Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

fleas 76, 280

water 148

Fleming, Alexander 339

flies 26, 209 , 279, 280

flight

animal 210-211

history of 18 , 313

flint working 336, 506, 513

flood barriers 151

flood plains 438

floods 438

Florence, Italy 433

Florey, Howard 339

Florida 131, 382

flowers 212-213, 216, 226, 227,

242, 411, 412

alpine 358

bulbs 324

festival 537

roses 213, 486, 536

flu (influenza) 164

fluorescent light 315

flutes 366 , 367

flying fish 207

Flynn, Elizabeth 306

fold mountains 357

folktales 233

food 23, 202, 248, 249, 287

caviar 283, 448, 449

chains and webs 175-176, 389

digestion 161 , 251, 263

and disease 164

edible fungi 363

fruits 226

GM 230

national specialties 116, 221,

232, 290, 293, 294, 497

plants 412

technology 514

football 214

see also soccer

force 215

force feeding 570

Ford cars 98 , 548

forests 125, 176, 213, 234, 269,

357, 381, 452, 530

wildlife 216-217

see also rain forests

forgery 351

Fort Knox 240

forum, Roman 443

fossil fuels 127, 417, 418

fossils 162, 197, 210, 218 , 231,

330, 422

Founding Fathers 154, 547

four-stroke engine 187

Fourth of July 154, 258

foxes 26, 90, 165-166, 175, 176,

374

fractals 335

fractions 386

Fragonard, Jean 399

France 104, 194, 219-222, 224,

238, 377, 529, 575

and American Revolution 21,

22, 223

architecture 33, 195

colonies 91, 92, 94, 95, 106,

311, 379, 397

history 63, 88, 105, 112, 298,

369, 378

TGV 220, 526

Franco, General 497

Frank, Anne 259, 578

Franklin, Benjamin 21, 144, 154,

182, 223 , 296

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke 573

Freedom Rides 122

free-range animals 202, 204

freezing process 208

French horns 367

French language 20, 92, 310

French Revolution 224 , 369

frequencies 426, 473

frescos 400, 401

Freud, Sigmund 339

friction 215

Friedan, Betty 571

frigate birds 390

frilled lizard 322

frogs 23, 73, 175, 198, 217, 225 ,

404

fronts, weather 559

fruit bats 67, 210

fruit 108, 226-227, 249, 412

fry 207

fuel cells 182

fuels 228, 251, 392, 440

see also coal; natural gas; oil

Fuji, Mount 293, 295

Fulani people 106

fulcrum 328

fungi 29, 363

fur, mammals’ 331

fur trade 94, 131, 314, 319

furnaces 286

blast 287

Gabon 106

Gabriel, Angel 361

Gagarin, Yuri 46, 447, 493

Gaia theory 170

Galápagos Islands 142, 153, 323

galaxies 48, 72, 77, 517, 549

galaxy clusters 549

Galen 338

galena 442

Galileo Galilei 48, 126, 243, 432 ,

456, 517

Galileo spacecraft 495

galloping 261

Galvani, Luigi 182

Gama, Vasco da 44, 200

Gambia 563

game reserves 13

gamma rays 48, 427

Gandhi, Mohandas 264

Ganesha 430

Ganges River 268, 270

gardens 212, 213, 294

Garnier, Jean Louis Charles 33

Garrison, William Lloyd 8

gas 228

see also natural gas

gases 251 , 466

gasoline 187, 392

lead-free 529

gastropods 469

Gates, Bill 139

gauchos 36, 476

Gaudi, Antonio 498

Gaul 63, 88

Gayle, Chris 95

gazelles 160, 241, 242

gears 328, 568

geckos 242, 322, 323, 437

geese 203, 415, 459

Geiger counter 427

gemstones 442

generators 182

genes 229-230, 427

genetically modified foods 230

genetics 229-230

Geneva, Switzerland 512

Genghis Khan 352

genocide 259

geology 231 , 455

see also fossils; rocks

geomagnetism 329

geometry 335

geophysics 406

George, St. 302

Georgia 103

geothermal energy 170

Germany 194, 196, 232-235, 265,

429

division of 128

union of 232, 234

and World War I 574

and World War II 232, 233,

259

germination 227

Geronimo 371

gestation 331

Gettysburg Address 317

Gettysburg, Battle of 123

geysers 554

Ghana 563

gharials 149

Gherkin 29

ghettos 259

Giant’s Causeway 441

giant stars 503, 504

gibbons 354

Gibraltar 498

Gila cliff dwellings 370

Gila monster 323

Gilgamesh 509

gills 206, 225, 279, 326, 395

ginger 217

ginseng 304

Giotto 398

giraffes 23

glaciers 28, 236 , 309, 384, 453

glasnost 129, 493

glass 237 , 316, 403

stained 195, 221, 237

glasses 201

glass lizards 322

Glass, Philip 137

Glendalough, Ireland 285

gliding 211

Global Positioning System 373

global warming 34, 236, 417

Globe Theatre 460, 520

glowworms 70

glucose 362

gluteus maximus 362

glyphs 336

GM see genetically modified

foods

GMT see Greenwich Mean Time

goats 203 , 358

Gobi Desert 159, 242

God (monotheistic)

Christian 291, 297

Jewish 299, 431

Muslim (Allah) 288, 361

gods and goddesses 255, 276,

368, 430

goggles 413

gold 13, 127, 141, 267, 342, 351,

474, 490, 563

rushes 58, 79, 92, 544, 565

Golden Gate bridge 252, 451

Gompers, Samuel 306

gondolas 290

Gondwanaland 145

Gorbachev, Mikhail 129, 492,

493

gorges 438 , 487

Gorgosaurus 162

gorillas 106, 173, 330, 353

gospels 297

Gothic architecture 32, 33, 55

Goths 63

gourds 564

government 140, 238-240

governors, state 239

GPS see Global Positioning

System

graffiti 443

Granada, Spain 497

Grand Canyon 63, 381 , 544

granite 441

Grant, Ulysses S. 124, 370

grapes 219, 226 , 420

Grapes of Wrath, The 320

grasses 241, 260, 412

grasshoppers 26, 241, 280

grassland wildlife 241-242

grass snakes 242, 470

gravity 46, 51, 77, 215, 243 , 387,

456, 510

Great Barrier Reef 53, 56

Great Bear Lake 93

Great Britain (steamship) 275

Great Dividing Range 54

Great Exhibition 550

Great Lakes 131, 309, 381, 382,

419

Great Leap Forward 333

Great Plains, North America

371, 372, 381, 382 , 565

Great Rift Valley 173

Greece, ancient 195, 245-246

architecture 32

combat sports 502

democracy 157

frescos 401

gods and goddesses 368

Homer 321, 578

knowledge 47, 48, 52, 73, 170,

182, 188, 231, 335, 338, 432,

456

Olympic Games 393

slaves 467

temples 32, 244, 245, 291,

533, 572

theater 246, 520

triremes 246, 464

Turkey and 533

wonders 572

see also Alexander the Great

Greece, modern 244 , 534

Greek alphabet 20

Greek islands 244

green cards 266

greenhouse effect 125, 187, 417

Greenland 34, 35, 236, 282, 452,

454, 553

Greenpeace 142

Greenwich Mean Time 522

Grimm, Jakob and Wilhelm 233

grizzly bears 68, 314

grouper fish 390

growth, human 263

Guadeloupe 95

Guanajuato, Mexico 344

Guatemala 108, 336

Guernsey 537

Guevara, Che 481

guilds 341

guitars 366, 497

Gulf of Mexico 49, 382, 387,

419, 507

Gulf of Taranto 292

Gulf Stream 49, 387

Gulliver’s Travels 320

gulls 75, 458, 459

gunpowder 99, 315, 440

Gurus 431

Gutenberg, Johannes 456

gymnastics 502

gypsies 486, 497

gypsum 442

gyroscopes 568

H

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I

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J

habitat 176

loss of 142, 143

Habsburgs 59, 247 , 429, 488

Hadrian’s Wall 444

hail 428 , 507

Haiti 467

halite 442

Halley’s comet 134

Halloween 258

Hamburg, Germany 235

Hamilton, Alexander 416

hammerhead sharks 461

Hammurabi, king of Babylon 61

hamsters 229, 254

Han Chinese 115

Hancock, John 154

hand (measurement) 261

Handel, George Frideric 136 , 365

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

572

Hanseatic League 195

Harappa 276

hardware 139, 277

harems 394

hares, Arctic 90

Harlem, New York 16

harmonics 473

harmony 136

Harold II, king of England 540

Harpers Ferry raid 8

Harry Potter movies 360

harvesting 204

harvest mice 374

Harvey, William 338

hatchetfish 156

Hausa people 562

Hawaii 197, 396, 544 , 546 , 548, 554

Hawking, Stephen 406

Haydn, Joseph 137, 247

HD (High Definition) 519

health 248-249

see also medicine and healing

heart 250 , 255

heart disease 164, 167, 248

heat 251-252, 342, 406

heat energy 186, 251

heat-resistant materials 237

heat sensors 26

Hebrew language 289, 299

hedgehogs 159, 254

Hegira 361

helicopters 253 , 508

helium 72, 228, 385, 510

helmets 38 , 287, 298, 444, 513, 553

sports 64, 214

Henry II, king of England 378

Henry VIII, king of England 540

heraldry 302-303

herbalism 212, 338

herbivores 175, 330

herb layer 216

herbs 167, 212-213, 412

hereditary diseases 164

heredity 229, 230

hermaphrodites 469

Herod, King 289

herons 308

herring 389

hertz 426 , 473

Hertz, Heinrich 426

Heyerdahl, Thor 387

Hiawatha 579

hibernation 254 , 469

hieroglyphics 20, 179

Higashiyama, Kaii 399

Highlands, Scottish 537, 538

Hillary, Edmund 357

hill forts 286

Himalayas 42, 43, 268, 357, 438

Hindi language 20, 268

Hindu-Arabic numbers 386

Hinduism 43, 231, 255 , 268, 270,

430, 431 , 522

hinny 261

Hippocrates 338

hippopotamuses 334

Hira, Mount 361

Hiroshima, Japan 576

Hispanic Americans 256

Hitler, Adolf 259, 575-576

Hittites 286, 287

HIV 164

Ho Chi Minh 552

hockey 91, 257

Hockney, David 399

Hokusai 399

holidays 258

holistic medicine 337

Holland see Netherlands

Hollywood 359, 544

Holocaust 259 , 576

Holy Roman Empire 112

Homer 321, 578

hominins 424, 506

Homo erectus 424

homosexuals 264

Honduras 108, 336

honey 69

honeycreepers 197

Hong Kong 116

Honshu, Japan 294, 295

Hooke, Robert 73

Hoover Dam 151

hooves 260

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