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Battle of Normandy
Bad weather before D-Day gave the Allied troops the element of surpriseTsimshian
Tsimshian people of the Pacific Northwest lived on salmon, which were plentiful prior to commercial fishing, and used Western Redcedar for most of their needsAffirmative action
Some policies adopted as affirmative action, such as quotas for race or gender in college admissions, have been criticized as a form of reverse discriminationMing Dynasty
The Great Wall of China was built primarily during the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644)Violin
Violin makers are called "luthiers"David Livingstone
David Livingstone, the first European to see it, renamed the Mosi-oa-Tunya waterfall the Victoria Falls in honor of Queen VictoriaAncient Pueblo Peoples
The ancestors of the Pueblo people built incredible cities, cliff dwellings, along the walls of canyons as well as enormous "great houses" and roads along the valleysPowhatan
Chief Powhatan and his daughter Pocahontas were from the Pamunkey tribe, the first Native Americans that met the earliest permanent English colonists at [[Jamestown SettlementUnited Nations
The United Nations was established after World War II for the purpose of securing world peaceTempo
Before the invention of the metronome, words were the only way to describe the tempo of a musical compositionOttoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire was the center of interactions between Asia and Europe for six centuriesMount Rushmore
The original plan for the Mount Rushmore monument was for the figures of the presidents to be carved down to their waistsRecorder (music)
The recorder, originally popular in Medieval music, was revived in the twentieth centuryPersonality assessment
Greek philosopher Hippocrates recorded the first known personality model basing his four "types" on the amount of body fluids, or "humors," an individual possessed.Eagles
The Eagles are the highest-selling American band in U.S. historyTrimurti
The Trimurti is the Hindu representation of God as Brahma (creator), Vishnu (preserver), and Shiva (destroyer)Achomawi
The Pit River is so named because of the pits the Achumawi dug to trap game that came to drink there.Centaur
The idea of centaurs may have arisen when non-riding cultures first saw nomads mounted on horses.Defense mechanism
Defense mechanisms work by changing unacceptable impulses into acceptable forms, or by unconsciously blocking such impulses, and thus reducing anxiety.Kwakwaka'wakw
Kwakwaka'wakw have made great efforts to revive their traditional culture—their language, dances, masks, totem poles, and the previously outlawed potlatchMicronesia
Micronesia is one of three major cultural areas in the Pacific Ocean, the other two being Melanesia and PolynesiaJesse and Frank James
Jesse and Frank James rarely robbed passengers on the trains they held upHernán Cortés
It has been said that when Hernan Cortes reached Mexico the Aztecs thought he was their god QuetzalcoatlQi
In Chinese thought Qi is believed to be the “life force” or “spiritual energy” that pervades the natural worldEnrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi and other members of his team died of cancer incurred by their work on developing the first nuclear reactorEdward Albee
Edward Albee's most famous play is "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"0 (number)
0 (zero) was the last numerical digit to come into useAlvin Langdon Coburn
Coburn invented a kaleidoscope-like instrument with three mirrors clamped together, which when fitted over the lens of the camera would reflect and fracture the image. It would come to be called a "Vortoscope"Kris
A type of dagger called a "Kris" is not just a physical weapon but is believed to have spiritual powerLucien Levy-Bruhl
French anthropologist Lucien Lévy-Bruhl suggested that human beings use two kind of thinking: “mystical thinking” which was the essence of the "primitive mind" and rational thinking which is the hallmark of the "civilized mind"Mary Baker Eddy
A central tenet of the Church of Christ, Scientist founded by Mary Baker Eddy is spiritual healing of diseaseArchie Moore
Archie Moore's boxing style earned him the nickname "The Mongoose" and later in his career "The Old Mongoose"Karst topography
Karst topography is characterized by subterranean limestone caverns, carved by groundwaterBaba Yaga
Baba Yaga's "cabin on chicken legs" may be based on real buildings.Graham Greene
Graham Greene's intense focus on moral issues, politics, and religion, mixed with suspense and adventure, became the trademark of his popular novels.Soul
Researchers tried to weigh the soul by weighing patients who were dyingHades
In Greek mythology Hades has been used to refer both to the "underworld" or Hell and the deity that rules the dead
