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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 "G".
Gable, Clark
Galahad, Sir
galaxy
Galileo
gall bladder
gallstone
Gallup Poll
galvanize
game is not worth the candle., The
gamma rays
gamut, running the
Gandhi, Indira
Gandhi, Mohandas (Mahatma)
Ganges River
Gang of Four
gangrene
Garbo, Greta
gargoyle
Garibaldi, Menotti
Garland, Judy
Garrison, William Lloyd
Garvey, Marcus
gas (physics)
gasohol
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
Gauguin, Paul
gay rights
Gehrig, Lou
Geiger counter
geisha
gene
gene pool
general anesthetic
general strike
general theory of relativity
generating plant
generation
gap
generator
Genesis, The Book of
genetic code
genetic engineering
genetics
Geneva
Geneva Convention
Genghis Khan
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
genocide
genotype
genre
Gentile
genus
geology
geometric progression
George III
Georgia
geothermal energy
German Democratic Republic
Germany
Geronimo
gerontocracy
gerrymander
Gershwin, George
gerund
gestalt psychology
Gestapo
gesundheit
get down to brass tacks
get out of bed on the wrong side, to
Get thee behind me, Satan.
Get thee to a nunnery.
getting a dose of one’s own medicine
Gettysburg Address
Ghana
Gibbon, Edward
GI Bill
Gibraltar
GI Joe
Gilbert and Sullivan
gilded cage, a
Giotto
Girl Scouts of America
Give him enough rope and he’ll hang himself.
Give me liberty or give me death.
Give me your tired, your poor.
Give my regards to Broadway.
give than to receive., It is better to
giving the Devil his due
glacier
glad hand
Gladstone
Glasgow
global village
Glorious Revolution
glossary
glucose |
glut
God Bless America (song)
God helps those who help themselves.
God’s in his heaven — All’s right with the world.
Goebbels, Joseph
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
Golan Heights
Goldberg, Rube
golden calf
golden fleece
Golden Gate Bridge
golden mean
Golden Rule
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
gold rush, the
gold standard
Golgotha
Gompers, Samuel
gonads
Gone With the Wind (title)
Gonna lay my burden down.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Good Friday
good man is hard to find., A
Good Neighbor Policy
good Samaritan
goosestep
goose who laid the golden eggs
GOP
Gordian knot, cutting the
oring, Hermann
Gospel
gothic
go to pot
Go west, young man.
Goya, Francisco
graçias
gradualism
graft (politics)
Graham, Billy
grain of salt, with a
Granada
Grand Canyon
grand jury
Grandma Moses
granite
Grant, Ulysses S.
Grapes of Wrath, The (title)
grass is always greener on the other side., The
gravity
grazie
Great Depression
greatest good for the greatest number
Great Expectations (title)
Great Gatsby, The (title)
Great Lakes
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Great Plains
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Great Salt Lake
Great Smoky Mountains
Great Society
Great Wall of China
Great War, The
Greco, El
Greece
Greek Orthodox Church
Greeley, Horace
greenbacks
green-eyed monster, the
greenhouse effect
Greenland
green revolution
Greenwich mean time
Greenwich Village gremlins
Grenada
Gresham’s law
Griffith, D. W.
Grimm brothers
Grim Reaper, the (image)
Grinch Who Stole Christmas, The (title)
gringo
Gross National Product (GNP)
groundwater
guerrilla war
Guiana
guild
guilt by association
gulag
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Stream
Gulliver’s Travels (title)
gunboat diplomacy
Gunga Din (title)
gung-ho
guru
Gutenberg, Johannes
Guthrie, Woody |
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