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Naphthalene
Naphthalene is the primary ingredient in mothballsZambezi River
The Zambezi River's most spectacular feature is Victoria Falls, which divide the upper and middle sections of the river.A. S. Neill
Scottish educator A. S. Neill founded Summerhill School as an experiment in free learningJoseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell's philosophy is often summarized by his phrase "Follow your bliss"Barbershop music
Barbershop music is a four-part a cappella style of singing famous for its "ringing" chords in which an overtone is produced that sounds like a fifth noteAcademy Awards
George Bernard Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and won an Oscar for screenwritingFelix Adler (professor)
Felix Adler founded the Society for Ethical Culture, a nontheistic religious movementCode of Hammurabi
The term "written in stone" comes from the Code of Hammurabi, first King of the Babylonian Empire, who had the laws inscribed on a large stone steleDario Fo
The 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Italian playwright Dario FoReligion
The term "religion" comes from the Latin word "religio," meaning "reverence for God or the gods, careful pondering of divine things"Gymnosperm
Gymnosperm, literally "naked seed," is a seed-bearing plant with "naked" seeds without a fruit formed on the scales of a coneRwanda
Rwanda is known as the "Land of a Thousand Hills"Great Lakes
Four of the five "Great Lakes" of North America straddle the U.S.-Canada border; Lake Michigan is entirely within the United StatesDistance education
Distance education has been around at least since Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great Britain via correspondence in the 1840s.Golden Rule
The ethic of reciprocity, or the "Golden Rule," is found in virtually all religions and culturesIndigenous peoples of the Americas
There was no definitive culture for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas although cultural practices were shared within geographical zones among otherwise unrelated peoplesTreason
In the past treason, the betrayal of one's nation, was considered the worst crime, with punishment even more serious than for murderShark
The smallest sharks are only as big as a human handMohammad Reza Pahlavi
During Mohammad Reza Shah's reign, Iran celebrated 2,500 years of continuous monarchy since the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the GreatPapua New Guinea
The motto of Papua New Guinea is "Unity in Diversity"Edward Rutledge
Edward Rutledge was the youngest of all the signers of the Declaration of IndependenceNobel Prize
Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace Prize, though he was nominated for it five timesKorean War
The Korean War is technically not over since it ended with an armistice not a peace treatyAugustus Caesar
Augustus Caesar ended a century of civil wars and gave Rome an era of peace, prosperity, and imperial greatness, known as the Pax Romana, "Roman peace"Robert K. Merton
Robert K. Merton coined the expression "self-fulfilling prophecy"Thailand
Theravada Buddhism is the official religion of ThailandPatrick Henry
Patrick Henry is best known for his speech "Give me liberty, or give me death!" advocating American independenceSeoul National University
During the Korean War Seoul National University was temporarily relocated to Busan along with other universities in South KoreaSeminole
The Florida Seminoles are the only American Indian tribe never to sign a formal peace treaty with the United StatesArthur Ashe
American tennis player Arthur Ashe fought against apartheid and was the first black person to win a title in the South African OpenAffirmative 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 discriminationAmillennialism
Amillennialism is a view in Christian eschatology that denies a literal thousand-year, physical reign of Jesus Christ on earthPueblo Indians
The Pueblo Indians successfully revolted against Spanish colonization in the seventeenth century. Although this success lasted only 12 years it deterred the Spanish from attempts to eradicate their culture and religion.Netherlands
The Netherlands is often called "Holland" although this is not accurate; North and South Holland in the western Netherlands are only two of the country's twelve provincesAncient Egypt
The civilization of Ancient Egypt was one of the oldest and longest lasting human civilizationsGeorge Jones
George Jones and Tammy Wynette recorded many hit duets that made the couple the undisputed king and queen of country musicVocational education
The general philosophy of vocational education stands in stark contrast to the ideology of a liberal arts education.Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is known as the "Lost City of the Incas," having been abandoned a century after being builtAbraham Joshua Heschel
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, AlabamaStanford University
Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect who created New York’s Central Park, designed the physical plan for Stanford UniversityJoseph Pulitzer
Hungarian-born Joseph Pulitzer is known both for creating yellow journalism and the Pulitzer Prizes for excellence in journalismAnthropology
The anthropologist Eric Wolf once described anthropology as "the most scientific of the humanities, and the most humanistic of the sciences."
