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//Borneo//
(pg. 70) Borneo is the third biggest island in the world. It is part of the geographic region of [|Southeast Asia]. Located southeast of the [|Malay Peninsula] and southwest of the [|Philippines.] Borneo is primarily mountainous. Kalimantan belongs to [|Indonesia,] [|Sabah] and[|Sarawak] are part of [|Malaysia] and a small remaining region belongs to [|Brunei]. In Indonesia, the island is referred to as 'Kalimantan' while in Malaysia, it is known as 'East Malaysia', whereas in the western world, Borneo is recognized as the Malaysian Borneo.



Resources: 1."Borneo." 2006. Wikipedia. 17 Nov 2006 . 2. Marias, Stella. "Islands." __Borneo__. 17 Nov 2006 . 3."Borneo." 2003. 17 Nov 2006 [|www.islandsasia.net].

//Monopoly//
(pg. 70) [|Charles Brace Darrow] invented the best selling board game in the world, Monopoly. Players play each other to obtain wealth through buying, rental and trading of properties using play money, as players take turns moving around the board according to the roll of the dice. The game is named after the economic concept of Monopoly; A company, provider or group having exclusive control over a commercial activity. There are many different editions of Monopoly, ranging from the London version to the German version. In 1935, 800 million people have played this game. According to the [|'Guinness World of Records',] Monopoly has been titled the most played/ popular game in the world.



Resources: 1. [|.Gollins, Anthony. "Monopoly." 16 Nov 2006 .] 2."Monopoly."__Guinness Book of Records__. 1999. 3. Toman, John. "Best Selling." __National Geographic__ 1998: 18.

//George Washington//
(pg. 70) George Washington a soldier who became the first president of the United States of America. He was born on the 22nd of February 1732 and died on the 14th of December, 1799. He served as President from April 30, 1789, until March 4, 1797, for two terms. Washington married [|Martha Custis] in 1759.She was a rich widow who had two children, Martha and John. Washington and Custis did not have any children together. George Washington enjoyed less than three years of retirement at Mount Vernon, before he died of a throat infection in December 14, 1799. For for months, the Nation mourned him.



Resources: 1."**Washington, George**." __Encyclopædia Britannica__.16 Nov. 2006 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108779 2. "George Washington." __Enchanted Learning__. 2001. 17 Nov 2006 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pres 3.John, Fitzpatrick. "George Washington." 1994. 17 Nov 2006 http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html

//Creedence//
(pg. 71) Creedence, or sometimes known as 'Creedence Clearwater Revival' was an American rock band. The members of the band consists of [|John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford.]They were first formed in El Cerrito, California. They were active from 1959 to 1972.' Willy and the Poorboys' was the fourth album by the Creedence.



Resources: 1.Willy and the Poorboys. 2002. 17 Nov 2006 . 2."Creedence." 2004. 17 Nov 2006 <[|John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford.]>. 3. Classics. 2001. 17 Nov 2006 [|www.classicbands.com/ccr.html].

//Patridge Family//
(pg. 71) The Patridge Family was an American sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children, living in a small fictional town in Northern California. The Partridge Family was produced for ABC by Screen Gems television. The producer was [|Wes Farrell.] The show starred [|Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce, Jeremy Gelbwaks, Brian Forster, Suzanne Crough and Reuben Kincaid] As the show launched, David Cassidy became an overnight teen idol. Later on, Hanna-Barbera produced a cartoon series called 'Partridge Family 2200 A.D', based on the Patridge Family. It was first shown in 1970 till 1974.



Resources: 1."Patridge Family." 1997. 17 Nov 2006 . 2. Kalevski, Alexandra. __American Sitcoms__. 2000. 3. Johnston, George. __ABC.__ 1980

//Bobby Sherman//
(pg. 71) Robert Cabot Sherman, Jr, born on the 22nd of July, 1943 in Santa Monica, California. He is an American singer and actor, who became a very popular teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He first appeared on the television series //[|Shindig!.]// In [|1969], His first gold single was called //Little Woman. A//fter a famous appearance on The Patridge Family, he was given his own show on ABC called //[|Getting Together.]// Bobby built a one-fifth scale model of [|Disneyland's] Main Street, made entirely by hand in his backyard at home.



Resources: 1.Bobby Sherman, 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Sherman 2. Bobby Sherman, 2000. [|www.oldies.com] 3. Arthurs, Mac. Legends and Classics, 1998

//Black Sabbath//
(pg. 71) Black Sabbath is an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England. The band consists of [|Ozzy Osbourne,Tony Iommi, Terence Butler and Bill Ward]. Their genre is heavy metal. Some of their famous songs are 'Paranoid'. 'Never Say Die', 'Hard Road', 'Neon Knights', and 'Turn Up the Night'.



Resources: 1. Black Sabbath, 19th Nov 2006 www.black-sabbath.com 2. Hirard, Georgie, __Black Sabbath__, 2000 3. Ozzie, 19th Nov 2006 [|www.ozzfest.com/]

//Jethro Tull//
(pg. 71) Jethro Tull is a rock and that formed in Blackpool, England in the 1960s. Their music genre is blues rock with a mix of classical, Celtic folk, and rock. The members are [|Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Doane Perry, Andrew Giddings and Jonathan Noyce] (a few changes of members occurred as the years past). Some of their famous songs include:
 * 1) "Living In The Past"
 * 2) "Aqualung"
 * 3) "Sweet Dream"
 * 4) "The Whistler"
 * 5) "Bungle in The Jungle"
 * 6) "The Witch's Promise



Resources: 1. Jethro Tull, 19 Nov 2006, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Jethro_Tull 2. Olands, Maria, __World of Rock,__ 1997 3. Jetrho Tull, 19 Nov 2006, www.j-tull.com/