapaw

Akbar (Mughal emperor)

Mughal Empire volume 8 page 202

Akhenaton (king of Egypt)

Tutankhamen volume 13 page 119

Akimel O’odham (Native American

people): see in index Pima

Akkad (historical region in Mesopotamia,

Asia)

Mesopotamia volume 8 page 104

Akmola (capital city of Kazakhstan): see

in index Astana

Akmolinsk (capital city of Kazakhstan):

see in index Astana

Akosombo Dam (dam in Ghana)

Ghana volume 5 page 110

Aksum (ancient kingdom in Africa)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 59, picture,

volume 1 page 59

MORE TO EXPLORE

civilization volume 3 page 127

Ethiopia volume 4 page 156

Aksum (city in Ethiopia)

ancient kingdom of Aksum volume 1

page 59, picture, volume 1 page 59

AL (baseball organization): see in index

American League

al- (Arabic definite article): see in index

under the specific part of the name, for

example, Khwarizmi, al- except as found

below

ALA (U.S. organization): see in index

American Library Association

Alabama (state in the U.S.)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 60

MORE TO EXPLORE

combine harvesting cotton picture, volume

1 page 61

electoral college vote certificate picture,

volume 4 page 119

Alamo (monument in San Antonio,

Texas, U.S.)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 62, picture,

volume 1 page 62

MORE TO EXPLORE

Texas volume 13 page 52

Alaska (state in the U.S.)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 63

MORE TO EXPLORE

geography and climate

Bering Sea picture, volume 2 page 61

Juneau picture, volume 7 page 39

marshland picture, volume 8 page 60

Mount McKinley picture, volume 8

page 86

oil pipeline picture, volume 14 page 27

Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park

picture, volume 1 page 64

gold rush volume 5 page 124, picture,

volume 5 page 124

Native Americans

Aleut volume 1 page 72

Tlingit gathering picture, volume 13

page 72

Alaska Native Brotherhood (U.S. civilrights

organization)

Tlingit volume 13 page 71

Alawma, Idris (king of Kanem-Bornu)

Kanem-Bornu Empire volume 7 page 46

Albania (country in Europe)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 65

MORE TO EXPLORE

farmworkers picture, volume 1 page 66

geography

citadel at Kruje picture, volume 1

page 65

rye harvest picture, volume 11

page 111

Tirane picture, volume 13 page 69

Albany (state capital of New York, U.S.)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 67

MORE TO EXPLORE

New York volume 9 page 57

statehouse building picture, volume 1

page 67

Albany Congress (North American colonial

history, 1754)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 67, picture,

volume 1 page 67

albatross (seabird)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 68

MORE TO EXPLORE

black-browed albatross picture, volume 1

page 68

Albemarle (island of Ecuador): see in

index Isabela Island

BRITANNICA STUDENT ENCYCLOPEDIA Albemarle 9

 

Albert I (prince of Monaco)

Monaco volume 8 page 158

Albert II (prince of Monaco)

Monaco volume 8 page 158

Alberta (province in Canada)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 69

MORE TO EXPLORE

geography

Banff National Park picture, volume 3

page 23

Calgary picture, volume 1 page 70

Lake Louise picture, volume 1 page 69

albinism (medical disorder)

genetics volume 5 page 94

Al Bu Sa!id family (Omani dynasty)

Oman volume 9 page 136

Alcatraz Island (island in San Francisco

Bay, California, U.S.)

Native American claims and protests

picture, volume 9 page 20

alchemy (pseudoscience)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 71

MORE TO EXPLORE

alchemists at work picture, volume 1

page 71

Alcmene (Greek mythology)

Heracles volume 6 page 44

alcohol (chemical compound)

fermentation volume 5 page 11

Alcott, Louisa May (U.S. author)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 71, picture,

volume 1 page 71

Aldrin, Edwin E., Jr. (U.S. astronaut)

Armstrong volume 1 page 189

exploration volume 4 page 174

Moon volume 8 page 180

Alemanni (people)

Liechtenstein volume 7 page 147

Aleut (Native American people)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 72

MORE TO EXPLORE

Aleut girl picture, volume 1 page 72

Aleutian Islands (island chain in Alaska,

U.S.)

Alaska volume 1 page 63

Aleut volume 1 page 72

Alexander, Lloyd (U.S. author)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 74, picture,

volume 1 page 74

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (church in

Sofia, Bulgaria) picture, volume 12

page 122

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (church in

Tallinn, Estonia) picture, volume 13

page 13

Alexander the Great (king of Macedonia)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 72, picture,

volume 1 page 73

MORE TO EXPLORE

ancient Greece volume 5 page 156

Egypt

Alexandria volume 1 page 74

ancient Egypt volume 4 page 115

exploration volume 4 page 173

Alexandria (city in Egypt)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 74, picture,

volume 1 page 75

MORE TO EXPLORE

Alexander the Great volume 1 page 74

Alexandria, Library of (ancient library

in Alexandria, Egypt)

ancient Egypt volume 4 page 115

library volume 7 page 143

Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building