Gr 6 Ch 12 Test 10

Question 1

The 16 White battleships that President Roosevelt sent on a world tour

Answer 1

Great White Fleet

Question 2

The name of the famous mail train that traveled between New York and Chicago in 24 hours

Answer 2

Fast Mail

Question 3

The difficult years of 1929 to 1939

Answer 3

The Great Depression

Question 4

People who affirm the truth of the Bible

Answer 4

Fundamentalists

Question 5

The statement of loyalty to America written by Francis Bellamy

Answer 5

The Pledge of Allegiance

Question 6

The toy made in honor of theater Roosevelt

Answer 6

Teddy bear

Question 7

Germany’s underwater boats

Answer 7

U-boats

Question 8

November 11 the day we honor all those who have fought for our country in any war or serve dinner nation’s Armed Forces

Answer 8

Veterans Day

Question 9

The dates of World War I

Answer 9

1914 to 1918

Question 10

The incident that served as an excuse for the beginning of World War I

Answer 10

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Question 11

Countries that sided with Germany in World War I

Answer 11

Central Powers

Question 12

Countries that cited against Germany in World War I

Answer 12

Allied Powers

Question 13

President of United States during World War I

Answer 13

Woodrow Wilson

Question 14

The “unsinkable” oceanliner that sank off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912

Answer 14

The Titanic

Question 15

The action which proved that Germany was a threat to the United States as well as Europe

Answer 15

The sending of the Zimmerman Note

Question 16

The man who wrote several books refuting the theory of evolution

Answer 16

Dr. Harry Rimmer

Question 17

He led the first successful expedition to the North Pole

Answer 17

Robert Peary

Question 18

The famous railroad engineer who died while trying to save his passengers

Answer 18

Casey Jones

Question 19

British naturalist who rejected the scriptures and developed the theory of evolution

Answer 19

Charles Darwin

Question 20

Standard time was instituted by this industry in the United States

Answer 20

The railroad industry

Question 21

The life expectancy of men in the 1900s was shorter or longer than it is today

Answer 21

Shorter

Question 22

This letter promised Mexico a part of the United States and Germany in World War I

Answer 22

Zimmerman Note

Question 23

He invented the wireless telegraph

Answer 23

Guglielmo Marconi

Question 24

He said, The world must be made safe for democracy.”

Answer 24

Woodrow Wilson

Question 25

He said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

Answer 25

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 26

World War I ended on this date

Answer 26

November 11, 1918

Question 27

The president who created jobs during the Great Depression with money the government did not have

Answer 27

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 28

Over 100 Americans died when the British passenger liner sank in May 1915

Answer 28

The Lusitania

Question 29

He said, "The strength of the nation depends upon the character of the people."

Answer 29

Calvin Coolidge

Question 30

The lawyer who won the Scopes trial against evolution

Answer 30

William Jennings Bryan

Question 31

The professor who gave radio talks about the truth of the Bible and the falseness of modernism

Answer 31

J. Gresham Machen

Question 32

List Theodore Roosevelt's accomplishments as president

Answer 32

He believed peace could be kept by diplomacy and by being prepared for war so he strengthened our country's defenses by increasing the number of battleships and armored cruisers. He sent the great White Fleet on a tour around the world to show nations we could not be attacked without grave consequences. He used his skill in diplomacy to settle a war between Russia and Japan. This one him the Nobel Prize for peace. He negotiated a treaty with Panama to allow the building of the Panama Canal. He also worked to conserve our forests and other natural resources.

Question 33

Locate the following places on the map

Answer 33

``` Pico Duarte Queen Elizabeth Islands Hawaiian Islands Mount Saint Helens Lesser Antilles Mount Elbert Mount Aconcagua Galapagos islands Mount Whitney Mauna Kea Falkland islands Chihuahuan Desert Mount Mitchell Victoria Island ```

Question 34

The first black American woman to head a federal agency

Answer 34

Mary McLeod Bethune