Test 15 - Ch. 1-18; MM Review Flashcards
This is the record of what has happened to mankind
History
Capital of Canada
Ottawa
One of the driest regions in the world, found in South America
Atacama Desert
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
George Washington
The first permanent settlement in the New World
Jamestown
The capital of Brazil
Brasilia
Who were the Indians that joined the Pilgrims for the first Thanksgiving?
Wampanoags
What is a plain of hilly region within the temperate zone that is covered by tall grasses called
prairie
The largest canyon in the US
Grand Canyon
The war associated with… V-E Day
WW II
The war associated with… “Remember the Maine”
Spanish-American War
The war associated with… November 11, 1918
WW I
The war associated with… the Zimmerman Note
WW I
The war associated with… the first use of atomic bombs
WW II
The war associated with… the bombing of Pearl Harbor
WW II
The war associated with… Battle of Gettysburg
Civil War
The war associated with… the Emancipation Proclamation
Civil War
The war associated with… the Rough Riders
Spanish-American War
Two countries where the U.S. military attacked terrorists in the “War on Terror”
Afghanistan and Iraq
the Nazi leader of Germany during WW II
Adolf Hitler
an Islamic terrorist group responsible for attacks including the attack of September 11, 2001
al Qaeda
American patriot who said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”
Nathan Hale
Virginian who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”
Patrick Henry
the first man to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
the “Angel of the Battlefield” and the founder of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
a person who wants to preserve traditional beliefs and values
conservative
the man who developed the assembly line method of production
Henry Ford
The major mountain range in South America
Andes Mountain Range
One of the world’s ten most admired women of her time - a great opera singer
Marian Anderson
The black minister who was very active in the civil rights movement
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The legislation that guaranteed voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities
1964 Civil Rights Act
The black educator who served as Special Advisor on Minority Affairs to Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mary McLeod Bethune
The President during the Cuban Missle Crisis
John F Kennedy
The Communist leader of Russia during WW II
Joseph Stalin
The most famous early South American Indian civilization
Inca
The Fascist leader of Italy during WW II
Benito Mussolini
The first president ever to resign from office
Richard Nixon
Operation Desert Storm was directed against what country
Iraq
The President who helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
Jimmy Carter
The Communist leader who agreed to a plan of “perestroika” or “restructuring”
Mikhail Gorbachev
The first woman justice was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by which President
Ronald Reagan
The highest navigable lake in South America
Lake TIticaca
Where is the world’s largest tropical rain forest located?
Amazon River Basin
