Semester Final 2014 (Split) [Generals & History] Flashcards

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What was the earliest epic poem ever found in Mesopotamia?

A

The epic of Gilgamesh

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2
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What Spanish conquistador found Florida?

A

Ponce de Leon

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3
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What Carthaginian general led his army across the Alps?

A

Hannibal

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Romulus and Remus founded what city that later became a vast empire?

A

Roman Empire

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In what year was Greece conquered by the Roman Empire?

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214 B.C.

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Union General in Battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg and Chattanooga.

A

U.S. Grant

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Union General in Antietam

A

McCellan

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Union General in Gettysburg, Cold Harbour, Petersburg, and Appomattox

A

Meade

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Union General in March of Atlanta, March to the Sea, and Carolina Campaingn

A

Sherman

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Union General in Fredericksburg

A

Ambrose Burnside

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Confederate Gerneral in 1st and 2nd manassas, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville

A

Stonewall Jackson

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12
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Confederate General in The peninsula, 2nd Manassas, Antietam, Fredercksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Cold Harbour, North Anna, Petersbug, and Appomattox

A

Robert E. Lee

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13
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Confederate General in Fort Sumter

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Robert Anderson

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Confederate General in Battle of Atlanta, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga

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John Bell Hood

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Confederate General in Battle of Perryville, BAttle of Missionary Ridge, Battle of Stones River (Murfreeboro)

A

Braxton Braggs

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16
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What land feature connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea?

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Straight of Gabraltar

17
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Which Egyptian Pharaoh was the only woman Pharaoh to ever rule?

A

Hatshepsut

18
Q

Who brought Christianity to Greenland and founded Vinland ?

A

Leif Erickson

19
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Who was the leader of Great Britain during WWII?

A

Churchill

20
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Which country gave the U.S. the statue of liberty?

A

France

21
Q

What year did the Boston Tea Party place?

A

1773

22
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What document starts with the words “We the people”?

A

U.S. Constitution

23
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Name the bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

A

Enola Gay

24
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Name the bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

A

Bockscar

25
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What event is “the day that will live in infamy”?

A

Bombing of Pearl Harbor