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58 Cards in this Set
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First face-to-face agreement between Israelis and Palestinians |
Oslo Accords |
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Required nations to decrease greenhouse emission levels |
Kyoto Protocol |
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Signed at the end of World War I |
Treaty of Versailles |
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Gave U.S. war material to England during World War II |
Lean-Lease Act |
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Divided Charlemagne's empire |
Treaty of Verdun |
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____ had the entire Bible translated into English for the first time. |
John Wycliffe |
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____ was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians. |
Nero |
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____ was the first nation to have a written account of their history. |
Israel |
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The ____ Doctrine was a declaration to contain Communism and to keep it from spreading to the Americas. |
Truman |
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The ____ was the shortest was in U.S. history. |
Persian Gulf War |
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Many authors of the ____ were influenced by the Scriptures to write classics that stood the test of time. |
Modern Age |
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____ was the Persian ruler who built the Royal Road. |
Darius |
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_____ introduced the United States to socialism through the New Deal. |
Franklin Roosevelt |
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The ____ gave U.S. colonists unity and experience, preparing them for the War of Independence. |
French and Indian War |
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What economic system is based on private ownership and control of business and industry? |
Capitalism |
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In contrast to the U.S. War for Independence, what was the French revolution fought for? |
Social equality |
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In what year did the Soviet union cease to exist as a nation? |
1991 |
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What is the greatest accomplishment of the Sumerians? |
Writing |
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What country's rise to nationhood is considered the climax in the gradual breakup of the a former country called Yugoslavia? |
Kosovo |
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What artist was known for his illustrations in the Saturday Evening Post? |
Norman Rockwell |
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What nation became the leading industrial nation and the financial center of the world during the 1920's? |
The United States |
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Which English monarch said that the Bible was the secret to England's greatness? |
Victoria |
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What Protestant Reformer is remembered for promoting popular education and for writing "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"? |
Martin Luther |
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In what year did the largest amphibious assault in history occur? |
1944 |
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How did God use the Greek and and early Roman Empire? |
They were used to prepare the world for Jesus Christ through their development of language and roads. |
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Economic decline during the Middle Ages began with the collapse of what empire? |
Roman |
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According to the Roman Catholic Church, which apostle did Christ make the head of the church? |
Peter |
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Iranian president |
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
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Ruler of the French July Monarchy |
Louis Philippe |
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Rule marked the birth of the French nation |
Hugh Capet |
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Led ethnic cleansing against Bosnian Muslims |
Slobodan Milošević |
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Deciphered the Rosetta Stone |
Jean Francis Champollion |
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Started Sunday school in England |
Robert Raikes |
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Discovered universal law of gravitation |
Isaac Newton |
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Leader of al-Qaeda |
Osama bin Laden |
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Russian czar |
Michael Walesa |
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Anti-Christian philosopher |
Sören Kierkegaard |
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How did the caste system affect India's economic process? |
It discouraged social advancement hindering any economic process. |
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What best states how evolution threatens scientific process? |
Evolution denies that God is the Creator. |
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What best states how European relations brought about World War II? |
Germany and Italy, left in economic turmoil, sought revenge on other European nations and fell to the hands of tyrants. |
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What statement best explains the influence of environmentalism on nations? |
It has guided nations to apply government control. |
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Beginning in Germany, what movement of religious liberalism denied the basic doctrines of Christianity? |
Modernism |
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What is the largest and most intricate global project to be undertaken to date? |
International Space Station |
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What is the oldest and largest Islamist organization in Egypt today? |
Muslim Brotherhood |
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What date marks the first time since Pearl Harbor that a massive foreign attack had occurred on American soil? |
September 11,2001 |
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What is the way of life of a group of people? |
Culture |
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What year did the United States in her World War II? |
1941 |
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Who was the first black president of South Africa? |
Nelson Mandela |
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Number the following events in the order they occurred.
____ Beginning of the Protestant Reformation ____ World Trade Organization founded ____ Berlin Wall comes down ____ Christopher Columbus's discovery of New World ____ End of Vietnam Conflict ____ End of World War I ____ France's first written constitution ____ Israel becomes a nation ____ Johann Gutenberg's movable-type printing press ____ signing of the Magna Carta ____ World Trade Organization founded |
4 - Beginning of the Protestant Reformation 9 - Berlin Wall comes down 3 - Christopher Columbus's discovery of New World 8 - End of Vietnam Conflict 6 - End of World War I 5 - France's first written constitution 7 - Israel becomes a nation 2 - Johann Gutenberg's movable-type printing press 1 - signing of the Magna Carta 10 - World Trade Organization founded |
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System based on work done in small private shops |
Domestic |
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Lessening of tension and hostility |
Détente |
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Openness |
Glasnost |
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Art focused primarily on the common working man |
Regionalism |
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Way of life based upon the ownership and use of land |
Feudalism |
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What is the holy book of Islam? |
Koran |
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What Greek event is the first recorded date in history? |
Olympics |
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What newly invented weapon was used on Japan to end World War II? |
Atomic bomb |
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China South Africa Mexico Argentina Greenland Egypt New Zealand Russia Japan France |
1 - China 6 - South Africa 18 - Mexico 5 - Argentina 10 - Greenland 17 - Egypt 11 - New Zealand 2 - Russia 4 - Japan 16 - France |
