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Nabers' History Exam Cards
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History
6th Grade
01/02/2010

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Term
What did Jack do to support his family once his dad was sent to a concentration camp?
Definition
Jack did manual labor for Christians.
Term
What kind of life did Jack live before the Holocaust?
Definition
Jack lived a very fancy, wealthy, spoiled lifestyle.
Term
What question forced Jack to realize that people didn't know what happened in the concentration camps?
Definition
A neighbor asked him what sports he played in the concentration camps.
Term
Where did Jack move to with his uncle in the U.S.A?
Definition
Kansas City
Term
Name the business that Jack worked for and later bought in the States.
Definition
Rose Mercantile- a dry goods wholesale house.
Term
Manfred Von Richtofen had _____ kills and he was known as the ____ ______.
Definition
80 kills
Red Baron
Term
When Germany invaded the neutral country of _____, Britain declared war.
Definition
Belgium
Term
What was the name of the captain for the U.S.S. Maine?
Definition
Charles Sigsbee
Term
What was the capital city of Cuba?
Definition
Haram
Term
What was the name of the American consul's famous uncle?
Definition
Robert E. Lee
Term
Who was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy?
Definition
Theodore Roosevelt
Term
Why did Commodore Dewey order the painting of the Great White Fleet and what color was it repainted?
Definition
A. To blend in with the water
B. Dull Gray
Term
What man liked to be known as the George Washington of the Philipines?
Definition
Emilio Aguinaldo
Term
How many American men lost their lives in the Spanish American War?
Definition
5,660 men
Term
How many men perished from diseases such as malaria and dysentery during the Spanish American War?
Definition
5,200 men
Term
How many months did we fight in the Spanish American War?
Definition
4 months
Term
How much longer after the Spanish American War was over did we fight in the Philippines?
Definition
3 Years
Term
Give the name of a yellow journalism paper:
Definition
The Journal; The World
Term
The 9th and 10th Calvary ere made up of entirely _______ troops.
Definition
African-American
Term
What was the first newspaper to introduce the world to comics?
Definition
The World
Term
Who said, "You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war." ?
Definition
William Randolph Hearst
Term
Name the men 1st and 2nd in command of the Rough Riders
Definition
1st: Leonard Wood
2nd: Theodore Roosevelt
Term
What disease plagued Theodore Roosevelt as a child?
Definition
Asthma
Term
What was a popular Roosevelt Memorabilia Item after his return as hero of the war?
Definition
The Teddy Bear
Term
What Spanish sport did the Captain of the Maine find to be barbaric?
Definition
Bullfighting
Term
What Spanish sport did the Captain of the Maine find to be barbaric?
Definition
Bullfighting
Term
Gavrilo Princip
Definition
Assassin of the Austrian Archduke and wife
Term
Triple Alliance
Definition
Italy Germany Austria Hungary
Term
Triple Entente
Definition
France Britain Russia
Term
Triple Entente
Definition
France Britain Russia
Term
No Man's Land
Definition
The land between 2 trenches
Term
Ace
Definition
A Fighter Pilot who had at least 5 kills
Term
Lawrence of Arabia
Definition
A British Agent who lead raids against military bases in Turkey
Term
John J. Pershing
Definition
The man who led America into the war in Europe
Term
Bolsheviks
Definition
Lenin's (Russian Dictator) Followers
Term
Wilson's 14 Points
Definition
America's War Aims
Term
When war broke out what country left the Triple Alliance?
Definition
Italy
Term
It was at the battle of Somme that the Germans first used ______.
Definition
Tanks
Term
The only major naval battle of WWI was the Battle of ______.
Definition
Jutland
Term
Name the two important outcomes of the war's only Naval Battle
Definition
1. No more German Vehicles in the water
2. Germany Lost control of the blockade and waters
Term
By the end of Sept. 1918, the Central Powers were close to defeat. One by one they began to give up. List them in order.
Definition
1.Bulgaria
2. Turkey
3. Austria Hungary
4. Germany
Term
List any 4 of the Allied Powers
Definition
1.Great Britan
2.Russia
3.France
4.Belgium
5.Serbia
6.U.S.A.
Term
What was Japan's role in WW1?
Definition
The Japanese patrolled the pacific ocean, looking out for German Ships.
Term
List three new German weapons and Allies countermeasures.
Definition
1. Poison Gas - Gas Masks
2. Zeppelins - Anti-Aircraft Guns
3. U-Boats - convoys and Q-Ships
Term
List any four of the reasons that U.S. turned and entered war against Germany for.
Definition
1. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
2. Poison Gasses
3. U-Boats
4. Sinking of Unarmed ships
Term
What was the taxicab army?
Definition
The taxicab army was an army consisting of soldiers rushed in by busses and taxis on certain occasions only.
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