Test 10 - Chapter 12 Map Mastery 7, 14-15

Question 1

What do we call November 11

Answer 1

Veteran’s Day

Question 2

Who was the first black-American woman to head a federal agency?

Answer 2

Mary Mcleod Bethune

Question 3

Germany’s underwater boats called?

Answer 3

U-boats

Question 4

What were the 16 white battleships that President Roosevelt sent on a world tour called?

Answer 4

Great White Fleet

Question 5

What toy was made in honor Theodore Roosevelt?

Answer 5

Teddy Bear

Question 6

What was the name of the famous mail train that traveled between New York and Chicago in 24 hours?

Answer 6

Fast Mail

Question 7

What do we call the statement of loyalty to America written by Francis Bellamy?

Answer 7

Pledge of Allegiance

Question 8

What are the difficult years of 1929-1939 called?

Answer 8

the Great Depression

Question 9

What are people called who affirm the truth of the Bible?

Answer 9

fundamentalists

Question 10

The dates of WWI

Answer 10

1914-1918

Question 11

The countries that sided against Germany in WWI

Answer 11

Allied Powers

Question 12

What incident served as an excuse for the beginning of WWI

Answer 12

the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Question 13

The countries that sided with Germany in WWI

Answer 13

Central Powers

Question 14

The man who wrote several books refuting the theory of evolution

Answer 14

Dr. Harry Rimmer

Question 15

The President of the US during WWI

Answer 15

Woodrow Wilson

Question 16

The action which proved that Germany was a threat to the US as well as to Europe

Answer 16

the sending of the Zimmerman Note

Question 17

The “unsinkable” ocean liner that sank off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912

Answer 17

the Titanic

Question 18

The life expectancy of men in the 1900’s was _______ than it is today

Answer 18

shorter

Question 19

The first successful expedition to the North Pole was led by __________.

Answer 19

Robert Peary

Question 20

Standard time was instituted by ________ in the United States

Answer 20

railroads

Question 21

A British naturalist who rejected the Scriptures and developed the theory of evolution

Answer 21

Charles Darwin

Question 22

The famous railroad engineer who died while trying to save his passenger

Answer 22

Casey Jones

Question 23

The professor who gave radio talks about the truth of the Bible and the falseness of modernism

Answer 23

J. Gresham Machen

Question 24

This letter promised Mexico a part of the US if it fought with Germany in WWI

Answer 24

Zimmermann Note

Question 25

He invented the wireless telegraph

Answer 25

Guglielmo Marconi

Question 26

The lawyer who won the Scopes trial against evolution

Answer 26

William Jennings Bryan

Question 27

He said, “The world must be made safe for democracy.”

Answer 27

Woodrow Wilson

Question 28

He said, “The strength of the nation depends upon the character of the people.”

Answer 28

Calvin Coolidge

Question 29

World War I ended on what date?

Answer 29

November 11, 1918

Question 30

He said “Speak softly and carry a big stick”

Answer 30

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 31

Over 100 Americans died when this British passenger liner sank in May 1915

Answer 31

Lusitania

Question 32

The President who created jobs during the Great Depression with money the government did not have

Answer 32

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 33

What were Theodore Roosevelt’s accomplishments as President? Be able to discuss at least 3

Answer 33

Theodore Roosevelt believed that peace could be kept by diplomacy and by being prepared for war. Because of these beliefs, he strengthened our country’s defenses by increasing the number of American battleships and armored cruisers. He even sent some of them, “The Great White Fleet” on tour around the world to show hostile nations that we could not be attacked without grave consequences. He used his skills in diplomacy to settle a war between Russia and Japan, an act that earned him the Nobel Prize for peace. He negotiated a treaty with Panama to allow the building of the Panama Canal. He also worked to conserve our forests and other natural resources.

Question 34

Know the following locations

Answer 34

Pico Duarte, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Mt. St. Helens, Lesser Antilles, Mt. Elbert, Mount Aconcagua, Galapagos Islands, Mt. Whitney, Mauna Kea, Falkland Islands, Chihuahuan Desert, Mt. Mitchell, Victoria Island