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

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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

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Ottawa

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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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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

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George Washington

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5
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The first permanent settlement in the New World

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Jamestown

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The capital of Brazil

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Brasilia

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

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Wampanoags

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

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prairie

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The largest canyon in the US

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Grand Canyon

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The war associated with… V-E Day

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WW II

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The war associated with… “Remember the Maine”

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Spanish-American War

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The war associated with… November 11, 1918

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WW I

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The war associated with… the Zimmerman Note

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WW I

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The war associated with… the first use of atomic bombs

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WW II

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The war associated with… the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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WW II

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The war associated with… Battle of Gettysburg

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Civil War

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The war associated with… the Emancipation Proclamation

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Civil War

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The war associated with… the Rough Riders

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Spanish-American War

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

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Afghanistan and Iraq

20
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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

A

al Qaeda

22
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American patriot who said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”

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Nathan Hale

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

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Patrick Henry

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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

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Clara Barton

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a person who wants to preserve traditional beliefs and values

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conservative

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the man who developed the assembly line method of production

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Henry Ford

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The major mountain range in South America

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Andes Mountain Range

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One of the world’s ten most admired women of her time - a great opera singer

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Marian Anderson

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The black minister who was very active in the civil rights movement

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The legislation that guaranteed voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities

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1964 Civil Rights Act

32
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The black educator who served as Special Advisor on Minority Affairs to Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Mary McLeod Bethune

33
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The President during the Cuban Missle Crisis

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John F Kennedy

34
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The Communist leader of Russia during WW II

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Joseph Stalin

35
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The most famous early South American Indian civilization

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Inca

36
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The Fascist leader of Italy during WW II

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Benito Mussolini

37
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The first president ever to resign from office

A

Richard Nixon

38
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Operation Desert Storm was directed against what country

A

Iraq

39
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The President who helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

A

Jimmy Carter

40
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The Communist leader who agreed to a plan of “perestroika” or “restructuring”

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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The first woman justice was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by which President

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Ronald Reagan

42
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The highest navigable lake in South America

A

Lake TIticaca

43
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Where is the world’s largest tropical rain forest located?

A

Amazon River Basin

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