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Civil Rights and Mountains Flashcards

1
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What is the outer layer of the earth called?

A

Crust

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2
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How many major plates form earth’s crust?

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7

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How are mountains formed?

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Tectonic plates are large pieces of rock. Mountains are formed when these plates collide with each other. Other mountains are formed by volcanic activity when the crust cracks open.

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4
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What is the top of a mountain called?

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Summit

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5
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What is the bottom of a mountain called?

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Base

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6
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Which is the longest mountain range?

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Andes

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7
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What is a mountain range?

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A group of maintain

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8
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Where is Mount Everest?

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Himalayas, Asia

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9
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Which is the tallest mountain in Britain?

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Ben Nevis in Scotland

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10
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Which is the tallest known mountain in the solar system?

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Olympus Mons in Mars

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What is the difference between a hill and a mountain?

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Hills are less tha 600 m in height.

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12
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What is the side of a mountain called?

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Slope

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13
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What is a gorge?

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A gorge is a very steep valley between two mountains

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14
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How tall is Mount Everest?

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29000 feet

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15
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In which state of the US was Rosa Parks born?

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Alabama

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16
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What is Rosa Parks famous for?

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Bus issue

17
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What were rules of bus travel in those days in the US?

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In those days buses were segregated, meaning black people and white people had separate seats. Black people had to sit at the back of the bus on seats that were signed ‘For coloured only’. White people sat at the front of the bus on seats that were reserved for them.

If all the seats for black people were full but there were empty seats in the ‘whites-only area’, black people had to stand up.

18
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What is the Montgomery bus boycott?

A

thousands of African Americans refused to ride the city buses. The boycott continued for over a year! It wasn’t easy for African Americans because many of them didn’t have cars and had to walk to work or share a lift.

19
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Who led the bus boycott?

A

Martin Luther King Jr

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