lake volume 7 page 102
mountain volume 8 page 195
volcanology (branch of geology)
volcano volume 14 page 101
vole (rodent)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 102, picture,
volume 14 page 102
Volga River (river in Russia)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 103
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country houses picture, volume 14
page 103
facts about Europe volume 4 page 163
Russia volume 11 page 104
volleyball (sport)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 103, picture,
volume 14 page 104, picture, volume
14 page 104
Volta, Lake (lake in Ghana)
Ghana volume 5 page 110
volume (measured space)
measurement volume 8 page 88
volunteerism
Earth Day picture, volume 4 page 91
Volunteer State: see in index Tennessee
voodoo (Haitian religion)
Haiti volume 6 page 8
Vostock Station (Russian station, Antarctica)
facts about Antarctica volume 1
page 137
vote (political process): see in index election
voting (politics)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 105, picture,
volume 14 page 105
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California picture, volume 7 page 105
election fairness picture, volume 9
page 14
Voting Rights Act (U.S. legislation,
1965)
civil rights movement volume 3
page 131
Johnson volume 7 page 29
King volume 7 page 66
Voyager (space probes)
Neptune picture, volume 9 page 33
Uranus volume 14 page 39, picture, volume
14 page 39
vs. (abbreviation)
common abbreviations table, volume 1
page 8
Vulcan (Roman god)
Hephaestus volume 6 page 42
Vulcanalia (ancient Roman festival)
Hephaestus volume 6 page 43
vulcanism (geology): see in index volcanism
vulcanology (branch of geology): see in
index volcanology
vulture (bird)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 14 page 106, picture,
volume 14 page 106
MORE TO EXPLORE
birds of prey volume 2 page 80
Wabanaki (people): see in index Abnaki
wader: see in index wading bird
wadi (dry streambed)
Sahara volume 12 page 8
wading bird
flamingo volume 5 page 31
ibis volume 6 page 106
Wagadu (historical empire inWest
Africa): see in index Ghana Empire
Wagadugu (capital city of Burkina Faso):
see in index Ouagadougou
wages (compensation for labor)
economics volume 4 page 100
equal pay for women picture, volume 15
page 57
Wagner, Richard (German composer)
opera volume 9 page 142
Wagner Act (U.S. legislation, 1935): see
in index National Labor Relations Act
wagon train (North American history)
Santa Fe Trail volume 12 page 33
wahoo elm (tree): see in index winged elm
Waialeale, Mount (mountain in Hawaii,
U.S.)
rain volume 11 page 22
Waikiki (resort area in Honolulu,
Hawaii, U.S.) picture, volume 6 page 79
WailingWall (pilgrimage site in Jerusalem):
see in indexWesternWall
Walachia (historical region in Romania)
Bucharest volume 2 page 141
Romania volume 11 page 85
Waldseemuller, Martin (German cartographer)
Vespucci volume 14 page 73
Wales (part of the United Kingdom)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 4, picture,
volume 15 page 4
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England volume 4 page 139
Northern Ireland volume 9 page 90
United Kingdom volume 14 page 16
Walesa, Lech (president of Poland)
Poland volume 10 page 109
wali (Islam)
saint volume 12 page 9
walia ibex (mammal)
Simien Mountains of Ethiopia picture,
volume 4 page 155
walk (sports)
baseball volume 2 page 31
softball volume 12 page 123
Walker, Thomas (U.S. public official,
explorer, and physician)
Cumberland Gap volume 3 page 231
walking (form of locomotion)
city transportation picture, volume 13
page 92
toddler picture, volume 3 page 96
walkingstick (insect)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 5, picture,
volume 15 page 5
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insect volume 6 page 139
BRITANNICA STUDENT ENCYCLOPEDIA walkingstick 277
wall (architecture)
brick and tile volume 2 page 128
Wallace,William (Scottish hero)
Scotland volume 12 page 53
Wallachia (historical region in Romania):
see in indexWalachia
Walloon (people)
Belgium volume 2 page 54
wall painting (painting): see in index
mural
wallpaper
Morris design picture, volume 4 page 26
walrus (mammal)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 6, picture,
volume 15 page 6
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adaptation picture, volume 1 page 27
Arctic Ocean picture, volume 1 page 173
Walsh, Donald (U.S. explorer and scientist)
exploration volume 4 page 174
Walt Disney Concert Hall (building in
Los Angeles, California, U.S.) picture,
volume 7 page 178
Walt DisneyWorld (amusement park in
Orlando, Florida, U.S.)
Disney volume 4 page 58
Wampanoag (Native American people)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 6, picture,
volume 15 page 7
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King PhilipsWar volume 7 page 67
Massasoit volume 8 page 75, picture,
volume 1 page 105
Metacom volume 8 page 104, picture,
volume 8 page 105
Narraganset volume 9 page 10
Plymouth Colony volume 10 page 103
Squanto volume 12 page 170
wapiti (animal)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 7, picture,
volume 4 page 127, picture, volume 15
page 7
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deer volume 4 page 26
elk volume 4 page 127
Wappinger (Native American people)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 8
war
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 8, picture,
volume 15 page 9, picture, volume 15
page 10
MORE TO EXPLORE
famine volume 5 page 7
prisoners of war picture, volume 13
page 93
technology
ambulance volume 1 page 93
catapult volume 3 page 59
war, prisoner of (international law): see
in index prisoner of war
War Between the States (U.S. history):
see in index American CivilWar
war crime (international law)
crime volume 3 page 216
Nuremberg trials volume 9 page 110
warfare: see in index war
Warhol, Andy (U.S. artist)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 11, picture,
volume 15 page 11
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painting volume 10 page 12
warhorse (mammal)
horse volume 6 page 87
warm-bloodedness (physiology)
mammal volume 8 page 36
warning coloration (biology)
protective coloration volume 10
page 157
War of 1812 (British-U.S. history)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 12
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people
Harrison volume 6 page 23
Jackson volume 7 page 5
Key volume 7 page 60
Madison volume 8 page 12
Tecumseh volume 13 page 30
USS Constitution warship picture,
volume 15 page 13
White House volume 15 page 42
warrigal (wild dog): see in index dingo
warrior (person)
ancient wars picture, volume 15 page 9
Papua New Guinea picture, volume 10
page 29
Spartan warrior picture, volume 12
page 160
Warsaw (capital city of Poland)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 14, picture,
volume 15 page 14
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Poland volume 10 page 107
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Polish history)
Warsaw volume 15 page 14
Warsaw Pact (1955-91, European history)
ColdWar volume 3 page 150
NATO volume 9 page 84
warship
navy volume 9 page 26
ship volume 12 page 82
War to End AllWars (1914-18): see in
indexWorldWar I
Washington (state in the U.S.)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 15
MORE TO EXPLORE
Mount Rainier picture, volume 15
page 16
Washington, Booker T. (U.S. educator)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 17, picture,