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Cuauhtémoc
Last Aztec emperor, nephew and son-in-law of Montezuma II.
Cuba
Island country, West Indies.
Cuban missile crisis
(1962) Major confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
Cubism
Movement in the visual arts created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Paris between 1907 and 1914.
cuckoo
Any of some 138 species of tree-dwelling and terrestrial birds of the family Cuculidae. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical regions but are most diverse in the Old World tropics.
cucumber
Creeping plant (Cucumis sativus), of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), or its oblong fruit, for which it is widely cultivated.
cucumber beetle
Any of several leaf beetles (genus Diabrotica) that are important pests.
Cudworth, Ralph
English theologian and philosopher.
Cuernavaca
City (pop., 2000: 327,162), capital of Morelos state, south-central Mexico.
Cuiabá River
River, Brazil.
Cukor, George (Dewey)
U.S. film director.
Culiacán
City (pop., 2000: 540,823), capital of Sinaloa state, western Mexico.
Cullen, Countee
U.S. poet of the Harlem Renaissance.
Cullen, William
Scottish physician and professor.
Cullinan diamond
Largest gem diamond ever discovered.
Culloden, Battle of
(April 16, 1746) Last battle of the “Forty-five Rebellion,” which took place on a moor near Inverness, Scot.
Culpeper's Rebellion
(1677–79) Popular uprising in the Albemarle section of Carolina to protest the British Navigation Acts, which denied the colonists free markets.
cult
Collective veneration or worship (e.g., the cult of the saints—meaning collective veneration of the saints—in Roman Catholicism).
cultivar
Any variety of a plant, originating through cloning or hybridization (see clone, hybrid), known only in cultivation.
cultivation
Loosening and breaking up (tilling) of the soil.
Cultivation System
Revenue system in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) that forced farmers to pay revenue to The Netherlands in the form of export crops or compulsory labour.
cultural anthropology
Branch of anthropology that deals with the study of culture.
Cultural Revolution
(1966–76) Upheaval launched by Mao Zedong to renew the spirit of revolution in China.
cultural studies
Interdisciplinary field concerned with the role of social institutions in the shaping of culture.
culture
Integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behaviour that is both a result of and integral to the human capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations.
culture contact
Contact between peoples with different cultures, usually leading to change in one or both systems.
culture hero
Mythological figure who secures for humanity the attributes of culture either in cooperation with or in opposition to the gods.
Cumae
Ancient city west of Naples, Italy.
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
National historical park, Tennessee, U.S.
Cumberland Plateau
Tableland in the U.S. that forms the western section of the Appalachian Mountains and a part of the Allegheny Plateau.
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