Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

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Cheyenne volume 3 page 90

Denver volume 4 page 39

“Dewit Clinton” steam locomotive picture,

volume 13 page 27

rain (weather)

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flood volume 5 page 33

water volume 15 page 24, picture, volume

15 page 23

rainbow (weather)

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light volume 7 page 148

Rainbow/PUSH Coalition (U.S. organization)

Jackson volume 7 page 7

rainbow trout (fish) picture, volume 13

page 99

lamprey picture, volume 7 page 103

raindrop (weather)

rainbow volume 11 page 22

rainfall (weather): see in index rain

rain forest

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Africa volume 1 page 40

Angola volume 1 page 122

Cameroon picture, volume 11 page 23

Gabon picture, volume 5 page 78

Amazon

Amazon River volume 1 page 91

Brazil volume 2 page 125

Costa Rica picture, volume 3 page 74

forest volume 5 page 53

Rainier III (prince of Monaco)

Monaco volume 8 page 158

Rainier, Mount (mountain inWashington

state, U.S.) picture, volume 15

page 16

Washington volume 15 page 15

“Raisin in the Sun, A” (play by Hansberry)

Hansberry volume 6 page 14

Raleigh (state capital of North Carolina,

U.S.)

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North Carolina volume 9 page 85

State Capitol picture, volume 11 page 25

Raleigh, SirWalter (English explorer)

English colonies picture, volume 1

page 105

rally (meeting): see in index demonstrations

and protests

Ramadan (month of fasting in Islam)

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boys preparing meals picture, volume 11

page 26

Islam volume 6 page 164

rambling (recreation): see in index hiking

Ram Mohun Roy (Indian reformer): see

in index Roy, Ram Mohun

Ramses II (ruler of Egypt)

pharaoh volume 10 page 69

statue of Ramses II picture, volume 10

page 69

Rana family (Nepali dynasty)

Nepal volume 9 page 32

range (landform): see in index mountain

range

Rangoon (capital city of Myanmar): see

in index Yangon

Rania (queen of Jordan) picture, volume 7

page 34

rank (military)

army volume 1 page 189

rap (music)

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hip-hop volume 6 page 58

Raphael (Italian painter and architect)

realistic portrait picture, volume 11

page 46

Renaissance volume 11 page 46

“School of Athens” picture, volume 10

page 73

rap music (music): see in index rap

“Rapper’s Delight” (song by Sugarhill

Gang)

hip-hop volume 6 page 59

rap music volume 11 page 26

raptor (bird): see in index bird of prey

raqs sharqi (dance): see in index belly

dance

rare-earth element (family of chemical

elements)

periodic table table, volume 3 page 86

212 radioactivity BRITANNICA STUDENT ENCYCLOPEDIA

 

rash (skin ailment)

Lyme disease volume 7 page 188, picture,

volume 7 page 188

raspberry (plant and fruit)

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volume 11 page 27

rat (rodent)

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rodent volume 11 page 80

rationality: see in index reason

rattle (musical instrument)

Chickasaw people picture, volume 3

page 94

rattlesnake

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tail volume 13 page 7

Ravardiere, La (capital city of French

Guiana): see in index Cayenne

raven (bird)

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volume 11 page 29

raw material (industry)

manufacturing volume 8 page 46

raw petroleum: see in index crude petroleum

ray (fish)

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stingrays swimming picture, volume 11

page 30

ray (mathematics)

geometry volume 5 page 98

ray flower (type of flower petal)

daisy volume 4 page 6

sunflower volume 12 page 204

rayon (textile fiber)

clothing volume 3 page 142

fibers volume 5 page 17

Rayy (ancient city in Iran)

Tehran volume 13 page 32

Rd. (in roadway names): see in index road

Re (Egyptian god): see in index Ra

reaction: see in index chemical reaction

“Reader’s Digest” (U.S. magazine)

magazine volume 8 page 14

reading (education)

Braille picture, volume 2 page 121

children picture, volume 5 page 17, picture,

volume 7 page 160, picture, volume

7 page 164

writing volume 15 page 77

Reagan, Ronald (president of the U.S.)

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Bush volume 2 page 155

Ford volume 5 page 52

timeline volume 11 page 31

realism (artistic style)

painting volume 10 page 10

reason

Enlightenment volume 4 page 142

Reason, Age of (European history): see in

index Enlightenment

reasoning: see in index reason

rebellion (politics)

war volume 15 page 9

recall (mental process)

memory volume 8 page 99

receiver (electronics and physics)

radar volume 11 page 15

radio volume 11 page 19

sound picture, volume 12 page 134

telegraph volume 13 page 35

receptor (sense cell)

senses volume 12 page 68

rechargeable battery (electronics): see in

index secondary battery

reciprocating engine (motor)

airplane volume 1 page 55

recluse (monk): see in index hermit

recognition (mental process)

memory volume 8 page 99

Reconstruction (U.S. history)

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