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Name the

highlighted

country

Canada

United States

Mexico

Panama

Brazil

South Africa

Portugal

England (Great Britain)

France

Germany

Switzerland

Greece

Israel & Palestine

Saudi Arabia

Afghanistan

Russia

North Korea

South Korea

Thailand

Vietnam

Australia

Tell the person’s name,

and then what

they’re known for

Hammurabi

Hammurabi

ancient King of Babylon, known

for his strict law code

King Tut

King Tut

new kingdom pharaoh, restored Egypt’s religion,

died young

Ramses II

Ramses II

New Kingdom pharaoh known for

building many temples, lived to a

very old age.

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Roman general, his assassination led to

the fall of the Roman Republic

Emperor Chin

Emperor Chin

first emperor of China, he unified the nation, and it

is named after him

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

Greek general who conquered much of the world, but died

young

Leonardo DaVinci

Leonardo DaVinci

Renaissance inventor and artist, famous for his work

“Mona Lisa”

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

English writer during the

Renaissance, famous for his many plays

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte

French general who conquered much of Europe during the Revolutions period

George Washington

George Washington

American general and first president

of the USA

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

American president during the Civil

War, ended slavery in America

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

leader of Germany during WWII, head of the Nazi party

Martin Luther

Martin Luther

German monk, began the Reformation and

broke from the Catholic church

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Renaissance explorer who sailed

with 3 ships and discovered America

Gandhi

Gandhi

leader who used non violence to get independence for

India

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

American president during the Great Depression and

WWII, served for 12 years

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

American president during the Cuban

Missile Crisis, assassinated in 1963

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Russian leader of the Communist

Revolution, founder of the Soviet Union

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

American Civil Rights leader during

the 1960s, assassinated

Anne Frank

Anne Frank

Jewish girl who kept a journal while in hiding that was later

published

Prime Minister of England during WWII,

influential leader during the war.

Prime Minister of England during WWII,

influential leader during the war.

Winston Churchill

Osama Bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden

Founder of the Al Qaeda terrorist

network, planned the 9/11 attacks

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Dictator of Iraq, removed from power by American forces during the Iraq War

George Bush

George Bush

President of America during the 9/11

attacks, and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Name what era or

decade the events

occurred in

Here are the options:Prehistory

Mesopotamia

Old King. Egypt

New King. Egypt

Archaic Greece

Classical Greece

Hellenistic Greece

Roman Republic

Roman Empire

Middle Ages

Renaissance

Exploration

Revolutions

Turn o’ the Century

WWI

1920s

1930s

WWII

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

The Pyramids and the Great Sphinx were built in Giza

Egypt built around the Nile River

US leaves Vietnam

Revolution and hostage crisis in Iran

US President Nixon resigns after Watergate scandal

Axis vs Allies

Hitler & the Nazis

The Holocaust

Battles of D-Day and Pearl Harbor

Alexander the Great was

born in Macedon, conquered

most of the known world,

and died at a young age.

“Roaring” Decade

Great Economy

Flappers and Prohibition

Roman expansionthe “Pax Romana”

Colosseum built

Rome split into East & West

The Cold War ends

The Gulf Warin Iraq

Apartheid ends in South Africa

Civilizations built around the Tigris and

Euphrates Rivers

Fertile Crescent

Code of Hammurabi

Cuban Missile Crisis

Civil Rights Movement in the US

Assassinations of many important leaders

The “Golden Age” of Ancient Greece

The Parthenon built in Athens

Persian Wars & Peloponnesian War

King Tut restored Egypt’s religion

Ramses the Great built many structures

Tombs dug in the Valley of the Kings

Punic Wars:Rome vs. Carthage

the Roman Senate

Julius Caesar assassinated

Causes were MANIA

Trench warfare and chemical weapons

Sinking of the Lusitania

Columbus led an expedition to the Americas

Colombian Exchange

Aztecs and Mayas conquered

2 World Superpowers USA and the USSR

Korean War

Suburbs, rock n’ roll, appliances, & big cars

The Trojan War

The First Olympic Games were played

Greek city-states, religion, and culture were developed

Feudal system

The Crusades

Knights & Castles

The Black Plague

The Great Depression( bad economy )

Rise of dictators in European countries

The New Deal

Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks

US wars in Iraqand Afghanistan

The Arab Spring

Industrial Revolution

Other Revolutions In:

AmericaFranceHaiti

Latin America

The Berlin Wall is torn down

Protests in Tienanmen Square

Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Hunters & Gatherers

Paleolithic & Neolithic Ages

Ice Ages

Time of rapid change with many

new inventions

New Economic Ideas: Socialism & Communism

“rebirth” of knowledge & learning

art & architecture

DaVinci & Shakespeare

Write the answer

to each question

Not all of these questions

are on the test, but all of

the questions that are on

the test are in this section,

so PAY ATTENTION!

Human migration in the Neolithic Age was made

possible because the low sea levels exposed

___________ that people could cross between

continents.

A. glaciers

B. freeways

C. land bridges

D. volcanoes

A century is equal to ________________ .

A. 10 years

B. 100 years

C. 1000 years

D. a long period of time.

This line of LONGITUDE is at 0 degrees.

A. Equator

B. Prime Meridian

C. Tropic of Cancer

D. Tropic of Capricorn

Ancient Mesopotamian cultures began between

the _________ and _________ rivers.

A. Tigris & Euphrates

B. Yangtze & Snake

C. Ghaggar & Ganges

D. Nile & Green

The curving strip of good farm land

between the rivers is called the Fertile

________ .

A. Roll

B. Crescent

C. Baguette

D. Pita

Sumerians developed a written

language that we call _________ .

A. calligraphy.

B. Sumerianese.

C. hieroglyphics.

D. cuneiform.

Egyptian kings are known as ___________ .

A. artisans

B. pyramids

C. papyrus

D. pharaohs

The Egyptians made an early form

of paper known as:

A. tablets

B. parchment

C. papyrus

D. hieroglyphics

Embalming is a word that means:

A. the process of making a mummy.

B. a large Egyptian boat.

C. a season of Nile flooding.

D. the land of Upper Egypt.

King Tut restores Egypt’s priests

and religion.

A. Old Kingdom

B. Middle Kingdom

C. New Kingdom

Why did the Egyptians mummify their dead?

A. To keep the bodies from stinking.

B. To honor the dead person’s family.

C. They didn’t believe in cremating the dead.

D. They believed that they would need their

bodies in the afterlife.

Life in Egypt was made possible

by water from:

A. the Nile River.

B. the Tigris River.

C. the Euphrates River.

D. the Snake River.

Known as the “Golden Age of Athens,”

many temples were built including the

Parthenon.

A. Archaic Greece

B. Classical Greece

C. Hellenistic Greece

The ruler of all of the Greek gods

was __________ .

A. Zeus

B. Poseidon

C. Hades

The two most famous city-states were:

A. Athens and Thebes

B. Sparta and Thespia

C. Athens and Sparta

D. Thebes and Thespia

Inside the Parthenon in Athens was a

30-foot tall statue of the Goddess

______________ .

A. Artemis

B. Hera

C. Aphrodite

D. Athena

Two of the main geographical

features of Greece are:

A. mountains and islands

B. desert and islands

C. mountains and rivers

D. desert and rivers

The Romans contributed ________

and ________ to building technology.

A. concrete and columns

B. columns and statues

C. concrete and the arch

D. the arch and statues

The ________ was a large Roman

amphitheater used for gladiator fights

and other entertainment.

A. colosseum

B. pantheon

C. forum

D. bath house

Romans used ________ to bring

fresh water into their cities.

A. columns

B. temples

C. forum

D. aqueducts

Chinese history is broken up into

historical periods known as:

A. Kingdoms

B. Empires

C. Republics

D. Dynasties

The first emperor of China, he unified all of

the warring states under his strict leadership

and began construction of the Great Wall.

A. Confucius

B. Chin

C. Laotzu

D. Genghis Khan

A mongol leader who excelled at horse-

warfare and helped to create the world’s

largest empire was:

A. Confucius

B. Chin

C. Laotzu

D. Genghis Khan

A major trade route linking Europe

and China was known as the

__________ .

A. Royal Road

B. Camel Road

C. Caravan Road

D. Silk Road

A belief in many Gods and

Goddesses:

A. Monotheism

B. Polytheism

C. Atheism

D. Agnosticism

A place of worship in Judaism.

A. a shrine

B. a church

C. a synagogue

D. a mosque

The sacred writings of Islam, this book

contains the teachings of the prophet

Mohammed.

A. the Vedas

B. the Tripitaka

C. the Torah

D. the Quran

E. the Bible

A Jewish prophet who revealed God’s

Ten Commandments for his people.

A. Abraham

B. Jacob

C. Joseph

D. Moses

In Medieval Times, many of the same

businesses grouped together to form:

A. guilds

B. clubs

C. blacksmiths

D. bakeries

Scientists have now discovered that the Black

Plague was caused by:

A. a strange alignment of the planets

B. poison gasses seeping up from inside

the Earth

C. bites from fleas infected with Bubonic

Plague bacteria

D. the sins of the people.

Germans suspected the Americans were sending

weapons to the British, so they sunk a passenger

ship called the ___________ .

a. Queen Mary

b. Lusitania

c. Titanic

d. Bismarck

Because charging across open fields made

soldiers vulnerable to attack, most of the fighting

in WWI was done in _________ .

a. the sea

b. the air

c. trenches

d. cities

Germany invaded other countries with fast

attacks using tanks, trucks, and airplanes. This

was a new type of warfare known as:

a. flash war

b. blitzkrieg

c. thunder attacks

d. D-Day

The two sides fighting in WWII are

known as the:

a. Axis and Allies

b. Central Powers and Allies

c. Union and Confederates

d. Empire and Rebellion

The term for the murder of millions of

Jews in Europe by the Nazis is:

a. the Mass Murder

b. the Genocide

c. the Holocaust

d. the Jewish Killings

The decade was characterized by the Civil

Rights Movement, hippies, the Cuban Missile

Crisis, and assassinations.

a. the 1950s

b. the 1960s

c. the 1970s

d. the 1980s

e. the 1990s

During the Cold War, the US adopted a policy

of containment trying to stop the spread of:

a. Apartheid

b. Communism

c. Racism

d. Diseases

The decade was characterized by disco music,

the Watergate Scandal, the end of the Vietnam

War, and the Iranian Revolution.

a. the 1950s

b. the 1960s

c. the 1970s

d. the 1980s

e. the 1990s

The Cold War was a period of conflict from

the end of WWII until the early 1990s

between these two superpowers:

a. Germany and the Soviet Union

b. The Soviet Union and Japan

c. The Soviet Union and the USA

d. The USA and Germany

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