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6th Grade History Test 15 (Final Exam) Flashcards

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the record of what has happened to mankind

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history

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the capital of Canada

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Ottawa

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

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Atacama Desert

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the Indians who joined the Pilgrims for the first Thanksgiving

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Wampanoags

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

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prairie

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the largest canyon in the United States

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Grand Canyon

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the capital of Brazil

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Brasilia

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the first permanent English settlement in the New World

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Jamestown

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

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George Washington

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“Remember the Maine”

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Spanish-American War

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the Zimmerman Note

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World War I

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the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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World War II

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Battle of Gettysburg

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Civil War

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14
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the Rough Riders

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Spanish-American War

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the Emancipation Proclamation

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Civil War

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the first use of atomic bombs

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World War II

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November 11, 1918

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World War I

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V-E Day

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World War II

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the Nazi leader of Germany during World War II

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Adolf Hitler

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

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Nathan Hale

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the first man to walk on the moon

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Neil Armstrong

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a person who wants to preserve traditional beliefs and values

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conservative

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the man who developed the assembly line method of production

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Henry Ford

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

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Clara Barton

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Virginian who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”

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Patrick Henry

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

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al Qaeda

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

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Afghanistan

Iraq

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

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Marian Anderson

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

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1964 Civil Rights Act

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

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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the major mountain range in South America

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Andes Mountain range

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the President during the Cuban Missile Crisis

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John F. Kennedy

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the most famous early South American Indian civilization

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Inca civilization

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the first President ever to resign from office

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Richard Nixon

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

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Jimmy Carter

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

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Ronald Reagan

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

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Operation Desert Storm was directed against the country of

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Iraq

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the Fascist leader of Italy during World War II

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Benito Mussolini

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the Communist leader of Russia during WWII

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Joseph Stalin

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

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Mary McLeod Bethune

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home to the world’s largest tropical rain forest

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Amazon River Basin

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the highest navigable lake in South America

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Lake Titicaca

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the black educator who founded Tuskegee Institute

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Booker T. Washington

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the explorer who led the expedition which discovered the North Pole

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Robert Peary

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the “Plant Genius” who found 285 uses for the peanut

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George Washington Carver

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America’s most famous evangelist of the 19th century

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Dwight L. Moody

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the “George Washington of South America”

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Simon Bolivar

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the inventor of the electric lightbulb

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Thomas Edison

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the inventor of the telegraph

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Samuel Morse

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the inventor of the first liquid fuel rocket

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Robert H. Goddard

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the inventor of the mechanical reaper

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Cyrus McCormick

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one of the inventors of the airplane

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Orville Wright

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the President during World War I

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Woodrow Wilson

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

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

56
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Study Map locations of bodies of water, mountains, peninsulas, rivers, etc. for the Western Hemisphere.

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Study your worksheets.

57
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Know the locations of the states and their capitals.

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STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!!

6th Grade History-New World History & Geography (16 decks)

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