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History final 6b
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The record of what has happened to mankind | history |
| indian tribe who joined the Pilgrims for Thanksgiving | Wampanoag |
| 1st permenant English settlement in the New World | Jamestown |
| European country that controlled the 13 original colonies | England |
| Famous Virginian who gained military experience during the French & Indian War | G. Washington |
| Most famous ancient S. American Indian civilization | Inca |
| The "George Washington" of S. America | Simon Bolivar |
| Explorer who discovered the North Pole | Robert Peary |
| 1st black major league baseball player | Robinson |
| Special Advisor on Minority Affairs to F.D.Roosevelt | Mary Bethune |
| Japanese military leader during WW11 | Tojo |
| Developer of the assembly line | Ford |
| Commander of WW11 Allied Powers, later president | Eisenhoward |
| 1st man to walk on the moon | Armstrong |
| Founder of tuskegee institute | Booker T. Washington |
| Developer of 285 uses for peanuts | George Washinton Carver |
| Inventors of the airplane | Wilbur & Orville |
| Inventor of the telegraph | Samuel Morse |
| Inventor of the mechanical reaper | Cyrus McCormick |
| Inventor of the light bulb | Thomas Edison |
| Inventor of the 1st liquid fuel rocket | Robert H. Goddard |
| Most famous U.S. evangelist of the 19th century | Dwight L. Moody |
| President during the Cuban Missile Crisis | Kennedy |
| 1st president to resign from office | Nixon |
| Pastor who led led the civil rights movement in the U.S. | Martin Luther King |
| President who appointed the 1st woman Supreme Court | Ronald Reagan |
| Communist leader who agreed to "perestroika" (restructing) | Gorfachar |
| Most influential leisure-time invention of the 1950's | TV |
| Opera singer among the most admired women of her time | Marian Anderson |
| Law to ensure voting, housing, & job rights for minorities | 1664 Civil Rights Act |
| U.S. president responsible for the peace treaty between Egypt & Isreal | Carter |
| Operation Desert Storm was directed against this country | Iraq |
| the biggest (not deepest) canyon in the U.S. | Grand Canyon |
| Extremely dry region in S.America | Atacama Desert |
| Capitol of Canada | Atawa |
| Capital of Brazil | Brazilia |
| Grassy plains region in the Temperate Zone | Prarie |
| Major Mountian range in S. America | Andes |
| Home to the world's largest tropical rain forest | Amazon River Basin |
| Highest navigabal lake in S. America | Titicaca |
| The Chinese Christian leader, Chaig Kai-Shek | WW11 |
| "Remember the Maine!" | Spanish American War |
| Clara Barton, Angel of the Battlefield | Civil War |
| Archduke Ferdinan's assassination | WW1 |
| Fascist Italian leader, Benito Mussolini | WW11 |
| The Emancipation Proclamation | Civil War |
| German Kaiser Wilhelm 11 | WW1 |
| The bombing of Pearl Harbor | WW11 |
| President Woodrow Wilson | WW1 |
| President Franklin D.Roosevelt | WW11 |
| The Zimmerman Note | WW1 |
| Nazi German leader, Adolf Hitler | WW11 |
| The Battle of Gettysburg | Civil War |
| General Tojo of Japan | WW11 |
| the 1st use of atomic bombs | WW11 |
| Communist leader, Joseph Stalin | WW11 |
| the rough riders | Spanish American War |
| Emporer Hirohito of Japan | WW11 |
| American patriot who said "i only regret that i have but one life to loose for my country" | Nathan Hale |
| Islamic terrorist group responsible for attacks including the attack of september 11, 2001 | Alchada |
| a person who wants to preserve traditional beliefs and values | Conservitive |
| Virginian who said, "give me liberty or give me death!" | Patrick Henry |
| two countries where U.S. military attacked terrorists in the "War on Terror" | Iraq Afganastan |
| date that the Armistice ending WW1 was signed | 11-11-1918 |
| the name for the day on which WW11 ended in Europe | V.E. Day |