6th Grade History Test 15 (Final Exam) Flashcards
the record of what has happened to mankind
history
the capital of Canada
Ottawa
One of the driest regions in the world, found in South America
Atacama Desert
the Indians who joined the Pilgrims for the first Thanksgiving
Wampanoags
a plain or hilly region within the temperate zone that is covered by tall grasses
prairie
the largest canyon in the United States
Grand Canyon
the capital of Brazil
Brasilia
the first permanent English settlement in the New World
Jamestown
a Virginian who gained valuable military experience during the French and Indian War and had the reputation for being brave and wise
George Washington
“Remember the Maine”
Spanish-American War
the Zimmerman Note
World War I
the bombing of Pearl Harbor
World War II
Battle of Gettysburg
Civil War
the Rough Riders
Spanish-American War
the Emancipation Proclamation
Civil War
the first use of atomic bombs
World War II
November 11, 1918
World War I
V-E Day
World War II
the Nazi leader of Germany during World War II
Adolf Hitler
American patriot who said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”
Nathan Hale
the first man to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
a person who wants to preserve traditional beliefs and values
conservative
the man who developed the assembly line method of production
Henry Ford
the “Angel of the Battlefield” and the founder of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
Virginian who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”
Patrick Henry
an Islamic terrorist group responsible for attacks including the attack of September 11, 2001
al Qaeda
two countries where the U.S. military attacked terrorists in the “War on Terror”
Afghanistan
Iraq
one of the world’s ten most admired women of her time, a great opera singer
Marian Anderson
the legislation that guaranteed voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities
1964 Civil Rights Act
the black minister who was very active in the civil rights movement was
Martin Luther King, Jr.
the major mountain range in South America
Andes Mountain range
the President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
the most famous early South American Indian civilization
Inca civilization
the first President ever to resign from office
Richard Nixon
the President who helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
Jimmy Carter
the first woman justice was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Ronald Reagan
the Communist leader who agreed to a plan of “perestroika,” or “restructuring”
Mikhail Gorbachev
Operation Desert Storm was directed against the country of
Iraq
the Fascist leader of Italy during World War II
Benito Mussolini
the Communist leader of Russia during WWII
Joseph Stalin
the black educator who served as Special Advisor on Minority Affairs to Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mary McLeod Bethune
home to the world’s largest tropical rain forest
Amazon River Basin
the highest navigable lake in South America
Lake Titicaca
the black educator who founded Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
the explorer who led the expedition which discovered the North Pole
Robert Peary
the “Plant Genius” who found 285 uses for the peanut
George Washington Carver
America’s most famous evangelist of the 19th century
Dwight L. Moody
the “George Washington of South America”
Simon Bolivar
the inventor of the electric lightbulb
Thomas Edison
the inventor of the telegraph
Samuel Morse
the inventor of the first liquid fuel rocket
Robert H. Goddard
the inventor of the mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
one of the inventors of the airplane
Orville Wright
the President during World War I
Woodrow Wilson
the commander of the Allied Powers in World War II who later became President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Study Map locations of bodies of water, mountains, peninsulas, rivers, etc. for the Western Hemisphere.
Study your worksheets.
Know the locations of the states and their capitals.
STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!!
