Part 4 Flashcards
Mussolini’s first act of aggression was to invade
Albania
Nelson Mandela was its first black president
South Africa
Argentina was unsuccessful in taking over these islands in 1982
Falkland
The first civilization arose in the land of
Mesopotamia
Won the Hundred Year War
France
Turning point of the war in the Pacific
Midway
Its greatest contribution to civilization was writing
Sumer
United States headquarters
New York
Napoleon’s final defeat
Waterloo
First city destroyed by the atomic bomb
Hiroshima
Former British possession that was given back to Communist China
Hong Kong
Nation invaded by Saddam Hussein, prompting Operation Desert Storm
kuwait
THe treaty of _______ lain foundations for the nations of France and Germany
Verdum
World’s oldest living civilization; The “gReat Leap Forward” and the Cultural Revolution Occurred in this countary
China
1066
Battle of hasting
1215
Magna Carta signed
1440
Movable-type printing press invented
1517
Protestant Reformation
1776
Declaration of Independance
1789
French Revolution began
1815
Defeat of Napoleon
1914
World War 1 Began
1945
World War 2 ended
1975
Vietnam War ended