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Aardwolf The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) is a small insectivorous hyena-like mammal, native to Eastern and Southern Africa. The name means "earth wolf" in Afrikaans.[2] It is also called "maanhaar-jackal" and "protelid". Unlike other hyenas (subfa... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 3 pages (948 words) in 1 product

Adobe A structure consisting of sun-dried but unburnt clay bricks. This is a very early construction material although it is ideally suited to the areas in which it was (and in some areas still is) used. See also: COB... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 7 pages (2,228 words) in 1 product

Adventure   Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions date descry. . . . and now expecting Each hour their great adventurer, from the search Of foreign words. He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule,... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Quotes About 162 pages (48,505 words) in 2 products

Agatho Agatho is the name of several people including: Pope Agatho, a pope of the Catholic Church. Pope Agatho of Alexandria, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. Agatho, the martyred son of Hor and Susia.... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 0 pages (78 words) in 1 product

Agave For the queen of Greek mythology, see Agave (mythology). Agave is the name of a succulent plant of a large botanical genus of the same name, belonging to the family Agavaceae. if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHid... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 5 pages (1,360 words) in 1 product

Aruba Aruba is a 32-kilometre (20 mi)-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, 27 km (17 mi) north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela. It is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. As a s... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 15 pages (4,628 words) in 1 product

Articles of Confederation   Tension, Compromise, and War Division among American colonies forms after the Revolutionary War because Britain is no longer the focus as an enemy. Under the Articles of the Confederation, governance is based on state legislature. In 1786... Study Pack: 3 Summaries, 17 Essays About 77 pages (22,959 words) in 20 products

Aa River Aa is the name of a large number of small European rivers. The word is derived from the continental common Germanic word aha, cognate to the Latin aqua, meaning water. The following are the more important streams of this name: Two rivers in... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 2 pages (499 words) in 1 product

Arthur Koestler   Whoever would undertake the formidable task of writing the intellectual history of the twentieth century would be well advised to include in it the works of Arthur Koestler and the controversies they helped to spawn. These controversies we... Study Pack: 2 Biographies, 1 Summary, 2 Criticisms, 1 Quotes About 59 pages (17,572 words) in 6 products

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometers (41.1 million square miles), it covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface. The first part of i... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 11 pages (3,285 words) in 1 product

Arthur Schopenhauer   The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), whose pessimistic philosophy was widely known in the late 19th century in Europe and the United States, held that ultimate reality was nothing but senseless striving or will, having n... Study Pack: 3 Biographies, 2 Summaries, 1 Essay, 18 Criticisms, 1 Quotes About 469 pages (140,645 words) in 25 products

Angola   Republic of Angola República de Angola CAPITAL: Luanda FLAG: The upper half is red, the lower half black; in the center, a five-pointed yellow star and half a yellow cogwheel are crossed by a yellow machete. ANTHEM: Angola Avanti. M... Study Pack: 5 Summaries About 105 pages (31,603 words) in 5 products

Geography of Angola Angola is located on the South Atlantic Coast of West Africa between Namibia and the Republic of the Congo. It also is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia to the east. The country is divided into an arid coastal stri... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 9 pages (2,807 words) in 1 product

Demography of Angola The demographics of Angola consist of three main ethnic groups, each speaking a Bantu language: Ovimbundu 37%, Mbundu 25%, and Bakongo 13%. Other groups include Chokwe (or Lunda), Ganguela, Nhaneca-Humbe, Ambo, Herero, and Xindunga. In addi... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 4 pages (1,275 words) in 1 product

Politics of Angola This article is part of the series: Politics and government ofAngola... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 4 pages (1,311 words) in 1 product

Economy of Angola The Economy of Angola is the fastest-growing economy in Africa,[2] but is still recovering from the civil war that plagued Angola from independence in 1975 until 2002. Despite abundant natural resources, output per capita remains among the ... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 10 pages (2,994 words) in 1 product

Communications in Angola This article is about communications in Angola: if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } Telephone Telephone service is limited mostly to government and business use. 96,300 main lin... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 1 pages (360 words) in 1 product

Transport in Angola Transport in Angola comprises: if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } Railways total: 2,761 km narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2002) there are three sep... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 3 pages (849 words) in 1 product

Angolan Armed Forces The Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) is headed by a Chief of Staff who reports to the Minister of Defense. There are three divisions, the Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), and Air and Air Defense Forces (FAPA). Total manpower is about 110,000.... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 2 pages (521 words) in 1 product

Foreign relations of Angola This article is part of the series: Politics and government ofAngola... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 2 pages (724 words) in 1 product

Albert Sidney Johnston Morale is faith in the man at the top.... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Quotes About 6 pages (1,801 words) in 2 products

Arctic Ocean The Arctic Ocean, located in the northern hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest of the world's five major oceanic divisions and the shallowest.[1] The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognize... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 10 pages (3,069 words) in 1 product

Android Androids are mechanical, or otherwise artificial, creations in the shape of humans. They have long been a staple of science fiction. From the clockwork persons of myth to Isaac Asimov's humanoid robots, to Star Wars's C-3PO, ... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 16 pages (4,786 words) in 2 products

Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It is the parallel of latitude that (as of 2000) runs 66° 33′ 39″ (or 66.56083°) north of the Equator. The region north of this circle is know... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 3 pages (767 words) in 1 product

Assault rifle In conclusion high-powered assault rifles should not be allowed for civilians. They serve no sporting purpose. Those guns are made only for killing people. Gun control works and was proven effective many times before. For example the Brady ... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Essay About 19 pages (5,651 words) in 2 products

List of anthropologists HARTLAND, E. SIDNEY (1848–1927), was an English folklorist and armchair anthropologist. Hartland is a good example of the polymaths produced by the Victorian era, contributing prolifically to a wide range of topics but practically f... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 7 pages (2,161 words) in 4 products

Astronomy and Astrophysics Astronomy and Astrophysics (abbreviated as A&A in the astronomical literature, or else Astron. Astrophys.) is a European Journal, publishing papers on theoretical, observational and instrumental astronomy and astrophysics. It was publis... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 1 pages (419 words) in 1 product

Actinopterygii The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. The ray-finned fishes are so called because they possess lepidotrichia or "fin rays", their fins being webs of skin supported by bony or ho... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 3 pages (811 words) in 1 product

Afghanistan   Afghanistan has had problems since the 1979 Soviet invasion years ago. This war stricken country always seems to be in constant turmoil. One of the major contributors was the rein of the Taliban. The unethical practices of this extremist g... Study Pack: 10 Summaries, 2 Essays, 1 Quotes About 131 pages (39,331 words) in 13 products

Albania   Republic of Albania Republika é Shqipërisë CAPITAL: Tiranë FLAG: The flag consists of a red background at the center of which is a black double-headed eagle. ANTHEM: Hymni i Flamúrit (Anthem of the Flag) ... Study Pack: 4 Summaries About 83 pages (24,965 words) in 4 products

Allah   Allah (Arabic: الله‎, Allāh, IPA: [ʔalˤːɑːh]) is the standard Arabic word for " God ", used by Arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews, as well as Muslims. The term is most likely derived from a c... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 1 Quotes About 9 pages (2,761 words) in 2 products

Argentina   The word Argentina is derived from the Latin word "argentum," which in English means silver. For this reason Argentina is sometimes called "The Land of Silver." The official name of the country is Republic of A... Study Pack: 6 Summaries About 193 pages (57,932 words) in 6 products

Azerbaijan   (2002 pop. of Republic 8.1 million), (2002 pop. of East Azerbaijan, Iran, 3.4 million), (2002 pop. of West Azerbaijan, Iran, 2.8 million). Azerbaijan is a mountainous region in West Asia, bounded by the eastern Caucasus, northwestern Zagro... Study Pack: 5 Summaries, 1 Quotes About 81 pages (24,338 words) in 6 products

Amateur astronomy Amateur astronomy, a subset of astronomy, is a hobby whose participants enjoy studying celestial objects. The amateur astronomer is one who does not depend on the field of astronomy as a primary source of income or support, and does not hav... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 10 pages (2,959 words) in 1 product

Aikido Aikido is a Japanese martial art that takes several different modern forms. The sport was founded by Ueshiba Morihei (1883–1969) who in the 1920s and 1930s combined techniques from Daito-ryu jujutsu with ancient Japanese philosophic... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 20 pages (5,893 words) in 2 products

Agnostida Agnostida (the agnostids) is an order of trilobite. These small trilobites first appeared toward the end of the Early Cambrian and thrived in the Middle Cambrian. They are present in the lower Cambrian fossil record along with trilobites fr... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 2 pages (493 words) in 1 product

Abortion   Abortion is when a pregnancy is terminated. This could happen naturally or on purpose. Natural abortions are caused for a variety of reasons, some in which the fetus does not develop normally, or if the mother has an injury or disorder tha... Study Pack: 7 Summaries, 3 Viewpoints, 39 Essays, 1 Quotes About 687 pages (206,223 words) in 50 products

Abstract (law) In law, an abstract is a brief statement that contains the most important points of a long legal document or of several related legal papers.... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 1 pages (426 words) in 1 product

Alan Alda Although his prolific and extremely successful career evolved from acting on stage to writing, directing, and acting in his own films, Alan Alda will forever be best remembered for his inimitable portrayal of Captain Benjamin Franklin �... Study Pack: 2 Summaries, 1 Quotes About 14 pages (4,166 words) in 3 products

Ampere A unit measure of electric current. It is often abbreviated to ‘amp’. One ampere is that which, if flowing in two parallel conductors, both of which are infinitely thin and long and 1 metre apart in a vacuum, will produce a for... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 3 pages (1,014 words) in 1 product

Glossary of American football The following terms are used in American football and Canadian football, but see also the glossary of Canadian football.... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 41 pages (12,139 words) in 1 product

Algorithm The word "algorithm" comes from the name of the ninth-century Persian mathematician Mohammed al-Khowarizmi. He wrote a widely read book entitled Kitab al jabr w'al-muqabala (Rules of Restoration and Reduction). This bo... Study Pack: 8 Summaries About 39 pages (11,741 words) in 8 products

Annual plant Botanically, an annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers and dies in one year. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed. Some seedless plants can also be considered annuals even ... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 2 pages (608 words) in 1 product

Atlas (disambiguation) Atlas, in modern usage, most commonly refers to a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form. Atlas may also refer to:... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 4 pages (1,098 words) in 1 product

Mouthwash Mouthwash is an oral care product primarily designed to freshen breath and remove food debris. Certain brands are also formulated to aid in the prevention of cavities, decrease buildup of plaque and reduce gum disease. The first references... Study Pack: 2 Summaries About 9 pages (2,541 words) in 2 products

Alexander the Great   Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was the king of Macedon, the leader of the Corinthian League, and the conqueror of Persia. He succeeded in forging the largest Western empire of the ancient world. With his Macedonian forces Alexander subdu... Study Pack: 1 Biography, 4 Summaries, 14 Essays, 1 Quotes About 175 pages (52,625 words) in 20 products

Alfred Korzybski   SOURCE: "The Science of Social Engineering," in The Yale Review, Vol. XI, No. 2, January, 1922, pp. 431-33. In the following essay, Petrunkevitch praises Korzybski's theory of "time-binding" as discussed in The Manhood of Humanity. Unlike p... Study Pack: 1 Summary, 10 Criticisms, 1 Quotes About 133 pages (39,923 words) in 12 products

Asteroids (arcade game) Asteroids is a video arcade game released in 1979 by Atari Inc. It was one of the most popular and influential games of the Golden Age of Arcade Games. Asteroids uses vector graphics and a two-dimensional view that wraps around in both scre... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 7 pages (2,109 words) in 1 product

Asparagales Asparagales is an order of flowering plants. The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly between different classifications. if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "sho... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 2 pages (607 words) in 1 product

Alismatales Alismatales is an order of flowering plants. The order will of necessity contain the family Alismataceae. Taxonomy The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998) assigns the order to the clade monocots and uses this cir... Study Pack: 1 Summary About 1 pages (379 words) in 1 product