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Meaning of Cultural Terms
A person needs more than basic literacy, that is, the ability to read and write. Every citizen should possess a common body of knowledge that allows them to communicate effectively, govern themselves, and share in their society's rewards.
Here are the list of terms beginning with letter "F".
Fabian tactics
face that launched a thousand ships?, Was this the
faction
Fagin
Fahrenheit
fair exchange is no robbery., A
fair-weather friends
fait accompli
faith, hope, and charity
Falkland Islands
fallacy
Fall of France
Fall of Man
Fall of Rome
Fall of the House of Usher, The (title)
fallopian tubes
Falstaff
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Faraday, Michael
Far East
Farewell Address of Washington
far from the madding crowd
farm bloc
Farragut, Admiral David G.
Far West
fascism
fatalism
Fates, the
father of his country
fathom
Faulkner, William
fault (geology)
fauna
Faust (title)
FDA recommended intake
featherbedding
feather in your cap
feather your own nest
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
federalism
Federalist Papers, The (title)
Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Reserve (the “Fed”)
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
feedback loop
feet of clay
fellow traveler
felony
female of the species is more deadly than the male., The
feminism
Ferdinand and Isabella
fermentation
Fermi, Enrico
fertilization
fetish
fetus
feudalism
fiber optics
fibrous root
fiction
fiddle while Rome burns
fief
Fielding, Henry
Fields, W. C.
fiesta
fife
Fifteen men on the Dead Man’s Chest— yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Fifth Amendment (taking the Fifth)
fifth column
fifth wheel
Figaro
filibuster
Final Solution
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
fin de siècle
fine arts
Finland
fireside chat
First Amendment
first come, first served
First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.
first-strike capability
fiscal policy
Fish or cut bait.
fission, nuclear
fits and starts
Fitzgerald, Ella
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
fjord
flapper
flash in the pan
Flaubert, Gustave
Florence |
Florida Florida Keys
flute
fly-by-night flying
buttress
flying saucers
folklore
follow your nose
food chain
fool and his money are soon parted., A
foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds., A
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
footprints on the sands of time
forbidden fruit
For Brutus is an honorable man.
Ford, Gerald
Ford, Henry
foreclosure
Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Service
forgive and forget
Forgive them, for they know not what they do.
fornication
forte
fortissimo
Fort Sumter
Fortuna (goddess of fortune)
Fortune 500
Fort Worth, TX
forty-niners
forty winks
For want of a nail the kingdom was lost.
for whom the bell tolls
fossil fuel
fossil record
Foster, Stephen
Founding Fathers
Four Freedoms
four-letter words
Fourteen Points
Fourteenth Amendment
Fourth of July
Fox and the Grapes, The
Frailty, thy name is woman.
France
franchise (economics)
franchise (politics)
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Franco, Francisco
Frank, Anne
Frankenstein’s monster
Franklin, Benjamin
Freedman’s Bureau
freedom of religion
freedom of speech
freedom of the press
Freedom Riders
free enterprise
free fall
free market
Freemasons (or Masons)
free trade
free verse
free will
freezing point
French and Indian War
French horn
French Impressionism
French Revolution
frequency modulation (FM)
fresco
Fresno, CA
Freud, Sigmund
Freudian slip
friar
friction
friend in need is a friend indeed., A
friend of the court
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
Friends, Society of
frieze
fringe benefit
From little acorns grow mighty oaks.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
front (frontal zone)
frontier
Frost, Robert
fruits shall ye know them., By their
Fuibright scholarship
fulcrum
full employment
Fulton, Robert —
functionalism (architecture)
fundamentalism
Furies, the
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