Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

CHRISTIANITY 119 Most of the Christians who worship in the United States are members of Protestant churches. PROTESTANTISM In th ...

120 BROADCASTS During World War II, Churchill made many radio broadcasts that inspired the nation. Churchill always explained th ...

121 MORE THAN HALF OF ALL the world’s people live in cities. The world’s largest city, Tokyo, Japan, has a population of more th ...

122 Civil rights EVERY PERSON IS ENTITLED to freedoms and rights, protected by the laws of the United States. However, for decad ...

123 A DIVIDED NATION The fight over slavery was a key cause of the war, but other crucial differences divided the North and the ...

CIVIL WAR 124 THE END OF THE WAR On April 9, 1865, with his army surrounded and his troops exhausted and hungry, Confederate gen ...

125 WORLD CLIMATES The different climates of the world run in broad zones around Earth on either side of the equator. They range ...

126 Clocks and watches HAVE YOU EVER COUNTED how many times you look at a clock in one day? Time rules everyday life. To catch a ...

127 PEOPLE HAVE used coal for cooking and heating for thousands of years. During the 19th century, coal was the world’s most imp ...

128 Cold War 128- Soviet Union East West Germany Germany SPIES IN THE SKY The Americans flew U-2 planes over the Iron Curtain to ...

129 IRON CURTAIN IS RAISED Gorbachev’s pledge to end Soviet political domination of Eastern Europe triggered the rapid collapse ...

Equator Equator Colombia PANA M A B R A Z I L V E N E Z U E L A P E RU E C U AD OR C a r i b b e a n S e a^ Gulf of Darien L l a ...

131 IN THE 100 YEARS FOLLOWING THE VOYAGES of Christopher Columbus, many other Europeans sailed to America, leaving the Old Worl ...

LIGHT PRIMARIES When the three primary colors of light are mixed together in the correct proportions they make white. During roc ...

EXPLORING THE CARIBBEAN When Columbus arrived in the Caribbean, he was welcomed by the Carib and Arawak people. Native Americans ...

134 ON A CLEAR NIGHT you may see several shooting stars in the space of an hour. A shooting star, or meteor, looks like a streak ...

135 Communism CHINA In 1949, China became a Communist state under Mao Zedong (1893-1976). China has the largest Communist party ...

136 HANDEL George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was born in Germany and moved to England in 1712. He composed music for the Englis ...

COMPOSERS 137 CLASSICAL ERA Serious music is often called classical to distinguish it from popular music. However, for musicians ...

138 HIDDEN Computers 138- People usually think of computers as having a screen and a keyboard, but this is not always the case. ...