The original Star Wars film, first released in 1977, has already been translated into more than a dozen languages and now has added Diné Bizaad, the Native American language of the Navajo Nation, to the list. At least 170,000 people speak Diné Bizaad, making it the most. spoken Native American language. In spite of this, many younger Navajo people don't speak it. Star Wars was chosen for translation because it is familiar to people of all ages. Translating the movie into Diné Bizaad could be an effective way of bolstering the language.
At the very least, Star Wars will gain an even wider audience.
The translation could help increase__________
competition
donations
recognition
negotiations
recognition
There is a unique family business in Vienna, Austria, that produces about 200,000 high- quality snow globes a year. Their history goes back to the early 1900s when Erwin Perzy created his first snow globe. Inspired by people who were attempting to improve the light bulb, Perzy placed a water-filled glass globe in front of a candle in order to magnify the light. He proceeded to add a white powder into the water, resulting in an effect that reminded him of snowfall. Pleased with the appearance, he added a miniature building to create his first snow globe. The company he later founded has been producing them ever since.
Perzy's invention of the snow globe was________
questionable
dramatic
inadvertent
aggravating
inadvertent
For hundreds of years in civilizations around the world, people have believed that the number thirteen is unlucky. Buildings often do not have a floor numbered thirteen, and street addresses frequently skip the number thirteen. Groups of diners try to avoid having thirteen people at one table, and some people avoid getting married or buying a house on the thirteenth day of a month. There is even a word, triskaidekaphobia, that means the fear of the number thirteen. However, no scientific evidence supports the notion that the number thirteen is or ever has been unlucky,
This concern is a________belief.
hereditary
marketable
provincial
superstition
superstition
Wojtek was an orphaned brown bear cub adopted by the Polish 22nd Artillery Supply Company in World War II. According to contemporary accounts, Wojtek was treated like any other soldier. As he grew, the soldiers enlisted him in their unit, granting him a rank and serial number. Wojtek proved indispensable, literally sniffing out an enemy spy and carrying cumbersome munitions for Allied artillery. At the violent Battle of Monte Cassino, Wojtek tirelessly resupplied artillery on the front lines, day and night, despite enemy shells exploding all around him. His heroic conduct was so inspiring that the troops officially took on a new emblem: an icon of the bear carrying a howitzer shell.
The bear was________
insatiable
steadfast
erratic
destructive
steadfast
The United States has yet to have a woman as president. However, many remain unaware that for several years, a First Lady took charge behind the scenes. Edith Wilson was the wife of President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921. When her husband suffered from a stroke during his presidency, Edith took over administrative duties for the remainder of his term. Throughout her stewardship, Edith perused each issue with a careful eye, only bringing crucial dilemmas to Woodrow While Edith claimed not to have made any independent decisions regarding public affairs, she insisted that her husband remain resting as often as possible for the sake of his health.
Edith Wilson's actions were________
conventional
extravagant
confrontational
secretive
secretive
Before the Great Depression of the 1920s, the United States suffered a smaller depression in the 1890s. Responding to high unemployment rates and hungry families, Detroit's mayor offered vacant land to the urban poor for cultivation. Other cities followed suit, but once the economy recovered, urban gardening diminished. However, when food rationing was instituted at the beginning of the twentieth century during World War 1, "liberty gardens" became a crucial food source in cities once again. Later, the Great Depression and World War II necessitated the National Victory Garden Program. This program helped feed American and allied soldiers who were fighting abroad.
The gardens were motivated by________
scriptures
emigrants
nomads
shortages