FACTivity – Can You Hear Me Now?

(käŋ grǝs): The supreme legislative body of a nation and especially of a republic; in this case, the group of elected officials in the United States that makes the laws, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

(de zig nāt): To appoint or choose by name for a special purpose; to mark or point out.

(wil dǝr nǝs): In this case, an area designated by Congress to be preserved in a wild and natural condition as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

(wī(e)l(d) līf): Living things and especially mammals, birds, and fishes that are neither human nor domesticated.