Proverbs
actions speak louder than _____
words
by whatever means possible, fair or unfair
by hook or by hook
a law passed by the British that required the payment of a tax on a great variety of papers and documents
Stamp Act
the strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance
nationalism
a large mass of ice formed over many years that does not melt during the summer
glacier
close, but no _____
cigar
the school from which one graduated; Latin for "nurtering mother"
alma mater
a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that called for the colonies to declare independence from Great Britain
Common Sense
a system of prison camps inside the former Soviet Union used for political prisoners
gulag
a former "supercontinent" on the Earth
Pangea
the early bird catches the _____
worm
a person who is considered a disgrace to a family
black sheep
a general and political leader of the early 19th century, served two terms as president and is known for being for the common man
Andrew Jackson
the doctrines, named after this German philosopher, that include the notion of economic determinism and calls for a classless society in which all means of production are commonly owned (communism)
Marxism
coal, petroleum, and natural gas
fossil fuels
the road to hell is paved with _____ _____
good intentions
to make an irrevocable decision
cross the Rubicon
a village in Virginia where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War
Appomattox Courthouse
a general preference for the existing order of society, and an opposition to efforts to bring about sharp change
conservatism
a warming of the surface water of the eastern and central Pacific oceans that brings climate changes
El Nino
fish or cut _____
bait
strenuous physical effort
elbow grease
an agreement reached by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower that bound them to live in a civil society; first written constitution in North America
Mayflower Compact
a viewpoint associated with free political institutions and religious toleration, as well as support for a strong role of government in regulating the economy and constructing the welfare state
liberalism
the deepest spot in the oceans, more than thirty-five thousand feet deep (7 miles), near the Philippines
Marianas Trench
discretion is the better part of _____
valor
to make someone annoyed or angry
get someone's goat
the Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
privately run, nongovernment organizations that strive for world betterment (perhaps)
NGOs
an imaginary geographic line defined by the fact the water poured on one side of it would ultimately flow into the ocean on that side, while water poured on the other side would flow into the ocean on that side
continental divide
_____ is the sincerest form of flattery
imitation
to be familiar with the details of an operation
know the ropes
a black slave of the early 19th century who led the only effective and sustained slave revolt in American history
Nat Turner
government policies based on hard, practical considerations rather than on moral or idealistic concerns
realpolitik
a sedimentary rock formed primarily of calcium carbonate, often the skeletons of small marine organisms
limestone
the _____ shall inherit the earth
meek
to pay the consequences for self-indulgent behavior
pay the piper
a French historian of the 19th century whose book Democracy in America was the first impartial study of American institutions
Alexis de Tocqueville
a radical Arabic organization that arose after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon
Hezbollah
a display of colored lights in the sky, also called the northern lights
aurora borealis
a man is known by the _____ he keeps
company
to engage in something without reservation or constraint
statements of principle adopted by two state legislatures in the 1790s that affirmed states' rights and nullification; written by Madison and Jefferson
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
the nonaligned nations during the Cold War
Third World
the theory that the mass extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by the impact of an asteroid in the Yucatan Peninsula
Alvarez hypothesis
Do not caste your pearls before _____
swine
to create a disturbance
raise Cain
Nathan Hale
a brief war fought in 1999 between NATO and Serbia; was NATO's first first military engagement and was very controversial
Kosovo War
a famous rock formation in the western Canadian Rockies, containing unusually well-preserved fossils from the Cambrian Period (from about 450 million years ago)
Burgess Shale