ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY

Every year, the United States officially celebrates May as Asian American History Month, a chance to reflect on the experiences and important roles that Asian ...

DIABETES 101

Diabetes is a group of diseases in which defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both cause high blood sugar/glucose. Diabetes can lead to premature ...

MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (USA)

The United States is the only industrialized country in the world that does not primarily use the metric system to measure quantities like volume, length, ...

U.S. WOMEN’S HISTORY 2

Despite making up over half of the Earth’s population, women have often been marginalized in accounts of history. In the United States, some women have ...

COUNTRY QUIZ: CHINA

For several centuries China was a leading civilization, but internal strife, famine and foreign occupation set back the country in the 19th and early 20th ...

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

Every year, the United States officially celebrates February as Black History Month, a chance to reflect on the extraordinary role that African Americans have played ...

ASTRONOMY 101: THE SUN

Without the Sun life on Earth could not exist. The Sun heats our planet, provides light for us to see, gives us the energy needed ...

ASTRONOMY 101: THE STARS

Mankind has always been fascinated by the stars. From Greeks using them to tell stories of their gods, to understanding their importance in the creation ...

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Why should one learn about renewable energy? Renewable energy matters greatly, and for at least two reasons. First, given modern people’s heavy reliance on energy ...

COUNTRY QUIZ: SYRIA

Why learn about Syria? Besides being in the news regularly since 2011 due to its ongoing civil war, Syria has been a significant player in ...

OBAMACARE (ACA)

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or “Obamacare,” has and will affect millions of Americans. The ...

COUNTRY QUIZ: EGYPT

Why should one learn more about Egypt? Egypt is the most populous nation in the Middle East, and from 1981 to 2011, had one of ...

WORLD GEOGRAPHY 1

Why does world geography matter? Simply put, geography is destiny. Elements of geography – like climate, elevation, soil quality, population distribution, water and other resource ...

AMERICANS’ SPENDING & SAVINGS

Why should one know about Americans’ savings and spending? How much, and on what Americans spend and save affects the whole world because Americans are ...

U.S. INCOME INEQUALITY

Why does income inequality matter? Inequality may be inevitable, but its extent is not. Nations vary considerably in their extent of inequality, whether defined by ...

U.S. GOV’T INCOME & SPENDING

Knowing more about the U.S. government budget – including income and spending – matters for at least two reasons. First, knowing more about the federal ...

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTS

Why learn about the environment? The more obvious reason is that we, as human beings, depend on the environment for our survival. Endangering our environment ...

TERRORISM FACTS

Why learn about terrorism? Clearly terrorism captures the public imagination, especially when terrorist acts occur. Some people believe that terrorism is inexplicable, and that to ...

U.S. WOMEN’S HISTORY

Why does women’s history matter? Women comprise about half of the world’s population yet have been and remain to varying extents underrepresented in history and ...

NUTRITION 2

Why does nutrition matter? Given that food is essential to health, and food companies make many sometimes misleading claims about their products, the more one ...

WORLD POPULATION 2

This quiz addresses rates of birth, death, infant mortality, life expectancy and growth by continent. These population rates matter because they directly affect the health ...

OVERWEIGHT & OBESITY IN AMERICA

Why do overweight and obesity rates matter? On an individual level, being overweight or obese puts a person at higher risk of a range of ...

GOVERNMENT ACRONYMS

Why do government acronyms matter? Acronyms are abbreviations of names, frequently the first letter of each word in a name. In government, names are often ...

CRIME AND CRIME REPORTING IN THE USA

Why learn about crime? Many people are fascinated by the worst of crimes and criminals. But learning about the full range of crimes, including their ...

EARTHQUAKES AND EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

Why learn about earthquakes and earthquake safety? Earthquakes are caused when accumulated stress causes sudden slips along fault lines in the earth’s crust. Even though ...