Acronyms
UN
United Nations
Not supporting either side of a war
Neutral
First English settlement in America--1608--for business reasons
Jamestown, Virginia
Utah's professional basketball team
Utah Jazz
Guide for Lewis & Clarke expedition--1805-1806
Sacagawea
WHO
World Health Organization
the old division between the communist countries of Eastern Europe and noncommunist countries of Western Europe
Iron Curtain
English settlement in America--1620--religious reasons--Pilgrims
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Transcontinental Railroad connected at this Utah place
Golden Spike
Known for discovery of Florida--claimed the area for Spain--incorrectly associated with mythical "Fountain of Youth"
Ponce de Leon
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
German warfare--WWII--"Lightning War"
Blitzkrieg
Large Chinese territory--used to be British colony--important port city and business center
Hong Kong
Utah's Shakespearean Festival takes place in this city
Cedar City
Harriet Tubman
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
South Africa--discrimination and segregation based on race
Apartheid
Important city for three major world religions--Temple Mount
Jerusalem
Utah's two main newspapers
Salt Lake Tribune
Deseret News
Indian activist who fought against British rule--hunger strikes--peaceful resistance--1930s-1940s
Mahatma Gandhi
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
India, Hindu--class structure that is determined by birth
Caste System
Two great rivers that define Mesopotamia
Tigris River
Euphrates River
What does ZCMI stand for? Utah store that was first department store in the United States
Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution
1st president of South Africa--fought against apartheid--spent a total of 27 years in prison
Nelson Mandela