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7th Grade History Ch 23-24
Mrs. Sugg
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History
7th Grade
05/08/2013

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Adolf Hitler was the leader of the
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Third Reich.
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Name the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Margaret Thatcher
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What year did WWII end
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1945
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The Falklands War was between
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Great Britain and Argentina.
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Was there a peace treaty in the Korean War
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no
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Name the three major Axis powers
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Germany, Italy, Japan
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Name the first city bombed by an atomic bomb
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Hiroshima
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Which city was supplied by Operation Airlift
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West Berlin
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Why was NATO formed
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stop communist agression
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What country was led by Mao Tse Tung
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China
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Who was George Patton
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US general
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Where is the United Nations headquarters
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New York City
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Who was the first man to walk on the moon
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Armstrong
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Why is the battle of Coral Seas an important WWII battle
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first naval battle where the ships never saw each other
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Who was the British Prime Minister during WWII
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Churchill
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Who was the Nationalist leader of China
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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Who was the US President during the Great Depression
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Why is Charles Lindbergh famous
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1st transatlantic flight
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The Panama Canal connects what two oceans
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pacific and atlantic
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What was the last German offensive of WWII
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Battle of the Bulge
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Who was the first communist leader of Cuba
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Fidel Castro
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Which country led the Marshall Plan
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United States
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Which island was invaded by US troops under Ronald Reagan
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Grenada
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Define detente
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lessening of tensions between nations
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Who is David Ben-Gurion
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founder of modern Israel
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Name the famous British General who fought in North Africa
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Montgomery
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Who implemented perestroika in the Soviet Union
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Gorbachev
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Who led the Soviet Union during WWII
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Stalin
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Who was the US President in 1929
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Herbert Hoover
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Who led the Free French
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De Gaulle
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Who was Mussolini
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Fascist dictator of Italy
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Who was the major US general in the Pacific
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MacArthur
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Name the Japanese pilot who became a Christian
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Fuchida
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What country did Haile Selassie lead
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Ethiopia
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What country did Adolf Hitler lead
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Germany
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Define holocaust
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systematic killing of 6 million Jews
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What was built to keep East Berliners from going to West Berlin
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Berlin Wall
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Who led the D-Day invasion
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Eisenhower
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Who led the UN forces in Korea before he was fired
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MacArthur
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