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Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, New York, is recognized as the progenitor of America's National symbol of Uncle SamColin Cherry
Colin Cherry was the first to study the "cocktail party effect" which is the human ability to follow a single conversation in the midst of other conversations and background noisesBattle of the Pyramids
Napoleon's victory at the Battle of the Pyramids is attributed to his tactical innovation, the divisional squarePrejudice
Prejudice is a prejudgment based on membership in a groupHarmandir Sahib
Harmandir Sahib (the Golden Temple of Amritsar) literally means "House of God"British Empire
The British Empire was known as "the empire on which the sun never sets"Picts
The Picts - "painted people" - were ancient inhabitants of Scotland who lived north of Hadrian's WallBureaucracy
Max Weber saw the ideal of bureaucracy as a means for achieving maximum efficiencyFlorence
Florence, well known for art and architecture, is considered the birthplace of the Italian RenaissanceMarian Anderson
Marian Anderson broke the color barrier by becoming the first African-American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955Christmas Island
Christmas Island was uninhabited until the late nineteenth century and so has many unique species of fauna and flora that evolved independently of human interferenceMother Teresa
Mother Teresa was canonized as a saint by Pope Francis on September 4, 2016Sir Thomas Browne
The seventeenth century English author Sir Thomas Browne merged the new method of scientific inquiry with his Christian faithMorean War
The Morean War against the Ottoman Empire was the Republic of Venice's last expansionist campaignJohn Cage
The twentieth century composer John Cage is best known for his composition 4'33", whose three movements are performed without a single note being playedMoai
Scientists have come up with several theories to explain how the Moai of Easter Island "walked" from the quarry to their stone platformsMedjugorje
The location in Medjugorje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where six teenagers had visions of Mary is known as "Apparition Hill"Empire State Building
The Empire State Building remained the tallest skyscraper in the world for over 40 yearsPapua New Guinea
The motto of Papua New Guinea is "Unity in Diversity"Pagan Kingdom
The Kingdom of Pagan was the first kingdom to unify the regions that constitute modern-day Burma (Myanmar)Mary I of England
The execution of Protestants during the reign of Queen Mary Tudor earned her the nickname "Bloody Mary"African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a seminal event in the U.S. Civil Rights MovementBob Hope
Bob Hope is recognized as "The Most Honored Entertainer" by The Guinness Book of World RecordsConstructivist architecture
Constructivist architects aimed to instill the avant-garde in everyday life, constructing the spaces in which a socialist utopia could be achievedClassical music
Classical music is considered primarily a written musical tradition, preserved in music notationGreat Flood
The story of Noah's flood may not be the most ancient of the flood stories that exist in cultures around the worldCharles Perrault
Charles Perrault was almost 70 years old when he wrote his Histoires ou Contes du temps passé (also known as Mother Goose Tales).Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire has been described as the first true empire in world historyNorse Mythology
The dualism that exists in Norse mythology is not an opposition of good versus evil, but order versus chaosAleut
Many Aleuts became Christian, joining the Russian Orthodox Church during the years when Russian fur traders settled in AlaskaNorthern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands and Guam are the northernmost islands of MicronesiaLake Baikal
Lake Baikal in Southern Siberia, Russia is the deepest lake in the worldGreenhouse gas
Without "greenhouse gases" the Earth would be so cold as to be uninhabitableAndre Malraux
André Malraux won the Goncourt Prize for French literature for his novel "La Condition humaine" ("Man's Fate")John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963Marine engineering
Marine Engineers are the members of a ship's crew that operate and maintain the propulsion and other systems on board the vesselJohn Rolfe
Many Americans are descended from John Rolfe and Pocahontas through their son, Thomas RolfeDavid Glasgow Farragut
David Glasgow Farragut was the first full admiral in the United States NavyHoward Carter (archaeologist)
William Flinders Petrie, from whom Howard Carter learned his archaeological skills, had little faith in Carter's ability to be a great archaeologistDrawing and quartering
In Britain, the penalty of drawing and quartering was usually reserved for commoners, including knights. Noble traitors were merely beheadedSocial psychology
Social psychology developed as a field separate from the behavioral and psychoanalytic schools that were dominant at the time
