Writing and Research
World History
Languages
World Leaders
World Cities
100

Writing researchers use this form of analysis to better understand how writers organize and construct different types of texts

Genre analysis

100

In 1935 Persia officially became this country

Iran

100

t's the official language in 5 African countries, including Mozambique & Cape Verde

Portuguese

100

After being jailed for 28 years, he was elected president of South Africa in 1994

Nelson Mandela

100

Once the capital of the Ottoman Empire, this city now stands as the largest city in Turkiye.

Istanbul

200

First associated with anthropologists, this research method is used to understand the day-to-day practices of people and how they understand these practices

Ethnography

200

Reigning from 1851 to 1868, King Mongkut opened this country to Western influence & modernization

Thailand

200

The world's Austronesian languages include Tagalog, Javanese & Malagasy, spoken mainly on this island nation

Madagascar

200

In 1762 she helped overthrow her husband Peter III in order to take the Russian throne for herself

Catherine the Great

200

Built as a planned city in 1956, this city replaced the country's former capital of Rio de Janeiro

Brasilia

300

This key theoretical framework not only examines how power structures in society perpetuate systems of inequality, but also advocates for active social change

Critical theory

300

Waitangi Day in New Zealand commemorates the signing of a treaty between the British crown & this indigenous people

Maori

300

This language family includes diverse language groups, such as the Romance Languages and the Sanskrit-based languages of North India

Indo-European Language Family

300

Media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi has been the prime minister of this country 3 different times

Italy

300

Known for its colorful houses, this Greenlandic city is home to the largest population of native American people in the world by percentage

Nuuk

400

This term, often associated with qualitative analytical research, refers to using multiple sources of data to increase the validity of the research

Triangulation

400

This mystical form of Islam began c. 800 in part with a woman from Basra who introduced a new concept of the love of Allah

Sufism

400

Ethiopia's official language, Amharic, is the world's second most-widely spoken Semitic language; this is first

Arabic

400

One succeeding the other, these two brothers both led their country, the largest island in the Caribbean

Fidel and Raul Castro

400

An Azerbaijani oil baron built a replica of a Parisian palace for his wife in this capital city

Baku

500

This philosophical term refers to how we understand knowledge; this concept demonstrates why some people may prefer quantitative vs. qualitative research approaches

Epistemology

500

In 1884 Hilary Richard Wright Johnson became this African country's first native-born president

Liberia

500

This language's writing system, often called the world's first alphabet, was actually an abjad writing system (similar to modern Hebrew or Arabic)

Phoenician

500

In 1975, kingdom of Sikkim, where American Hope Cooke was queen, was annexed by this country

India

500

Until 1966, this African capital was known as Leopoldville

Kinshasa, DRC