Oceania volume 9 page 119
Australia (island continent and nation)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 229
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geography
Great Barrier Reef volume 5 page 145
sea stacks picture, volume 14 page 78
Uluru/Ayers Rock picture, volume 1
page 13
Wave Rock picture, volume 11
page 75
history
Cook volume 3 page 193
gold rush volume 5 page 123
Nauru volume 9 page 22
Port Arthur picture, volume 13
page 20
timeline volume 1 page 229
people and culture
Australian Aborigine volume 1 page 13
boomerang volume 2 page 110
national anthem volume 9 page 13
wildlife
echidna picture, volume 4 page 97
frilled lizard picture, volume 7
page 170
kangaroo picture, volume 7 page 46
koala picture, volume 7 page 76
marsupial picture, volume 8 page 63
Australian Aborigine (people)
aboriginal peoples volume 1 page 13
Australia volume 1 page 230
Aboriginal artist picture, volume 9
page 91
Northern Territory volume 9 page 91
Queensland volume 11 page 11
South Australia volume 12 page 145
Sydney volume 12 page 221
Uluru/Ayers Rock picture, volume 1
page 13
Victoria volume 14 page 78
Western Australia volume 15 page 31
boomerang volume 2 page 110
Australian Alps (mountain range in Australia)
Australia volume 1 page 229
Australian Capital Territory (territory of
Australia)
New SouthWales volume 9 page 53
“Australian Legendary Tales” (work by
Parker)
literature for children volume 7
page 164
Australian Open (tennis)
Ashe volume 1 page 199
Williams sisters volume 15 page 45
australopithecine (paleontology)
foot prints picture, volume 6 page 95
human lineage picture, volume 6 page 93
human origins volume 6 page 95
Australopithecus afarensis (hominid)
human lineage picture, volume 6 page 93
skull comparison with other homonids
picture, volume 6 page 95
Austria (country in Europe)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 233
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geography
Alps picture, volume 1 page 233
Salzburg picture, volume 1 page 234
history
Hapsburgs volume 6 page 15
Poland volume 10 page 108
Austria-Hungary (historic empire in
Europe, 1867-1918)
Czechoslovakia volume 3 page 238
Czech Republic volume 3 page 240
Hapsburgs volume 6 page 16
Hungary volume 6 page 102
WorldWar I volume 15 page 61
Yugoslavia volume 15 page 95
autograft (surgery)
transplant volume 13 page 91
autoimmune disease
immune system volume 6 page 120
automated teller machine (banking)
automated teller machine in Shanghai,
China picture, volume 2 page 25
automaton
robot volume 11 page 74
automobile
MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 235
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images
city transportation picture, volume 13
page 92
early car picture, volume 1 page 236
flood picture, volume 5 page 33
hybrid car picture, volume 1 page 237
parts picture, volume 1 page 235
Michigan volume 8 page 117
technology and invention volume 13
page 27
transportation volume 13 page 93
autonomic nervous system (physiology)
nervous system volume 9 page 36
Autry, Gene (U.S. singer and actor)
country music volume 3 page 208
24 Attucks, Crispus BRITANNICA STUDENT ENCYCLOPEDIA
autumn (season)
leaf volume 7 page 119
season volume 12 page 61
autumnal equinox (astronomy)
season volume 12 page 61, picture, volume
12 page 61
avalanche (geological event)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 238
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landslide volume 7 page 104
avatar (Hinduism)
saint volume 12 page 9
Avenue (in roadway names)
common abbreviations table, volume 1
page 8
aviation
airport security picture, volume 15
page 82
Earhart volume 4 page 88
Wright brothers’ first flight picture, volume
15 page 76
Avicenna (Persian physician)
medicine volume 8 page 93
avocado (plant and fruit)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 238, picture,
volume 1 page 238
axis (Earth)
Earth volume 4 page 90
season picture, volume 12 page 61
Axis Powers (WorldWar II alliance)
Germany volume 5 page 107
Japan volume 7 page 15
WorldWar II volume 15 page 65
axon (anatomy): see in index nerve fiber
Axum (ancient kingdom in Africa): see in
index Aksum
Axum (city in Ethiopia): see in index
Aksum
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (Iranian
leader): see in index Khomeini, Ayatollah
Ruhollah
aye-aye (primate)
primate picture, volume 10
page 149
Ayers Rock (formation in Northern Territory,
Australia): see in index Uluru/
Ayers Rock
Ayers Rock-Mount Olga National Park
(park in Northern Territory, Australia):
see in index Uluru-Kata Tjuta National
Park
Aymara (Native American people)
festival in La Paz picture, volume 2
page 102
Ayutthaya (kingdom in Thailand)
Thailand volume 13 page 55
azalea (plant) picture, volume 12
page 209
Azerbaijan (country in Asia)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 239
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Armenia volume 1 page 185
Aztec (Native American people)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 1 page 240
MORE TO EXPLORE
Aztec drawing picture, volume 1
page 240
calendar: see in index Aztec calendar
chocolate volume 3 page 109
conquistador volume 3 page 186
Cortes volume 3 page 201
Mexico volume 8 page 111
Mexico City volume 8 page 114
vanilla volume 14 page 57
Aztec calendar
calendar volume 3 page 10
Aztec Empire (Amerindian kingdom): see
in index Aztec
Aztec language: see in index Nahuatl language
Bab, the (Iranian religious leader)
Baha#i Faith volume 2 page 7
Babbage, Charles (British inventor and
mathematician)
computer volume 3 page 173