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History 7th Grade Final
Mrs. Sugg
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History
7th Grade
05/22/2013

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Who is the father of Israel?
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Abraham
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Who succeeded Boris Yeltsin as the President of Russia?
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Putin
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Did Ronald Reagan want more or less government control of the economy?
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less
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Which Assyrian king had a cuneiform library of over 100,000 tablets?
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Ashurbanipal
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Who is the greatest English author of all time?
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Shakespeare
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William Carey is the
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Father of Modern Missions
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Which country did Sadaam Hussein invade in 1990?
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Kuwait
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Name the communist dictator of Yugoslavia.
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Tito
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Who wrote The Iliad?
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Homer
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Name the last tsar of Russia.
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Nicholas II
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Name the leader responsible for ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Kosovo.
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Slobodan Milosevic
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The Panama Canal was returned to Panama in________
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1999
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Define jihad
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Holy war
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Nelson Mandela was president of_____
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South Africa
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Who wrote the Fifth Symphony?
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Beethoven
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Who painted the Mona Lisa?
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Da Vinci
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Give the approximate dates for the middle ages.
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500-1500 AD
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What group did Osama bin Laden lead?
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Al Qaeda
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Name the three countries involved in NAFTA.
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United States, Canada, Mexico
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Who was president during Operation Desert Storm
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George H.W. Bush
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Hugh Capet’s coronation marks the beginning of the modern French nation.
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1
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Why did the US invade Afghanistan?
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We believed that it was harboring bin Laden and Al Qaeda.
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Why did Henry VIII kick the Catholic Church out of England?
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He wanted a divorce.
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What year did Martin Luther post the 95 Theses?
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1517
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T/F Israel gave up land in the Oslo Peace Accords.
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1
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Who led the troops in the Persian Gulf War?
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Norman Schwartzkopf
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What empire did Alexander the Great conquer?
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Persia
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Give a nickname for Charlemagne
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Charles the Great
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What sparked WWI?
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Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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Who conquered the Aztecs?
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Cortes
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What animal did Hannibal use to cross the Alps into Italy?
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elephants
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Name the leader of North Korea.
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Kim Jong Il
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Which two countries signed the Good Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation?
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China and the Soviet Union
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T/F Hong Kong reverted to China in 1997.
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1
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Define intifada
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uprising
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Who invented the world wide web?
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Tim Berners Lee
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Name the Norman invader of England in 1066.
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William the Conqueror
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T/F Lenin was the first communist leader of Russia.
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1
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Which climate protocol calls on nations to reduce their carbon footprints.
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Kyoto
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Name a famous drawing by Albrecht Durer
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Praying Hands
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Who was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians?
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Nero
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What country is Thabo Mbeki from?
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South Africa
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What party did Sadaam Hussein belong to?
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Baath
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Who is the president of Iran?
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Ahmadinejad
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T/F Salam Fayyad was a president of Palestine.
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1
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Ehud Olmert was a president of ____.
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Israel
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Who did Fidel Castro relinquish power to?
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Raul Castro
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Did Yassir Arafat promise to stop terrorism against Israel?
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yes
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What country did Hugo Chavez run?
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Venezuela
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What country was Benazir Bhutto from?
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Pakistan
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Define mummification
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Egyptian process to preserve the dead
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Who led the US troops in the Iraq War?
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Tommy Franks
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Define shari’a
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Islamic morality and law
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What is the popular name for avian influenza?
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Bird flu
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Who invented the moveable type printing press?
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Guttenberg
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How many people died in Hurricane Katrina?
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1300
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Who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution?
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George Washington
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Define holocaust
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Nazi murder of 6 million jews
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Define caste
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Indian social structure
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What country do aborigines live in?
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Australia
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Define humanism
Definition
Putting man ahead of God
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What is Sumerian writing called?
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Cuneiform
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What is Egyptian writing called?
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Hieroglyphics
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Who is Allah?
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Islamic God
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Who defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588?
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Great Britain
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Has China sent people into space?
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yes
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What is a flex fuel?
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Biofuel combined with regular fuel
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Who built the Palace of Versailles?
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Louis XIV
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What is environmentalism?
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Emphasizes the saving, preserving and restoring of natural resources
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What is the Earth Charter?
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The religious document containing16 principles
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What is globalism?
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Movement to united the world through an economic, political and religious system
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Did Hilary Clinton propose a national health care plan when she was first lady?
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yes
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What is the peace treaty called that ended the war in the former Yugoslavia?
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Dayton Accords
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