4 Terms
Contributors in World history
World history
Deforestation
History; World history
The widespread destruction of the world's forests. One of the largest areas of destruction are the tropical rainforests. These forest are cut down for the hardwood lumber, to clear space for farming, ...
Tanya Savicheva
History; World history
Tatiana Nikolayevna Savicheva (23 January 1930 - 1 July 1944) was a Soviet child diarist who endured the Siege of Leningrad during World War II. She was the youngest of five children and had to dig ...
Liberty
History; World history
In the political sense, this usually means freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
The Last Supper
History; World history
A famous Renaissance mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice d'Este. It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the ...
Mona Lisa
History; World history
A famous Renaissance painting by Leonardo Da Vinci that is half-length portrait of a woman. The painting, a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is in oil on a poplar ...
Archipelago
History; World history
Aslo called an island group, it is a chain or cluster of islands. For example, Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan are all considered archipelagos.
