Test 12 Final Exam Flashcards

1
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chosen by God to become the father of the nation of Israel

A

Abraham

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2
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succeeded Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia

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Vladimir Putin

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3
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Did Ronald Reagan believe that more government control is necessary?

A

NO

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4
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the last great ASsyrian king that collected a library of 100,000 cuneiform tablets

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Ashurbanipal

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5
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The English author that is perhaps the greatest author of all time

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William Shakespeare

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6
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the “Father of Modern Missions”

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William Carey

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7
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oil-rich kingdom that Saddam Hussein ordered an invasion of in 1990

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Kuwait

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8
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Communist leader who ruled Yugoslavia immediately after WWII

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Josip Tito

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9
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The blind Green poet credited for creating the epics Iliad and the Odyssey

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Homer

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10
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the last czar of Russia before the Communists took over

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Nicholas II

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11
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Slobodan Milosevic was responsible for this in Bosnia and Kosovo

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ethnic cleansing

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12
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the year the Panama Canal turned over to the Panamanians

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1999

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13
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What does jihad mean?

A

holy war

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14
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Nelson Mandela was the first black president of what country?

A

South Africa

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15
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Who wrote the classic Fifth Symphony?

A

Beethoven

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16
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Renaissance artist who painted the Mona Lisa.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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17
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the approximate dates for the Middle Ages

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A.D. 500-A.D. 1500

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18
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the group Osama bin Laden directed in the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001

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Al-Qaeda

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19
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the country not affected by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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Brazil

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20
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the American President during Operation Desert Storm

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George H. W. Bush

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21
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Hugh Capet’s coronation as king is viewed as the beginning of which nation?:

A

French

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22
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the country the United States believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in

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Afghanistan

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23
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the English king who broke with the Roman church, setting off the English Reformation?

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Henry VIII

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24
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The year Martin Luther posted the Ninety-five Theses, sparking the Protestant Reformation

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1517

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25
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the country forced to give up land and the ability to protect itself in the Oslo Accords

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Israel

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26
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led ground forces in the Persian Gulf War

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Norman Schwarzkopf

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27
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Greek conqueror of Persia and most of the known world

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Alexander

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28
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great Frankish king crowned “Emperor of the Romans”

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Charlemagne

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29
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man whose assassination sparked World War I

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Francis Ferdinand

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30
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conquered the Aztecs

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Hernando Cortes

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31
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led war elephants across the Alps to invade Italy

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Hannibal

32
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leader of North Korea

A

Kim-Jong II

33
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two countries that signed the Good Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation

A

Russia and China

34
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In 1997 this country reverted back to the Chinese

A

Hong Kong

35
Q

Intifada means what?

A

uprising

36
Q

invented the World Wide Web

A

Tim-Berners- Lee

37
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William the Conqueror invaded this country in 1066

A

England

38
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Vladimir (Nikolai) Lenin led a Bolshevik revolt and established a Communist state in which country?

A

Russia

39
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The ____ Protocol requires member nations to reduce greenhouse emissions.

A

Kyoto

40
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The famous drawing Praying Hands was done by this artist.

A

Albrecht Durer

41
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the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians

A

Nero

42
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Nelson Mandela’s disciple

A

Thabo Mbeki

43
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first president of mexico for the National Action Party

A

Vincente Fox Quesada

44
Q

member of the Ba’ath Party

A

Saddam Hussein

45
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president of Iran

A

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

46
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Palestinian Prime Minister

A

Salam Fayyad

47
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Israeli Prime Minister

A

Ehud Olmert

48
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dictator who relinquished power to his brother

A

Fidel Castro

49
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falsely promised a reduction of terrorism against Israel

A

Yassir Arafat

50
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leader of Venezuela

A

Hugo Chavez

51
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Former Prime Minister of Pakistan assassinated in 2007

A

Benazir Bhutto

52
Q

the Egyptian process of preserving dead bodies

A

mummification

53
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led American troops in Operation Iraqi Freedom

A

Tommy Franks

54
Q

the legal and moral code of Islam

A

Shari’a

55
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the common name for Avian influenza

A

bird flu

56
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What did Johann Gutenberg invent c. 1440?

A

movable-type printing press

57
Q

the more passive branch of Islam called that followws the Orthodox tradition

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Sunni

58
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the hurricane that claimed over 1,300 lives in Mississippi and Louisiana

A

Katrina

59
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appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the american Revolution

A

George Washington

60
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the Nazi-planned murder of millions of Jews

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holocaust

61
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division of society in India

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caste system

62
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Original inhabitants of Australia

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Aborigines

63
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putting man in place of or above God

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humanism

64
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Sumerian writing

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cuneiform

65
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Egyptian writing

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hieroglyphics

66
Q

the god of Islam

A

Allah

67
Q

the Spanish Armada was defeated by this navy in 1588

A

English

68
Q

the third nation to send a man into space

A

China

69
Q

Biofuel combined with regular gasoline

A

flex fuel

70
Q

built the Palace of Versailles

A

Louis XIV

71
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emphasizes the saving, preserving, and restoring of natural resources

A

Environmentalism

72
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the religious document by environmentalists containing sixteen principles

A

Earth Charter

73
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a movement to unite the world through an economic, political, and religious system

A

globalism

74
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the First Lady who supported a national health care plan

A

Hillary Clinton

75
Q

The former states of Yugoslavia signed a program of peace called

A

Dayton Accords

76
Q

Know these locations on a map of the world.

A
China
Madagascar
South Africa
Mexico
Argentina
Canada
Greenland
Iceland
Egypt
New Zealand
Russia
Japan
France
India
Australia