Shared Flashcard Set

Details

History Exam Review
History Final Exam Review
73
History
5th Grade
05/30/2014

Additional History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
the word that is made from the 2 Green words for "people" and rule is ___
Definition
democracy
Term
the famous bard of ancient Greece was ____
Definition
Homer
Term
the series of wars that Rome fought against Carthage were the ____
Definition
Punic Wars
Term
The Roman general who "crossed the Rubicon"
Definition
Julius Caesar
Term
the first emperor of Rome was ___
Definition
Augustus Caesar
Term
the most important task performed by the monks was copying and preserving _____
Definition
Scriptures
Term
the series of attempts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks is called the ____
Definition
Crusades
Term
first to translate the Bible into English
Definition
John Wycliffe
Term
promised "I will be good"
Definition
Queen Victoria
Term
began the Protestant Reformation
Definition
Martin Luther
Term
invented the printing press
Definition
Johann Gutenberg
Term
defeated the Spanish Armada
Definition
Queen Elizabethe
Term
founded the modern nursing profession
Definition
Florence Nightingale
Term
John Calvin, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Eiffel Tower and Mont Blanc are all from/ in _______
Definition
France
Term
Leonardo da Vinci, Mussolini, Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Mt. Vesuvius are all from/ in ______
Definition
Italy
Term
Cortes, Valencia oranges, the Tidelands, and matadors are all from/ in ____
Definition
Spain
Term
Johann Sebastian Bach, Adolf Hitler, "Lands of the Reformation" and divided after World War II is _______
Definition
Germany
Term
William Tell, neutral republic, landlocked and Internation Red Cross is ____
Definition
Switzerland
Term
tulips, windmills, wooden shoes, dikes and low lands are all from _____
Definition
the Netherlands
Term
"Land of the Midnight Sun", fjords, and Oslo
Definition
Norway
Term
Jutland, Hans Christian Anderson, Greenland are all from _____
Definition
Denmark
Term
"Land of Fire and Ice", hot sprints, geysers, glaciers, and tundra are all _____
Definition
Iceland
Term
Capital of Austria
Definition
Vienne
Term
Capital of Finland
Definition
Helsinki
Term
Capital of Germany
Definition
Berlin
Term
Capital of Italy
Definition
Rome
Term
Capital of Norway
Definition
Oslo
Term
Capital of Poland
Definition
Warsaw
Term
Capital of Russia
Definition
Moscow
Term
Capital of Switzerland
Definition
Bern
Term
the mountains that seperates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe are the ___
Definition
Pyrenees
Term
the narrow waterway seperating Europe from Africa is the __
Definition
Strait of Gibraltar
Term
The cold, treeless lands north of the Arctic circle are called __
Definition
tundra
Term
the largest level region in the world is the ___
Definition
West Siberian Plain
Term
the world's deepest freshwater lake is ___
Definition
Lake Baikal
Term
one of the waterways that gives Russia access to the Black Sea is the ______
Definition
Dardanelles
Term
the longet river in Europe is the ___
Definition
Volga
Term
the higest peak in Europe is __
Definition
Mt. Elbrus
Term
Ivan IV was the first _____ of Russia
Definition
czar
Term
Karl Marx was the founder of ___
Definition
Communism
Term
The first leader of a Communist state was __
Definition
Lenin
Term
Stalin was famous for the ____
Definition
Great Purge
Term
Khrushchev threated to bury the _____
Definition
United States
Term
aftre the Soviet Union fell the most powerful Russian leader was ____
Definition
Yeltsin
Term
Capital of Australia
Definition
Canberra
Term
Capital of New Zealand
Definition
Wellington
Term
Capital of Papua New Guinea
Definition
Port Moresby
Term
Antarctica's higest peak
Definition
Vinson Massif
Term
the longest coral reef in the world
Definition
Great Barrier Reef
Term
Australia's higest peak
Definition
Mr. Koscuisko
Term
Australia's longest river flower year round
Definition
Murray
Term
the largest artesian basin in the world
Definition
Great Artesian Basin
Term
the higest island peak in the world
Definition
Mt. Wilhelm
Term
the migration champion of the world
Definition
arctic tern
Term
the first man to sail around the Antarctic Circle was
Definition
Captain James Cook
Term
the early settlers of New Zealand were
Definition
Maoris
Term
A famous missionary to the Pacific Islands was
Definition
John G Paton
Term
the first man to insist that Antarctica was actually a continent was
Definition
Charles Wilkes
Term
the first man to reach the South Pole was
Definition
Roald Amundsen
Term
the most famous Antarctic explorer was
Definition
Richard Byrd
Term
the native inhabitants of Australia were
Definition
Aborigines
Term
more languages are spoken in ______ than in any other country in the world
Definition
Papua New Guinea
Term
A place where manufacturing is done is called
Definition
industrial center
Term
a area of underground water is called ____
Definition
artesian basin
Term
Because Australia is completely below the equator it is often called "____"
Definition
the land down under
Term
the 20,000 - 30,000 islands in the Pacific are called
Definition
Oceania
Term
the word that means many islands
Definition
Polynesia
Term
the word that means small isalnds
Definition
Micronesia
Term
the Australian dog fence was built to keep wild dogs known as _____ away from the sheep
Definition
dingoes
Term
Australia is the world leader producer of
Definition
wool
Term
Australia's Centeral lowlands and western plateau are often called the __
Definition
outback
Term
because Australia is the Sothern Hemisphere Christ comes in the
Definition
summer
Term
Australia's most important tree the ______ is known as a gum tree
Definition
eucalyptus
Supporting users have an ad free experience!