civil rights
this black Marxist revolutionary was the chapter leader of the black panthers in Chicago and led the "rainbow coalition", a grouping of activist organizations fighting police brutality and poverty before his murder by FBI agents in November of 1969
Fred Hampton
Grunge
This eight day long Jewish holiday commemorates the successful resistance by the Maccabee warriors against the Hellenistic Seleucid empire in the second century BC
Hanukah or Chanukah
this mountaintop summer estate for the Incan emperor Pachacuti was rediscovered by American academic Hiram Bingham in 1911 and quickly became the most famous international symbol of Peru
Machu Picchu
This most common type of cloud is white and puffy, often representing pleasant weather and stable atmospheric conditions
Cumulus cloud
This 1969 event involved the armed seizing of a former prison island in the San Francisco bay by the AIM (American Indian Movement) and was conducted in an attempt to draw attention to the plight of Native Americans and increase the notoriety of the Land Back movement
Occupation of Alcatraz
Taking rock music to it's hardest and most violent boundaries, this genre was pioneered in the 1960s and 70s by the gothic and macabre bands in Britain such as Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden
metal or hard metal
This annual celebration occurs in China between January and February and commemorates the end of 24 solar cycles, with each set of cycles being represented by a different animal or mythical creature
Spring Festival or Chinese Lunar New Year
This massive "city temple" was the spiritual and corporal seat of the powerful Khmer Kings in the 12th century, and was rediscovered by French naturalist and explorer Henri Mouhot in 1860 during the French colonization of Indochina
Angkor Wat
This privative weather instrument, which is often shaped like a rooster, spins on a four pointed axis with the wind and was used by farmers to determine the direction and speed of the wind in order to predict coming weather conditions
Weathervane
This militant labor union was founded by Caesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta in 1965, and is notable for it's biracial Delano grape strike in 1966 by Filipino and Mexican migrant fruit pickers and it's famous slogan: ¡Si Se Puede!
UFW (United Farm Workers)
pioneered by working class Jamaican djs and their portable sound systems, This mashup of afrobeat, reggae, and rock became adapted and popularized by British and American bands in the 70s and 80s such as Operation Ivy and The English Beat
Ska
This Hindu Festival of light is a combination of multiple different celebrations to mark the harvest and takes place over the course of a week every fall, shifting with the lunar cycle
Diwali
This Mycenean Greek city and the setting of Homer's Aneid was believed to be mythical until it's rediscovery by the eccentric German business man Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s
Troy
This index is used by FEMA to measure the severity of hurricanes and tornadoes based off of whether or not a southern chain of fast food waffle restaurants are open or closed
The Waffle House Index (WHI)
This Chicago Turf-Gang turned revolutionary organization was founded by Jose "Cha-Cha" Jimenez in 1968 and advocated for the violent separation of Puerto Rico and America
Young Lords
originating in the D.C Hardcore scene and the introspective songwriting of Ian MacKaye, this goth inspired genre and it's 'Midwest' counterpart exploded in the 2000s through bands like My Chemical Romance and Paramore, coinciding with a popularization of the scene's aesthetics through the Hot Topic chain of mall stores and the rise of Myspace
Emo
This 7-day long holiday is an adaptation of the traditions of several different African harvest festivals, created by the black militant US Organization as a sort of egalitarian black response to American holidays
Kwanzaa
This "Rose Gold City" was the capital of the Nabatean kingdom and was carved out of the pink tinted sandstone of the Jordanian highlands. it was abandoned in the 4th century but was rediscovered in 1812 by swiss adventurer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Petra
Barometers
This Jewish American figurehead of the countercultural anarchist student association, the Yippies (Youth International Party), was the lead organizer of the 1968 protest at the democratic national convention and was one of the "Chicago 7"
Abbie Hoffman
This psychedelic inspired genre originated in the UK in the late 80s and early 90s. Named after the heavy pedal use in many of the genre's songs, it saw it's heights with the Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine's classic 1991 album Loveless
Shoegaze
This feast breaks a month long fast and marks the end of Ramadan, which commemorates the process of the revealing of the scripture to the Prophet Mohammed
Eid or eid-al-fitr
this great African city was the seat of power for the Shona People from the 11th-15th centuries. upon it's rediscovery in the 1500s by Portuguese explorers, they believed it so magnificent that native Africans could have never constructed it, adding fuel to the "Prester john" myth
Great Zimbabwe
This climatic phenomenon literally translates into English from Spanish as "the boy" and "the girl" and is the abnormal warming or cooling of equatorial waters off the coast of Ecuador, and is of vital importance to Meteorologists in long term seasonal forecasts (name both)
El Niño and La Niña