Kudzu is a climbing vine native to japan and china. it was introduced in the late 1800s. today, this plant is common along road sides in the southeast, where it takes over and destroys native vegatations. kudzu would be classified as a species

Where did the term “iron curtain” originate? the warsaw pact used the term iron curtain as a code word for communism. in a 1946 speech, british prime minister winston churchill said an iron curtain had fallen across the continent of europe. while visiting western europe in 1946, u.s. president harry truman commented that the mountains there looked like iron curtains. russian general secretary joseph stalin instructed citizens of eastern europe to hang iron curtains over their windows to protect themselves from stray bullets.