Junior Scholastic index.September 5, 2005-May 8, 2006A ABBAS, MAHMOUD Abbas, Mahmoud (mäkhm  d` äbäs`, mämd`), 1935–, Palestinian leader, also known as Abu Mazen. Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-10 AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan: Rebuilding After the Taliban, My8-10 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-11 AFRICA Africa (ăf`rĭkə), second largest continent (1997 est. pop. 743,000,000), c.11,677,240 sq mi (30,244,050 sq km) including adjacent islands. Broad to the north (c.4,600 mi/7,400 km wide), Africa straddles the equator and stretches c. (see also individual countries) GeoSkills: Child Soldiers in Africa, N28-14 Maps of the World, 017&24-15 Saving the Children, My8-6 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 World in Focus, 017&24-26 AFRICAN-AMERICANS How Far Have We Come?, Mr6-21 Legacy of Rosa Parks Noun 1. Rosa Parks - United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913) Parks , N28-6 Marian Anderson: A Voice for Freedom, Mr6-16 Miles to Freedom, D12-14 The Other Pioneers: African-Americans on the Frontier On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Two Acts, by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, was the third and last play in the Auden-Isherwood collaboration, first published in 1938. , Ja23-18 A Tribute to Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and a noted civil rights leader, author, singer, and founder and former president of the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. , Mr6-21 AHMADINEJAD, MAHMOUD Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud (mäm d` ämädēnĕzhäd`), 1956–, Iranian politician. Iran's Nuclear Threat? (with map), F20-4 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-10 AL-JAAFARI, IBRAHIM Iraqis Choose Ballots, Not Bombs, Ja23-3 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-10 ALEXANDER THE GREAT Alexander the Great, 031-12 GeoSkills: Alexander the Great's Empire, 031-14 ALI, MUHAMMAD Ali, Muhammad (məhăm`əd älē`), 1942–, American boxer, b. Louisville, Ky. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, he was a 1960 Olympic gold medalist. Pursuing Dreams: The New Ali Center, N28-5 ALITO, SAMUEL A., JR. A New Era for the Court, Mr6-4 Supreme Court and You, Ja9-10 Supreme Court Shuffle, N28-5 AMAZON GeoSkills: What Hope for the Forests?, Ap10-10 South America's Vanishing Rain Forest, Ap10-6 AMERICAN HISTORY Blacklisted! (play), My8-16 Great San Francisco Earthquake San Francisco earthquake disaster claiming many lives and most of city (1906). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 443–444] See : Disaster of 1806, Mr27-18 Legacy of Rosa Parks (play), N28-6 Lewis and Clark Reach the Pacific, N14-16 Man of Many Talents (poster), 031 Marian Anderson: A Voice for Freedom, Mr6-18 Mayflower Compact Mayflower Compact, in U.S. colonial history, an agreement providing for the temporary government of Plymouth Colony. The compact was signed (1620) on board the Mayflower (play), S5-16 Memories of the Dust Bowl, Ap10-12 Miles to Freedom (slavery), D12-14 Muckrakers, F20-10 New Amsterdam: New World Company Town (play), S19-16 The Other Pioneers: African-Americans on the Frontier, Ja23-18 Our Founding Fathers (play), 031-16 Pennies and a Crust of Bread: Child Labor child labor, use of the young as workers in factories, farms, and mines. Child labor was first recognized as a social problem with the introduction of the factory system in late 18th-century Great Britain. in America (play), F6-18 Should We Go To War? (with map), Ap24-14 What If America Had Lost the Revolution?, 03-16 AMERICAN INDIANS Ask Mapman: My Oh My, Miami, N14-9 Indian Tribes of the Northeast (map), S19-T8 In the Beginning ..., N14-T7 Native Americans Today, N14-6 New Amsterdam: New World Company Town (play), S19-16 10 Largest Native American Tribes, 2000, N14-9 AMERICAN REVOLUTION Our Founding Fathers (play), 031-16 The Right to Bear Arms The right to bear arms refers to the right that individuals have to weapons. This right is often presented in the context of military service and the broader right of self defense. ? (with graph), Mr27-8 What If America Had Lost the Revolution?, 03-16 ANDERSON, MARIAN Marian Anderson: A Voice for Freedom, Mr6-18 ANIMALS Can Animals Predict Disaster?, 031-5 Designer Dog or Mutt? (with graph), Ja23-4 Grizzly Return, F6-4 Happy Birthday, Harriet (with graph), Ap10-5 Hopping Away (with graph), F20-5 Paradise Found, Mr27-6 Three Times the Charm, Ap24-5 ARCHAEOLOGY Return of the Mummies, Mr27-4 Under the Rubble: The Oldest Church, D12-21 ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. (see also individual countries) GeoSkills: Follow the Silk Road, F6-15 Maps of the World, 017&24-18 Quake in South Asia, D12-5 South Asia's Deadly Quake, 031-4 The Silk Road: East Meets West, F6-12 World in Focus, 017&24-31 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-11 ATHLETES (see SPORTS) ATLAS Maps of the World, 017&24-12 United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, (map), Ja9-12 AUSTRALIA (see also OCEANIA) Devil of a Problem, S5-4 AUTISM autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. Ah Unlikely Hoops Hero, Ap10-4 B BILL OF RIGHTS (see U.S. CONSTITUTION) BIN LADEN, OSAMA bin Laden, Osama or Usama (ōsä`mə bĭn läd`ən, ŭsä`mə), 1957?–, Saudi-born leader of Al Qaeda [Arab. Afghanistan: Rebuilding After the Taliban, My8-10 BIRD FLU bird flu: see influenza. bird flu or avian influenza viral respiratory disease, mainly of birds including poultry and waterbirds but also transmissible to humans. Bird Flu Epidemic?, N14-4 BLAIR, TONY Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 BONDS, BARRY Should Barry Bonds's MLB MLB Major League Baseball MLB Minor League Baseball MLB Middle Linebacker (football) MLB Motor Life Boat MLB Matt Leblanc (actor) MLB Mother Love Bone (band) Records Count?, Ap24-5 BONO Saving the Children, My8-6 BOSH, CHRIS It's Cool to Have Class, S5-6 BRAZIL (see also AMAZON) Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 BUDGETS (see ECONOMICS) BULLYING Bullies Beware, F6-16, T6 BUSH, GEORGE W Bush, George W(alker) (born July 6, 1946, New Haven, Conn., U.S.) Governor of Texas (1995–2000) and 43rd president of the U.S. (from 2001). The eldest child of George Bush, the 41st president of the U.S. (1989–93), George W. . (PRESIDENT) Border Wars, Ap24-6 Changes in the Supreme Court, S19-3 Fenced Out? (with map), F6-4 New Nominee, 031-5 Ports in a Storm, Ap10-4 Rough Start to Term Two, D12-6 Supreme Court and You, Ja9-10 Supreme Court Shuffle, N26-5 Turning to Torture?, Ja9-8 U.S. Challenges Ahead, 017&24-4 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-8 CAESAR (see JULIUS CAESAR) CALIFORNIA Celebrity Governor, Ja23-6 Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Mr27-18 CANADA Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-8 CENSUS Welcome!, Mr6-5 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). ) White House Woes, N28-4 CHARTS (see GRAPHS AND CHARTS) CHAVEZ, HUGO Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 CHENEY, DICK (VICE PRESIDENT) Turning to Torture?, Ja9-8 White House Woes, N28-4 CHILD LABOR Child Labor Today, F6-20 Pennies and a Crust of Bread: Child Labor in America (play), F6-18, T7 CHINA China Surges Ahead, 031-8 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-11 CHRISTIANITY Christian Sects, D12-20 Who Was Jesus?, D12-18 CIVICS civics, branch of learning that treats of the relationship between citizens and their society and state, originally called civil government. With the large immigration into the United States in the latter half of the 19th cent. After-School Mayor, Ja9-4 Are You a Good Citizen?, 03-20 Celebrity Governor, Ja23-6 Day in the Life of a Teen Mayor, F20-6 It's Cool to Have Class, S5-6 Role of the News Media, F20-12 Supreme Court and You, Ja9-10 CIVIL RIGHTS How Far Have We Come?, Mr6-21 Legacy of Rosa Parks (play), N28-6 Marian Anderson: A Voice for Freedom, Mr6-18 Rights for Students?, F20-13 Right to Bear Arms? (with graph), Mr27-8 A Tribute to Coretta Scott King, Mr6-21 COAL MINING Coal Country (with graph), Mr6-6 COLD WAR Blacklisted! (play), My8-16 COMPUTERS Identity Theft, Mr6-8 CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 CORRUPTION (see MUCKRAKERS) Muckrakers, F20-10 COWBOYS (see PIONEERS) CRAFT, WILLIAM AND ELLEN Miles to Freedom, D12-14 D DA SILVA, LUIZ INACIO LULA Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&,24-9 DAYLIGHT-SAVING TIME (DST (1) (DeSTination) Contrast with SRC, which is an abbreviation of "source." (2) (Digital Signal Trust Company, Salt Lake City, UT, www.digsigtrust.com) An organization that sets up and manages PKI systems for companies and industry groups. ) Saving Daylight, S19-5 DEAN, JAMES Flashback flash·back n. 1. An unexpected recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug long after its original use. 2. A recurring, intensely vivid mental image of a past traumatic experience. : JS Remembers James Dean, S19-23 DEBATES (see NEWS DEBATES) DEFORESTATION deforestation Process of clearing forests. Rates of deforestation are particularly high in the tropics, where the poor quality of the soil has led to the practice of routine clear-cutting to make new soil available for agricultural use. South America's Vanishing Rain Forest, Ap10-8 DEMOCRACY (see also U.S. CONSTITUTION; VOTING) Our Founding Fathers (play), 031-16 Mayflower Compact (play), S5-16 DISCOVERY SPACECRAFT (see SPACE EXPLORATION) DUST BOWL Memories of the Dust Bowl (with map), Ap10-12 E EARTHQUAKES GeoSkills: Shake, Rattle, and Roar!, Mr27-22 Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Mr27-18 Not If, But When, Mr27-20 Quake in South Asia, D12-5 South Asia's Deadly Quake, 031-4 ECONOMICS Different Prices for Different Movies?, Ap10-5 Economics 101, N14-20 How to Make a Budget, S19-15 Managing Your Money, Mr6-16 ECONOMY China Surges Ahead, 031-8 Deeper Into Debt (with graph), Ap24-4 Economic Map of the World, 017&24-22 Memories of the Dust Bowl (with map), Ap10-12 ECOSYSTEMS (see RAIN FORESTS) EDUCATION (see also SCHOOLS) Globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation and You, 031-6 EGYPT Ask Mapman: The Two Continents Club, S5-20 Egypt: Land of Extremes, S5-8 Growing Up in Ancient Egypt, S5-12 Terror Strikes Again and Again, D12-7 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&.24-9 EMPLOYMENT Child Labor Today, F6-20 Globalization and You, 031-6 Pennies and a Crust of Bread: Child Labor in America (play), F6-18 Poverty in America (with graph), Ja23-8 ENERGY (see also NUCLEAR ENERGY) Coal Country (with graph), Mr6-6 Fuels of the Future (with map), Ap10-6 Saving Daylight, S19-5 A "Strong Step" Against Iran, My8-4 Top 10 Oil Consumers, 2004, 017&24-35 ENVIRONMENT (see also RAIN FORESTS) Ask Mapman: Clean Countries, Ap10-15 Devil of a Problem, S5-4 Fuels of the Future (with map), Ap10-6 EQUINOX equinox (ē`kwĭnŏks), either of two points on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect. The vernal equinox, also known as "the first point of Aries," is the point at which the sun appears to cross the (see SEASONS) EUROPE (see also individual countries) If You Lived in the Middle Ages, Mr6-14, T8 Maps of the World, 017&24-16 Should We Go to War?, Ap24-14 World in Focus, 017&24-29 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 EXPLORATION (see also SPACE EXPLORATION) Lewis and Clark Reach the Pacific, N14-16 F FITZGERALD, PATRICK White House Woes, N28-4 FOX, VICENTE Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-8 FRANCE France (frăns, Fr. fräNs), officially French Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 60,656,000), 211,207 sq mi (547,026 sq km), W Europe. France in Turmoil, Mr6-10 GeoSkills: Napoleon's Empire, Ap24-21 Napoleon and the Battle for Europe, Ap24-16 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN Franklin, Benjamin, 1706–90, American statesman, printer, scientist, and writer, b. Boston. The only American of the colonial period to earn a European reputation as a natural philosopher, he is best remembered in the United States as a patriot and diplomat. Man of Many Talents (poster), 031 Talk With Ben Franklin, Ja9-5 FUELS (see ENERGY) G GAZA Time Line 1946-2005, N14-10 Trouble in Gaza, N14-10 GEOGRAPHY (see also HOMETOWN AMERICA) Afghanistan (map), My8-13 Ask Mapman: Clean Countries, Ap10-15 Ask Mapman: My Oh My, Miami, N14-9 Ask Mapman: The Two Continents Club, S5-20 Ask Mapman: The XXL XXL Extra Extra Large XXL Extra Extra Long of Countries, Ja23-22 Atlas: Maps of the World, 017&24-12 China (map), 031-11 Egypt (map), S5-11 Find Mapman (contest), F6-22, My8-20 France (map), Mr6-13 GeoSkills: Alexander the Great's Empire, 031-14 GeoSkills: Change of Seasons, Mr6-22 GeoSkills: Changing Borders, N14-14 GeoSkills: Child Soldiers in Africa, N28-14 GeoSkills: Downtown (Lower Manhattan), S19-20 GeoSkills: Follow the Silk Road, F6-15 GeoSkills: Hispanic-Americans in the U.S., 03-19 GeoSkills: Mapping the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= , F20-15 GeoSkills: Napoleon's Empire, Ap24-21 GeoSkills: Regions of the United States, Ja9-14 GeoSkills: Religions of the World, D12-22 GeoSkills: Shake, Rattle, and Roar!, Mr27-22 GeoSkills: Time to Celebrate, My8-21 GeoSkills: Track That Storm, S5-21 GeoSkills: What Hope for the Forests?, Ap10-10 GeoSkills: What Time Is It?, Ja23-21 Guatemala (map), D12-13 Iraq (map), F6-11, S19-11 Japan (map), Mr27-13 Mexico (map), 03-15 Oceania (map), 017&24-20 Russia (map), Ja23-13 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro (sûr`bēə, mŏn'tənē`grō), Serbian Srbija i Crna Gora, former country of SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula, a short-lived union (2003–6) of the republics of Serbia and the much (map), Ap24-13 United States of America (map), Ja9-12, 14, 16 GREAT BRITAIN (see also UNITED KINGDOM) Napoleon and the Battle for Europe, Ap24-16 Should We Go To War? (with map), Ap24-14 What If America Had Lost the Revolution?, 03-16 GREAT DEPRESSION (see DUST BOWL) GUATEMALA Guatemala After the Rains, D12-10 GUNS The Right to Bear Arms? (with graph), Mr27-8 H HALLOWEEN Haunting Tradition, 031-26 HARRY POTTER Harry Flying High, S19-23 Mad About Harry, D12-7 HEALTH/HEALTH CARE Bird Flu Epidemic?, N14-4 Saving the Children, My8-6 Should Physical Education Be Required?, S5-5 Should Soda Be Taxed?, My8-5 Steps to a Better You, S5-4 Test Student Athletes for Steroids?, F6-5 Why Do Teens Smoke?, N28-10 HILLSDALE (MICHIGAN) After-School Mayor, Ja9-4 Day in the Life of a Teen Mayor, F20-6 HISPANIC-AMERICANS Border Wars, Ap24-6 GeoSkills: Hispanic-Americans in the U.S., 03-19 HITLER, ADOLF Hitler, Adolf (ä`dôlf hĭt`lər), 1889–1945, founder and leader of National Socialism (Nazism), and German dictator, b. Braunau in Upper Austria. Should We Go to War?, Ap24-14 HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Saving the Children, My8-6 HOLLYWOOD TEN, THE (see COLD WAR) HOMETOWN AMERICA Huntsville, Alabama, D12-16 Kwigillingok, Alaska, My8-14 HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), a committee (1938–75) of the U.S. House of Representatives, created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. Its first chairman, Martin Dies, set the pattern for its anti-Communist investigations. (see COLD WAR) HU JINTAO Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-11 HUNTSVILLE (ALABAMA) Hometown America, D12-16 HURRICANES After the Hurricane, 03-4 GeoSkills: Track That Storm, S5-21 Hurricane Katrina (map), 03-4 Katrina's Kids, D12-8 Storms of Destruction, D12-4 The U.S.: Challenges Ahead, 017&,24-4 I IDENTITY THEFT Identity Theft, Mr6-6 IMMIGRATION immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. Border Wars (with graph), Ap24-6 Fenced Out? (with map), F6-4 France in Turmoil, Mr6-10 Mexico: Life at the Border, 03-12 One Teen's Story, Mr6-12 Poverty in America (with graph), Ja23-8 State of the Nation (map), Ja9-16 INDIA Terror Strikes Again and Again, D12-7 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&,24-11 INDONESIA Paradise Found (with map), Mr27-6 INVENTIONS Growing Up in Ancient Egypt (time line), S5-12 IRAN Iran's Nuclear Threat? (with map), F20-4 A "Strong Step" Against Iran, My8-4 IRAQ Inside Iraq Today, S19-8 Iraq (map), F6-11, S19-11 Iraq: Hope for Peace in Troubled Times, F6-8 Iraq Votes for a Constitution, N14-5 Iraqis Choose Ballots, Not Bombs, Ja23-3 A Lot of Pain, a Little Progress, D12-5 On the Home Front, F6-10 ISRAEL GeoSkills: Changing Borders, N14-14 Trouble in Gaza, NI4-10 J JAPAN Alien Ships of Fire (play), Mr27-14 Boy Emperor, Mr27-16 Japan: Where Ancient Meets Modern, Mr27-10 Should We Go to War?, Ap24-14 JESUS CHRIST Who Was Jesus?, D12-18 JOHNSON-SIRLEAF, ELLEN Liberia's "Iron Lady," Ja9-4 JORDAN Terror Strikes Again and Again, D12-7 JULIUS CAESAR Great Dictator (play), Ja23-14 Growth of Rome (map), Ja23-17 JUVENILE OFFENDERS Juvenile Justice: Stuck in the System, Ap24-8 LEGEND S-September O-October N-November D-December Ja-January F-February Mr-March Ap-April My-May The number after the letter indicates the issue date; the number after the hyphen hyphen: see punctuation. indicates the page number; the letter 'T' before a page number means that the item appeared in the Teacher's Edition. * Example: S6-8 is the September 6th issue, p. 8; My9-T3 is the May 9th Teacher's Edition, p. T-3. K KABILA, JOSEPH Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 KARZAI, HAMID Afghanistan: Rebuilding After the Taliban, My8-10 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-11 KATRINA (see also HURRICANES) How Far Have We Come?, Mr6-21 KENNEDY, CAROUNE Don't Sit on the Sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. , 03-21 KEYS, ALICIA Saving the Children, My8-6 KIM JONG IL Kim Jong Il or Kim Chong Il (born Feb. 16, 1941, Siberia, Russia, U.S.S.R.) Son of Kim Il-sung. He was designated his father's successor in 1980 and became North Korea's de facto leader on his father's death in 1994. Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-11 KING, CORETTA SCOTT King, Coretta Scott, 1927–2006, American civil-rights leader, b. Heiberger, Ala.; the wife (1953–68) of Martin Luther King, Jr. After her husband's assassination, she carried on his civil-rights work. A Tribute to Coretta Scott King, Mr6-21 KING JR., MARTIN LUTHER Legacy of Rosa Barks (play), N28-6 A Tribute to Coretta Scott King, Mr6-21 KNOWLEDGE BOWLS DI2-T7, Ja23-TS, Mr27-T8, 03-T7, 031-T7, My8-T7 KWIGILLINGOK (ALASKA) Kwigillingok, Alaska, My8-14 L LAOS Laos (lä`ōs), officially Lao People's Democratic Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,217,000), 91,428 sq mi (236,800 sq km), SE Asia. Life in Laos (with map), F20-8 LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE latitude and longitude Coordinate system by which the position or location of any place on the Earth's surface can be determined and described. Latitude is a measurement of location north or south of the Equator. GeoSkills: Track That Storm, S5-21 LEVEES Levees of New Orleans, 03-T6 LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803–6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark Reach the Pacific, N14-16 LEWIS, C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia, Jag-5 LIBBY, I. LEWIS (SCOOTER) A Rough Start to Term Two, D12-6 White House Woes, N28-4 LIBERIA Liberia's "Iron Lady," Ja9-4 LOVE, NAT (Network Address Translation) An IETF standard that allows an organization to present itself to the Internet with far fewer IP addresses than there are nodes on its internal network. The Other Pioneers: African-Americans on the Frontier, Ja23-18 M MANLEY, EFFA EFFA Estonian Freight Forwarders Association EFFA European Flavour and Fragrance Association EFFA European Freight Forwarders Association EFFA European Federation of Farriers Associations EFFA Edmonton Flag Football Association She's Number One! Mr27-5 MARTIN, PAUL Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-8 McCAIN, JOHN Turning to Torture?, Ja9-8 McELWAIN, JASON Jason, in Greek mythology Jason, in Greek mythology, son of Aeson. When Pelias usurped the throne of Iolcus and killed (or imprisoned) Aeson and most of his descendants, Jason was smuggled off to the centaur Chiron, who reared him secretly on Mt. Pelion. An Unlikely Hoops Hero, Ap10-4 MEDIA Becoming ah American Idol, My8-5 The Chronicles of Narnia, Ja9-5 Different Prices for Different Movies?, Ap10-5 iPod Nation, S19-6 Teens and the News (graphs), F20-14 Role of the News Media, F20-12 MESOPOTAMIA Babylon: A Time Line, S19-T7 Babylon: City and Legend, S19-12 The Empire of Nebuchadnezzar II (map), S19-13 MEXICO Border Wars (with graph), Ap24-6 Fenced Out? (with map), F6-4 Mexico: Life at the Border, 03-12 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-8 MIDDLE AGES If You Lived in the Middle Ages, Mr6-14, T8 MIDDLE EAST (see also individual countries) Babylon: A Time Line, S19-T7 Babylon: City and Legend, S19-12 Empire of Nebuchadnezzar II, S19-13 GeoSkills: Changing Borders, N14-14 Maps of the World, 017&24-20 Under the Rubble: the Oldest Church, D12-21 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-10 MIERS, HARRIET E. A New Nominee, 031-5 Supreme Court Shuffle, N28-5 MILITARY, U.S. On the Home Front, F6-10 Should the Military Recruit in High Schools?, Mr6-5 MILOSEVIC, SLOBODAN Serbia: Emerging From a Bitter Past, Ap24-10 MILITIA The Right to Bear Arms? (with graph), Mr27-8 MUBARAK, HOSNI Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 MUCKRAKERS Muckrakers, F20-10, T7 MUDSLIDES (see GUATEMALA) MUGABE, ROBERT Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 MUSHARRAF, PERVEZ Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-11 MUSIC iPod Nation, S19-6 Saving the Children, My8-6 Supreme Court and You, Ja9-10 N NAPOLEON GeoSkills: Napoleon's Empire, Ap24-21 Napoleon and the Battle for Europe, Ap24-18 Napoleonic Trivia, Ap24-19 NATIONAL SECURITY Fenced Out? (with map), F6-4 Ports in a Storm, Ap10-4 Spying on Americans, Ja23-4 NATIVE AMERICANS (see AMERICAN INDIANS) NATURAL DISASTERS (see also EARTHQUAKES; HURRICANES) Can Animals Predict Disaster?, 031-5 NEBUCHADNEZZAR II The Empire of Nebuchadnezzar II, S19-13 NEW ORLEANS (LOUISIANA) After the Hurricane, 03-4 Levees of New Orleans, 03-T6 Old World Charro, 03-7 The U.S.: Challenges Ahead, 017&24-4 NEWS DEBATES Different Prices for Different Movies?, Ap10-5 Do Video Games Make You Smarter?, 03-9 Pay Kids to Attend School?, Mr27-5 Should Barry Bonds's MLB Records Count?, Ap24-5 Should Physical Education Be Required?, S5-5 Should Soda Be Taxed?, My8-5 Should the Military Recruit in High Schools?, Mr6-5 Should the School Day Start Later?, F20-5 Should There Be a Minimum Age for an Athlete to Turn Pro?, Ja23-5 Test Student Athletes for Steroids?, F6-5 NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (NEW YORK) GeoSkills: Downtown--Lower Manhattan Is on the Move, S19-20 New Amsterdam: New World Company Town (play), S19-16 NORTH AMERICA (see also individual countries) Maps of the World, 017&24-13 North America in 1605 (map), N14-17 Where Hurricanes Struck Home (map), D12-T6 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-8 World in Focus, 017&24-24 NORTH KOREA Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-11 NUCLEAR ENERGY A "Strong Step" Against Iran, My8-4 Iran's Nuclear Threat? (with map), F20-4 O-P OCEANIA (see a/so individual countries) Oceania (map), 017&24-21 World in Focus, 017&24-33 O'CONNOR, SANDRA DAY O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930–, U.S. lawyer and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1981–2006), b. El Paso, Tex. Graduating from Stanford law school (1952), she returned to practice in her home state of Arizona. Changes in the Supreme Court, S19-3 New Era for the Court, Mr6-4 Supreme Court and You, Ja9-10 Supreme Court Ins and Outs ins and outs pl.n. 1. The intricate details of a situation, decision, or process. 2. The windings of a road or path. , D12-5 Supreme Court Shuffle, N28-5 OLYMPIC GAMES Gold Rush: 2006 Winter Olympic Games, F6-6 Olympic Passion (with chart), Mr27-4 PAKISTAN Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-11 PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Gaza Time Line 1946-2005, N14-10 GeoSkills: Changing Borders, N14-14 Palestinians' Surprise Vote (with map), Mr6-4 Trouble in Gaza, N14-10 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-10 PARKS, ROSA Legacy of Rosa Barks (play), N28-6 PETS Designer Dog or Mutt? (with graph), Ja23-4 The State of the Nation (graph), Ja9-16 PHYSICAL EDUCATION Should Physical Education Be Required?, $5-5 PILGRIMS Mayflower Compact (play), $5-16 PIONEERS The Other Pioneers: African-Americans on the Frontier, Ja23-18 POPE, THE A New Pope, D12-6 POPULATION (see ALMANACS) POSTERS Kick Butts Day, F6 Man of Many Talents, 031 Three Branches of Government, Ja9 POVERTY Poverty in America (with graph), Ja23-8 The State of the Nation (graph), Ja9-16 PRISONERS (see also JUVENILE OFFENDERS) Supreme Court and You, Ja9-10 Turning to Torture?, Ja9-8 PRIVACY Identity Theft, Mr6-8 Spying on Americans, Ja23-4 PUTIN, VLADIMIR (see also RUSSIA) Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-10 R RAIN FORESTS GeoSkills: What Hope for the Forests?, Apl0-10 Paradise Found (with map), Mr27-6 South America's Vanishing Rain Forest, Apl0-8 RATZINGER, JOSEPH (see POPE, THE) REHNQUIST, WILLIAM End of an Era, 03-6 A New Era for the Court, Mr6-4 Supreme Court Ins and Outs, D12-5 RELIGION (see also CHRISTIANITY) Bibles in Schools?, Ap24-4 GeoSkills: Religions of the World, D12-22 New Pope, D12-6 Top Religions, 2004, 017&24-34 RESPECT It's Cool to Have Class, S5-6 RICE, CONDOLEEZZA Spying on Americans, Ja23-4 ROBERTS JR., JOHN G. Changes in the Supreme Court, S19-3 Supreme Court and You, Ja9-10 Supreme Court Ins and Outs, D12-5 ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D Roosevelt, Franklin D(elano) (born Jan. 30, 1882, Hyde Park, N.Y., U.S.—died April 12, 1945, Warm Springs, Ga.) 32nd president of the U.S. (1933–45). Attracted to politics by the example of his cousin Theodore Roosevelt, he became active in the Democratic Party. . FDR's "Day of Infamy Notoriety; condition of being known as possessing a shameful or disgraceful reputation; loss of character or good reputation. At Common Law, infamy was an individual's legal status that resulted from having been convicted of a particularly reprehensible crime, rendering him " Speech, Ap24-T6 Memories of the Dust Bowl, Ap10-12 Should We Go to War?, Ap24-14 ROMAN EMPIRE Great Dictator (play), Ja23-14 Growth of Rome (map), Ja23-17 RUSSIA (see also SOVIET UNION) Ask Mapman: The XXL of Countries, Ja23-21 Russia: A Better Life, Jan23-10 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 0178&24-10 S SATELUTES (see SEARCH ENGINES) SCHOOLS (see alse EDUCATION; YOUTH) Bibles in Schools?, Ap24-4 Bullies Beware, F6-16 Pay Kids to Attend School?, Mr27-5 Rights for Students?, F20-13 Should Physical Education Be Required?, S5-5 Should the Military Recruit in High Schools?, Mr6-5 Should the School Day Start Later?, F20-5 Test Student Athletes for Steroids?, F6-5 SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD Celebrity Governor, Ja23-6 SEAPORTS Ports in a Storm, Ap10-4 SEARCH ENGINES Satellite Snooping (with graph), F6-5 SEASONS GeoSkills: The Change of Seasons, Mr6-22 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Serbia: Emerging From a Bitter Past, Ap24-10 SESSIONS, MICHAEL After-Sehool Mayor, Ja9-4 Day in the Life of a Teen Mayor, F20-6 SHARON, ARIEL Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-10 SINCLAIR, UPTON (see MUCKRAKERS) SINGH, MANMOHAN Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-11 SLAVERY Miles to Freedom, D12-14 SMOKING Kick Butts Day (poster), F6 Why Do Teens Smoke?, N28-10 SODA Should Soda Be Taxed?, My8-5 SOLSTICE (see SEASONS) SOUTH AMERICA (see also individual countries) GeoSkills: What Hope for the Forests?, Ap10-10 Maps of the World, 017&24-14 South America's Vanishing Rain Forest, Ap10-6 World in Focus, 017&24-26 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 World Week Supplement, 031 SOVIET UNION (see also RUSSIA) Blacklisted!, My8-16 Stalin's Reign of Terror Reign of Terror, 1793–94, period of the French Revolution characterized by a wave of executions of presumed enemies of the state. Directed by the Committee of Public Safety, the Revolutionary government's Terror was essentially a war dictatorship, instituted to , Ja23-12 SPACE EXPLORATION NASA's High Hopes, D12-7 Return to Flight?, S19-5 Rocketing Into the Future, F20-4 SPORTS (see also OLYMPIC GAMES) Champions at Last, D12-6 GeoSkills: Mapping the NBA, F20-15 It's Cool to Have Class, S5-6 Kids and Sports, Ja9-6 She's Number One!, Mr27-5 Should Barry Bonds's MLB Records Count?, Ap24-5 Should There Be a Minimum Age for an Athlete to Turn Pro?, Ja23-5 Teens and Sports (graph), S5-22 Test Student Athletes for Steroids?, F6-5 An Unlikely Hoops Hero, Ap10-4 SPYING Spying on Americans, Ja23-4 SQUID Giant Squid Sighting, N14-5 STALIN, JOSEPH Stalin, Joseph orig. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (born Dec. 21, 1879, Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire—died March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) Soviet politician and dictator. Stalin's Reign of Terror, Ja23-12 STEFFENS, LINCOLN (see MUCKRAKERS) STEROIDS Should Barry Bonds's MLB Records Count?, Ap24-5 Test Student Athletes for Steroids?, F6-5 STUDENTS (see SCHOOLS; YOUTH) SUPREME COURT (see U.S. SUPREME COURT) SURVEYS Would You Want to Be President? (graph), My8-4 Your Greatest Concerns, F6-22 T TAIWAN Why Don't They Belong?, 017&24-T6 TARBELL, IDA M Tarbell, Ida M(inerva) (born Nov. 5, 1857, Erie county, Pa., U.S.—died Jan. 6, 1944, Bridgeport, Conn.) U.S. investigative journalist, lecturer, and chronicler of American industry. In 1891 Tarbell went to Paris, where she supported herself by writing for U.S. . (see MUCKRAKERS) TASMANIAN DEVIL Tasmanian devil, extremely voracious marsupial, or pouched mammal, of the dasyure family, now found only on the island of Tasmania. The Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisi, formerly found also in Australia, is about 2 ft (60 cm) long, excluding the 12-in. Devil of a Problem, $5-4 TECHNOLOGY Identity Theft, Mr6-8 iPod Nation, S19-6 Satellite Snooping (with graph), F6-5 TEENAGERS (see YOUTH) TERRORISM Afghanistan: Rebuilding After the Taliban, My8-10 London Terror, S19-4 Terror Strikes Again and Again, D12-7 TIME LINES Babylon: A Time Line, S19-T7 Civil Rights Time Line, N28-8 Cold War, My8-T6 Gaza 1946-2005, N14-10 Growing Up in Ancient Egypt, S5-12 Iraq: A Brief Time Line, F6-9 World War II, Ap24-14 TIME ZONES GeoSkills: What Time Is It?, Ja23-21 TORTURE Turning to Torture?, Ja9-8 TUTANKHAMEN Growing Up in Ancient Egypt, $5-12 Tut Unmasked, S5-14 U U.S. CONSTITUTION Are You a Good Citizen?, 03-20 Freedom for All?, S5-18 Our Founding Fathers (play), 031-16 Right to Bear Arms? (with graph), Mr27-8 The Supreme Court and You, Ja9-10 A Talk With Ben Franklin, Ja9-5 Three Branches of Government (poster), Ja9 U.S. SUPREME COURT Changes in the Supreme Court, S19-3 End of an Era, 03-9 A New Era for the Court, Mr6-4 A New Nominee, 031-5 Supreme Court and You, Ja9-10 Supreme Court Ins and Outs, D12-5 Supreme Court Shuffle, N28-5 UGANDA Uganda: Hope in a Troubled Land, N28-12 UKRAINE Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-10 UNITED KINGDOM (see also GREAT BRITAIN) London Terror, S19-4 Terror Strikes Again and Again, D12-7 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 UNITED NATIONS Serbia: Emerging From a Bitter Past, Ap24-10 Sixty Years of the United Nations, 017&24-6 Trouble in Gaza, N14-10 Why Don't They Belong?, 017&24-T6 UNITED STATES GeoSkills: Regions of the United States, Ja9-14 GeoSkills: What Time Is Ir?, Ja23-21 Map, Ja9-12 Poverty in America (with graph), Ja23-8 State of the Nation, Ja9-16 U.S. in Focus: Parts One and Two, Jag-16, 21 Welcome! (graph), Mr6-5 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-8 V-W VATICAN CITY A New Pope, D12-6 Why Don't They Belong?, 017&24-T6 VENEZUELA Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 VIDEO GAMES Do Video Games Make You Smarter?, 03-9 VOTING Iraq Votes for a Constitution, N14-5 Iraqis Choose Ballots, Not Bombs, Ja23-3 Palestinians' Surprise Vote, Mr6-4 WORLD AFFAIRS (see also individual countries) Atlas and Almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. 2005-2006: Skills Manual, 017& 24 Child Labor Today, F6-20 Economic Map of the World, 017&24-22 Globalization and You, 031-6 London Terror, S19-4 One Teen's Story, Mr6-12 Palestinians' Surprise Vote (with map), Mr6-4 Snapshots From Around the World, 017&24-34 South Asia's Deadly Quake, 031-4 Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-6, 017&24-T7 World in Focus, 017&24-24 World War II (time line), Ap24-14 WORLD HISTORY Alexander the Great, 031-12 Alien Ships of Fire (play), Mr27-14 Babylon: City and Legend, S19-12 Great Dictator (play), Ja23-14 Growing Up in Ancient Egypt, S5-12 If You Lived in the Middle Ages, Mr6-14, T9 Napoleon and the Battle for Europe, Ap24-19 Plutarch's Alexander, 031-T6 The Silk Road: East Meets West, F6-12 Who Was Jesus?, D12-18 WORLD SERIES Champions at Last, D12-6 Y-Z YANOMAMI, THE South America's Vanishing Rain Forest, Ap10-9 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Yellowstone National Park, 2,219,791 acres (899,015 hectares), the world's first national park (est. 1872), NW Wyo., extending into Montana and Idaho. It lies mainly on a broad plateau in the Rocky Mts., on the Continental Divide, c. A Grizzly Return, F6-4 YOUTH (see a/so SCHOOLS) After-School Mayor, Ja9-4 Day in the Life of a Teen Mayor, F20-6 GeoSkills: Child Soldiers in Africa, N28-14 iPod Nation, S19-6 Juvenile Justice: Stuck in the System, Ap24-9 Katrina's Kids, D12-8 Kids and Sports, Ja9-6 Mexico: Life at the Border, 03-12 Pennies and a Crust of Bread: Child Labor in America (play), F6-18 Saving the Children, My8-6 Should There Be a Minimum Age for an Athlete to Turn Pro?, Ja23-5 Teens and Sports (graph), S5-22 An Unlikely Hoops Hero, Ap10-4 Why Do Teens Smoke?, N28-10 YUSHCHENKO, VIKTOR Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-10 ZIMBABWE Who's Who/Government Leaders, 017&24-9 |
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