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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

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Switzerland

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26
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Helsinki

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Finland

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27
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Moscow

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Russia

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28
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Oslo

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Norway

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29
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Paris

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France

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30
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Rome

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Italy

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31
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Vienna

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Austria

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Warsaw

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Poland

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33
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Amsterdam

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the Netherlands

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The mountains that separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe

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Pyrenees - the Iberian Peninsula is Spain & Portugal. The Pyrenees are between Spain & France.

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The narrow waterway separating Europe from Africa

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Strait of Gibraltar

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The cold, treeless lands north of the Arctic circle

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tundra

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The largest level region in the world

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West Siberian Plain

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the world’s deepest freshwater lake

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Lake Baikal

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One of the waterways that gives Russia access to the Black Sea

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Dardanelles

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The longest river in Europe

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Volga

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The highest peak in Europe

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Mt. Elbrus

42
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Ivan IV was the first _____ of Russia

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Czar

43
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Karl Marx was the founder of

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Communism

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The first leader of a Communist state was

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Lenin

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Stalin was famous for the

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Great Purge

46
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Khrushchev threatened to “bury” what country

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USA

47
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After the Soviet Union fell, the most powerful Russian leader was

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Yeltsin

48
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Canberra

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Australia

49
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Wellington

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New Zealand

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Port Moresby

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Papua New Guinea

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Antarctica’s highest peak

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Vinson Massif

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the longest coral reef in the world

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Great Barrier Reef

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Australia’s highest peak

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Mt. Kosciusko

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Australia’s longest river flowing year-round

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Murray

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the largest artesian basin in the world

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Great Artesian Basin

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the highest island peak in the world

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Mt. Wilhelm

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the migration champion of the world

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arctic tern

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The first man to ail around the Antarctic Circle

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Captain James Cook

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The early settlers of New Zealand

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Maoris

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A famous missionary to the Pacific Islands

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John G. Paton

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The first man to insist that Antarctica was actually a continent

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Charles Wilkes

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The first man to reach the South Pole

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Roald Amundsen

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The most famous Antarctic explorer

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Richard Byrd

64
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The native inhabitants of Australia

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Aborigines

65
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More languages are spoken in what country than any other country in the world

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Papua New Guinea

66
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A place where manufacturing is done

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industrial center

67
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An area of underground water

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artesian basin

68
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Because Australia is completely below the equator it is often called

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the Land Down Under

69
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The 20,000 - 30,000 islands in the Pacific are called

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Oceania

70
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The word that means “many islands”

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Polynesia

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the word that means “small islands”

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Micronesia

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the part of Oceania with the most people

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Melanesia

73
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The Australian Dog Fence was built to keep wild dogs known as _____ away from the sheep

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dingoes

74
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Australia is the world’s leading producer of

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wool

75
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Australia’s Central Lowlands and Western Plateau are often called the

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outback

76
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Because Australia is in the southern Hemisphere, Christmas comes in the

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summer

77
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Australia’s most important tree, the _____, is known as a gum tree.

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eucalyptus

78
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You will have to label the following on the map of Oceania

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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:

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Amsterdam(the Netherlands), Bern(Switzerland), Brussels(Belgium), Copenhagen(Denmark), Madrid(Spain)

80
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You will write the letter of the correct country for each capital:

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Hungary(Budapest), Romania(Bucharest), Russia(Moscow), Slovakia(Bratislava), Ukraine(Kiev)

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Brussels

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Belgium

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Copenhagen

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Denmark

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Madrid

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Spain

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Budapest

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Hungary

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Bucharest

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Romania

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Moscow

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Russia

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Bratislava

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Slovakia

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Kiev

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Ukraine

5th History - Old World (53 decks)

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