U.S. Cities
This Texas port is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S.
Houston
Rav is Hebrew for "teacher" or "master"; an "I" sound to mean "my" was added to create this word we use in English
rabbi
In the 1840s he began reaping fame & fortune from the sale of his reaping machines
(Cyrus) McCormick
This Latin American country is named for a man born in Genoa in 1451
Colombia
Bloody Romanian prince known as "the Impaler"
Vlad
Its capitol building stands 5,280 feet above sea level
Denver
The word leech comes from an Old English word for this modern occupation
doctor
In June 1876 George Custer made his last stand at the Battle of this river
Little Bighorn
It's named for the man who "liberated" it from Spain in 1824 & was its first president
Bolivia
He was "the Confessor" king of England in the 11th century
Edward
Believe it or not, Jerry Springer was once the mayor of this large Ohio city
Cincinnati
The name of this typographical mark comes from the Greek word's para, meaning "beside", & tithenai, "to put"
parenthesis
It was the largest & most powerful state of the German Empire in the 1800s
Prussia
It takes its name from the mythological Kambu, from whom its kings claimed descent
Cambodia
Ottoman emperor styled "the Magnificent"
Suleiman
Founded in 1769, this city near the Mexican border is often called "The Birthplace of California"
San Diego
English words drawn from the Algonquian language include moose, terrapin & this other word for groundhog
woodchuck
Much of the fighting in this war, 1853 to 1856, took place on a peninsula in the Black Sea
the Crimean War
The Tswana are its largest ethnic group, & the country is named after them
Botswana
Basil "the Bulgar-Slayer" was emperor of this, also called the Eastern Roman Empire
the Byzantine Empire
A campus for the University of Alabama is here, nicknamed "Rocket City, U.S.A."
Huntsville
The Latin mulsus, meaning "sweet", gave us the name of this chocolate dessert
mousse
In 1889 this South American country's last emperor, Pedro II, was forced to abdicate
Brazil
The name of this Mideast country comes from the name of the royal family that rules it
Saudi Arabia
Holy Roman emperor Charles II was known by this nickname; today we might call him "the Follicularly Challenged"
"the Bald"