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Animal Self-Defense Quiz

The animal kingdom is a dangerous place. A poor prey animal has to do what it can to protect itself. Some of these methods of self-defense are bizarre, to say the least. How well do you know these…

Jabotinsky, Vladimir

(Encyclopedia) Jabotinsky, VladimirJabotinsky, Vladimiryăbˌətĭnˈskē [key], 1880–1940, Jewish Zionist leader, b. Russia. A fiery orator and an accomplished writer in several languages, he was a…

Percy, George

(Encyclopedia) Percy, George, 1580–1631?, English colonial official in Virginia. He sailed to Virginia with the expedition of 1606–7 and was deputy governor (1609–10) after John Smith's return to…

Fuchu

(Encyclopedia) Fuchu Fuchu f&oomacr;ˈch&oomacr; [key]. 1 City, Hiroshima prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the…

Ben-Zvi, Yizhak

(Encyclopedia) Ben-Zvi, YizhakBen-Zvi, Yizhakyĭtshˈhäk bĕn-tsvē [key], 1884–1963, president of Israel (1952–63), b. Russia, originally named Issac Shimshelevitz. A Zionist, he fled Russia in 1905…

mayhem

(Encyclopedia) mayhemmayhemmāˈhĕm, māˈəm [key], in common law, the crime of willfully injuring a person so as to diminish his or her capacity for self-defense. Cutting off an arm or leg would thus be…

Black Panthers

(Encyclopedia) Black Panthers, U.S. African-American militant party, founded (1966) in Oakland, Calif., by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Originally aimed at armed self-defense against the local…

Kenosha

(Encyclopedia) Kenosha Kenosha kĭnōˈshə [key], industrial city (2020 pop. 99,986), seat of Kenosha co., SE Wis., a…

martial arts

(Encyclopedia) martial arts, various forms of self-defense, usually weaponless, based on techniques developed in ancient China, India, and Tibet. In modern times they have come into wide use for self…

belligerency

(Encyclopedia) belligerencybelligerencybəlĭjˈərənsē [key], in international law, status of parties legally at war. Belligerency exists in a war between nations or in a civil war if the established…