Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

alternative energy

fossil fuel volume 5 page 56

al-Thani family (ruling family in Qatar)

Qatar volume 11 page 4

Althing (Icelandic government)

Iceland volume 6 page 108

aluminum (chemical element)

alloy volume 1 page 87

alveolus (anatomy)

lung volume 7 page 184

respiratory system volume 11 page 55,

picture, volume 11 page 55

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

(U.S. dance company)

Ailey volume 1 page 50

rehearsal for “Revelations” picture, volume

1 page 50

Alzheimer’s disease

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 91

AM (time): see in index ante meridiem

Amaterasu (Shinto deity)

Shinto volume 12 page 81

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Amateur Athletic Union (U.S. sports

organization)

swimming volume 12 page 217

amateurism

soccer volume 12 page 118

Amateur Softball Association of

America (U.S. organization)

softball volume 12 page 124

amateur sports

sports volume 12 page 168

Amateur Swimming Association (British

sports organization)

swimming volume 12 page 217

Amazonian manatee (mammal)

manatee volume 8 page 39

Amazon River (river in South America)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 91

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Brazil volume 2 page 125

facts about South America volume 12

page 143

Peru volume 10 page 64

South America volume 12 page 140

amber (fossil resin)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 92, picture,

volume 1 page 92

MORE TO EXPLORE

fossil volume 5 page 55

jewelry and gems volume 7 page 24

Ambo (people): see in index Ovambo

ambulance (specialized vehicle)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 93

ameba (protozoan order): see in index

amoeba

amendment (change or addition to a law)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 93

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United States Constitution volume 14

page 32

ament (flower cluster): see in index catkin

American alligator (reptile) picture, volume

1 page 85

alligator volume 1 page 85

snout picture, volume 1 page 85, picture,

volume 3 page 221

American Anti-Slavery Society (U.S.

history)

Mott volume 8 page 193

American badger (mammal) picture,

volume 2 page 6

badgers volume 2 page 5

American Ballet Theatre (U.S. ballet

company)

ballet volume 2 page 15

American bear (mammal): see in index

black bear

American beaver (rodent)

beaver volume 2 page 44

American bison (mammal) picture, volume

2 page 82

bison volume 2 page 82

Hidatsa bison robe picture, volume 6

page 52

Kaw volume 7 page 51

Native Americans volume 9 page 17

Plains Indians

Assiniboin volume 1 page 212

Blackfoot volume 2 page 85

Sarcee volume 12 page 37

American chestnut (tree)

chestnut volume 3 page 89

American CivilWar (U.S. history)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 94

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background

abolitionist movement volume 1

page 12

African Americans volume 1 page 43

Buchanan volume 2 page 138

Missouri Compromise: see in index

Missouri Compromise

Confederacy volume 3 page 176

people

Davis volume 4 page 18

Lee volume 7 page 122, picture, volume

1 page 97

places

Alabama volume 1 page 61

Atlanta volume 1 page 220

Florida volume 5 page 36

Georgia volume 5 page 102

Jackson volume 7 page 4

Louisiana volume 7 page 181

Mississippi volume 8 page 142

Montgomery volume 8 page 176

Nashville volume 9 page 11

North Carolina volume 9 page 86

Pennsylvania volume 10 page 57

Richmond volume 11 page 64

South Carolina volume 12 page 148

Tennessee volume 13 page 44

Virginia volume 14 page 96

events

Emancipation Proclamation volume 4

page 130

Fugitive Slave Acts volume 5 page 74

Harpers Ferry volume 6 page 19

Lee’s surrender picture, volume 1

page 98

post-war Reconstruction: see in index

Reconstruction

slavery volume 12 page 107

state government volume 12 page 182

Union

people

army officers picture, volume 1

page 97

Barton volume 2 page 29

Grant volume 5 page 137

Johnson volume 7 page 27

Lincoln volume 7 page 155

107th U.S. Colored Infantry picture,

volume 1 page 96

Stowe volume 12 page 195

Tubman volume 13 page 105

places

Columbus volume 3 page 161

Delaware volume 4 page 31

Iowa volume 6 page 146

Kentucky volume 7 page 57

Maine volume 8 page 23

Maryland volume 8 page 69

Missouri volume 8 page 147

New York volume 9 page 59

United States volume 14 page 29

war volume 15 page 9

American colonies (British and U.S.

history)

Albany Congress volume 1 page 67

Declaration of Independence volume 4

page 23

democracy volume 4 page 35

glass volume 5 page 119

American dog tick (arachnid) picture,

volume 13 page 63

American eel (fish) picture, volume 4

page 107

American elk (mammal): see in index

wapiti

American elm (tree) picture, volume 4

page 128

elm volume 4 page 128

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American Federation of Labor (labor

organization)

labor volume 7 page 97

American Football League (U.S. sports

organization)

football volume 5 page 50

American Fur Company (historical U.S.

company, 1808-47)

fur trade volume 5 page 76

American goldfinch (bird) picture, volume

5 page 21

American holly (plant) picture, volume 6

page 70

American Indian (indigenous peoples):

see in index Native American

American Indian Movement (U.S. civil

rights organization)

Native Americans volume 9 page 20

Wounded Knee volume 15 page 72,

picture, volume 15 page 72

American League (baseball organization)

baseball volume 2 page 32

American Library Association (U.S.

organization)