Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

379 North Africa 379- Find out more Africa Africa, history of Desert wildlife Islam The counTrIes of norTh AfrIcA have suffered ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 Jbel Toubkal 4165m Pic Bette 2286m Tahat 2918m Gebel Musa LAÂYOUNE 2285m ...

381 The NorTh americaN continent is a region of great contrasts. impressive mountain chains—the appalachians and rockies—run dow ...

north america 382 Great plains the Great plains, which stretch across the center of north america, were once areas of grassland ...

north america 383 oil rig The US has an abundance of natural resources, including oil, coal, and minerals. oil was found along t ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 Ma cke nz ie Mo un ta ins Br ook es Ran ge C oa st M ou nt a in s Sie rr ...

385 The aToms ThaT make up everything in the universe are the source of a huge amount of energy called nuclear energy. Nuclear e ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 386 Numbers Fractions sometimes the number 1 has to be divided into port ...

387 Ocean currents the water in the oceans is constantly moving in great circular streams, or currents, which can flow about as ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 Oceans and seas 388 OceanOgraphy Our knowledge of the oceans comes from ...

389 LIFE BEGAN IN THE OCEANS millions of years ago. Today, oceans cover 71 percent of the planet’s surface and provide homes for ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 Ocean wildlife 390 Seaweeds such as this oarweed grow on the shore and i ...

391 Sea creatureS, Such aS the octopuS and squid, have always held a strange fascination for humans. With their powerful tentacl ...

392 Vegetable oils Plants and vegetables, such as olives, corn, and sunflowers, provide valuable oils. olive oil is made by crus ...

Politics and the games the huge international audience for the olympics ensures that any political protests and terrorist acts t ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 394 A 19th-century cartoon mocks the declining state of the Ottoman Empi ...

395 We cannot see, smell, or taste oxygen, yet without it, none of us could survive longer than a few minutes. It is fortunate, ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 396 Find out more Oceans and seas World war ii Pacific Ocean 396- P On a ...

Pacific ocean 397 N S W E 0 0 1000 2000 1000 2000 SCaLe Bar km miles Nauru Area: 8.1 sq miles (21 sq km) Population: 9,500 Gover ...

childrens_illustrated_encyclopedia_template_US_layer_v1 398 Giotto the italian artist Giotto (c.1266-1337) painted at the beginn ...