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5th History - Old World > Test 15, Chapters 10-16, Semester Exam > Flashcards

Test 15, Chapters 10-16, Semester Exam Flashcards

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The word that is made form the two Greek words for “People” and “rule” is

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democracy

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The famous bard of ancient Greece was

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Homer

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The series of wars that Rome fought against Carthage were the

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Punic Wars

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The Roman general who “crossed the Rubicon” was

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Julius Caesar

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The first emperor of Rome was

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Augustus Caesar

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The most important task performed by the monks was copying and preserving

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Scripture

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The series of attempts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks is called the

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Crusades

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first to translate the Bible into English

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John Wycliffe

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promised, “I will be good.”

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Queen Victoria

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began the Protestant Reformation

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Martin Luther

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probably the greatest English author

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William Shakespeare

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invented the printing press

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Johann Gutenberg

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defeated the Spanish Armada

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Queen Elizabeth

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founded the modern nursing profession

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Florence Nightingale

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Which country is known for John Calvin, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Eiffel Tower, and Mont Blanc

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France

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Which country is known for Leonardo da Vinci, Mussolini, Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Mt. Vesuvius

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Italy

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Which country is known for Cortes, Valencia oranges, The Tidelands, and matadors

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Spain

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Which country is known for Johann Sebastian Bach, Adolf Hilter, “Land of the Reformation”, and divided after WW II

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Germany

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Which country is known for William Tell, neutral republic, landlocked, International Red Cross

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Switzerland

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Which country is known for tulips, windmills, wooden shoes, dikes, low lands

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the Netherlands

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Which country is the “Land of the Midnight Sun”, fjords, Oslo

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Norway

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Which country is known for Jutland, Hans Christian Andersen, Greenland

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Denmark

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Which country is the “Land of Fire and Ice”, hot springs, geysers, glaciers, tundra

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Iceland

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Berlin

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Germany

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Bern
Switzerland
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Helsinki
Finland
27
Moscow
Russia
28
Oslo
Norway
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Paris
France
30
Rome
Italy
31
Vienna
Austria
32
Warsaw
Poland
33
Amsterdam
the Netherlands
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The mountains that separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe
Pyrenees - the Iberian Peninsula is Spain & Portugal. The Pyrenees are between Spain & France.
35
The narrow waterway separating Europe from Africa
Strait of Gibraltar
36
The cold, treeless lands north of the Arctic circle
tundra
37
The largest level region in the world
West Siberian Plain
38
the world's deepest freshwater lake
Lake Baikal
39
One of the waterways that gives Russia access to the Black Sea
Dardanelles
40
The longest river in Europe
Volga
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The highest peak in Europe
Mt. Elbrus
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Ivan IV was the first _____ of Russia
Czar
43
Karl Marx was the founder of
Communism
44
The first leader of a Communist state was
Lenin
45
Stalin was famous for the
Great Purge
46
Khrushchev threatened to "bury" what country
USA
47
After the Soviet Union fell, the most powerful Russian leader was
Yeltsin
48
Canberra
Australia
49
Wellington
New Zealand
50
Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea
51
Antarctica's highest peak
Vinson Massif
52
the longest coral reef in the world
Great Barrier Reef
53
Australia's highest peak
Mt. Kosciusko
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Australia's longest river flowing year-round
Murray
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the largest artesian basin in the world
Great Artesian Basin
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the highest island peak in the world
Mt. Wilhelm
57
the migration champion of the world
arctic tern
58
The first man to ail around the Antarctic Circle
Captain James Cook
59
The early settlers of New Zealand
Maoris
60
A famous missionary to the Pacific Islands
John G. Paton
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The first man to insist that Antarctica was actually a continent
Charles Wilkes
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The first man to reach the South Pole
Roald Amundsen
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The most famous Antarctic explorer
Richard Byrd
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The native inhabitants of Australia
Aborigines
65
More languages are spoken in what country than any other country in the world
Papua New Guinea
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A place where manufacturing is done
industrial center
67
An area of underground water
artesian basin
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Because Australia is completely below the equator it is often called
the Land Down Under
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The 20,000 - 30,000 islands in the Pacific are called
Oceania
70
The word that means "many islands"
Polynesia
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the word that means "small islands"
Micronesia
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the part of Oceania with the most people
Melanesia
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The Australian Dog Fence was built to keep wild dogs known as _____ away from the sheep
dingoes
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Australia is the world's leading producer of
wool
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Australia's Central Lowlands and Western Plateau are often called the
outback
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Because Australia is in the southern Hemisphere, Christmas comes in the
summer
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Australia's most important tree, the _____, is known as a gum tree.
eucalyptus
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You will have to label the following on the map of Oceania
Australia, Canberra, Great Dividing Range, Indian Ocean, Melanesia, Mt. Kosciusko, Papua New Guinea, Polynesia, Vinson Massif, Wellington
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You will write the letter of the correct country for each capital:
Amsterdam(the Netherlands), Bern(Switzerland), Brussels(Belgium), Copenhagen(Denmark), Madrid(Spain)
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You will write the letter of the correct country for each capital:
Hungary(Budapest), Romania(Bucharest), Russia(Moscow), Slovakia(Bratislava), Ukraine(Kiev)
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Brussels
Belgium
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Copenhagen
Denmark
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Madrid
Spain
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Budapest
Hungary
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Bucharest
Romania
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Moscow
Russia
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Bratislava
Slovakia
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Kiev
Ukraine

5th History - Old World (53 decks)

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