Test 15 - Ch. 1-18; MM Review Flashcards

1
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This is the record of what has happened to mankind

A

History

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2
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Capital of Canada

A

Ottawa

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3
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One of the driest regions in the world, found in South America

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Atacama Desert

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4
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This person was a young Virginian who gained valuable military experience during the French and Indian War and had the reputation for being brave and wise

A

George Washington

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5
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The first permanent settlement in the New World

A

Jamestown

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6
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The capital of Brazil

A

Brasilia

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7
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Who were the Indians that joined the Pilgrims for the first Thanksgiving?

A

Wampanoags

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8
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What is a plain of hilly region within the temperate zone that is covered by tall grasses called

A

prairie

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9
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The largest canyon in the US

A

Grand Canyon

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10
Q

The war associated with… V-E Day

A

WW II

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11
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The war associated with… “Remember the Maine”

A

Spanish-American War

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12
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The war associated with… November 11, 1918

A

WW I

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13
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The war associated with… the Zimmerman Note

A

WW I

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14
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The war associated with… the first use of atomic bombs

A

WW II

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15
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The war associated with… the bombing of Pearl Harbor

A

WW II

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16
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The war associated with… Battle of Gettysburg

A

Civil War

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17
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The war associated with… the Emancipation Proclamation

A

Civil War

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18
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The war associated with… the Rough Riders

A

Spanish-American War

19
Q

Two countries where the U.S. military attacked terrorists in the “War on Terror”

A

Afghanistan and Iraq

20
Q

the Nazi leader of Germany during WW II

A

Adolf Hitler

21
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an Islamic terrorist group responsible for attacks including the attack of September 11, 2001

22
Q

American patriot who said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”

A

Nathan Hale

23
Q

Virginian who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”

A

Patrick Henry

24
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the first man to walk on the moon

A

Neil Armstrong

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the "Angel of the Battlefield" and the founder of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
26
a person who wants to preserve traditional beliefs and values
conservative
27
the man who developed the assembly line method of production
Henry Ford
28
The major mountain range in South America
Andes Mountain Range
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One of the world's ten most admired women of her time - a great opera singer
Marian Anderson
30
The black minister who was very active in the civil rights movement
Martin Luther King, Jr.
31
The legislation that guaranteed voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities
1964 Civil Rights Act
32
The black educator who served as Special Advisor on Minority Affairs to Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mary McLeod Bethune
33
The President during the Cuban Missle Crisis
John F Kennedy
34
The Communist leader of Russia during WW II
Joseph Stalin
35
The most famous early South American Indian civilization
Inca
36
The Fascist leader of Italy during WW II
Benito Mussolini
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The first president ever to resign from office
Richard Nixon
38
Operation Desert Storm was directed against what country
Iraq
39
The President who helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
Jimmy Carter
40
The Communist leader who agreed to a plan of "perestroika" or "restructuring"
Mikhail Gorbachev
41
The first woman justice was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by which President
Ronald Reagan
42
The highest navigable lake in South America
Lake TIticaca
43
Where is the world's largest tropical rain forest located?
Amazon River Basin