6th Grade History Test 15 (Final Exam)

Question 1

the record of what has happened to mankind

Answer 1

history

Question 2

the capital of Canada

Answer 2

Ottawa

Question 3

One of the driest regions in the world, found in South America

Answer 3

Atacama Desert

Question 4

the Indians who joined the Pilgrims for the first Thanksgiving

Answer 4

Wampanoags

Question 5

a plain or hilly region within the temperate zone that is covered by tall grasses

Answer 5

prairie

Question 6

the largest canyon in the United States

Answer 6

Grand Canyon

Question 7

the capital of Brazil

Answer 7

Brasilia

Question 8

the first permanent English settlement in the New World

Answer 8

Jamestown

Question 9

a Virginian who gained valuable military experience during the French and Indian War and had the reputation for being brave and wise

Answer 9

George Washington

Question 10

“Remember the Maine”

Answer 10

Spanish-American War

Question 11

the Zimmerman Note

Answer 11

World War I

Question 12

the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Answer 12

World War II

Question 13

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 13

Civil War

Question 14

the Rough Riders

Answer 14

Spanish-American War

Question 15

the Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 15

Civil War

Question 16

the first use of atomic bombs

Answer 16

World War II

Question 17

November 11, 1918

Answer 17

World War I

Question 18

V-E Day

Answer 18

World War II

Question 19

the Nazi leader of Germany during World War II

Answer 19

Adolf Hitler

Question 20

American patriot who said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”

Answer 20

Nathan Hale

Question 21

the first man to walk on the moon

Answer 21

Neil Armstrong

Question 22

a person who wants to preserve traditional beliefs and values

Answer 22

conservative

Question 23

the man who developed the assembly line method of production

Answer 23

Henry Ford

Question 24

the “Angel of the Battlefield” and the founder of the American Red Cross

Answer 24

Clara Barton

Question 25

Virginian who said, "Give me liberty or give me death"

Answer 25

Patrick Henry

Question 26

an Islamic terrorist group responsible for attacks including the attack of September 11, 2001

Answer 26

al Qaeda

Question 27

two countries where the U.S. military attacked terrorists in the "War on Terror"

Answer 27

Afghanistan | Iraq

Question 28

one of the world's ten most admired women of her time, a great opera singer

Answer 28

Marian Anderson

Question 29

the legislation that guaranteed voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities

Answer 29

1964 Civil Rights Act

Question 30

the black minister who was very active in the civil rights movement was

Answer 30

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 31

the major mountain range in South America

Answer 31

Andes Mountain range

Question 32

the President during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 32

John F. Kennedy

Question 33

the most famous early South American Indian civilization

Answer 33

Inca civilization

Question 34

the first President ever to resign from office

Answer 34

Richard Nixon

Question 35

the President who helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

Answer 35

Jimmy Carter

Question 36

the first woman justice was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

Answer 36

Ronald Reagan

Question 37

the Communist leader who agreed to a plan of "perestroika," or "restructuring"

Answer 37

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 38

Operation Desert Storm was directed against the country of

Answer 38

Iraq

Question 39

the Fascist leader of Italy during World War II

Answer 39

Benito Mussolini

Question 40

the Communist leader of Russia during WWII

Answer 40

Joseph Stalin

Question 41

the black educator who served as Special Advisor on Minority Affairs to Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 41

Mary McLeod Bethune

Question 42

home to the world's largest tropical rain forest

Answer 42

Amazon River Basin

Question 43

the highest navigable lake in South America

Answer 43

Lake Titicaca

Question 44

the black educator who founded Tuskegee Institute

Answer 44

Booker T. Washington

Question 45

the explorer who led the expedition which discovered the North Pole

Answer 45

Robert Peary

Question 46

the "Plant Genius" who found 285 uses for the peanut

Answer 46

George Washington Carver

Question 47

America's most famous evangelist of the 19th century

Answer 47

Dwight L. Moody

Question 48

the "George Washington of South America"

Answer 48

Simon Bolivar

Question 49

the inventor of the electric lightbulb

Answer 49

Thomas Edison

Question 50

the inventor of the telegraph

Answer 50

Samuel Morse

Question 51

the inventor of the first liquid fuel rocket

Answer 51

Robert H. Goddard

Question 52

the inventor of the mechanical reaper

Answer 52

Cyrus McCormick

Question 53

one of the inventors of the airplane

Answer 53

Orville Wright

Question 54

the President during World War I

Answer 54

Woodrow Wilson

Question 55

the commander of the Allied Powers in World War II who later became President

Answer 55

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 56

Study Map locations of bodies of water, mountains, peninsulas, rivers, etc. for the Western Hemisphere.

Answer 56

Study your worksheets.

Question 57

Know the locations of the states and their capitals.

Answer 57

STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!!