Part 4 Flashcards

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Mussolini’s first act of aggression was to invade

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Albania

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Nelson Mandela was its first black president

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South Africa

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Argentina was unsuccessful in taking over these islands in 1982

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Falkland

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3
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The first civilization arose in the land of

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Mesopotamia

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4
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Won the Hundred Year War

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France

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5
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Turning point of the war in the Pacific

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Midway

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Its greatest contribution to civilization was writing

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Sumer

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7
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United States headquarters

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New York

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Napoleon’s final defeat

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Waterloo

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First city destroyed by the atomic bomb

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Hiroshima

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Former British possession that was given back to Communist China

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Hong Kong

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Nation invaded by Saddam Hussein, prompting Operation Desert Storm

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kuwait

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THe treaty of _______ lain foundations for the nations of France and Germany

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Verdum

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World’s oldest living civilization; The “gReat Leap Forward” and the Cultural Revolution Occurred in this countary

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China

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14
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1066

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Battle of hasting

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15
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1215

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Magna Carta signed

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1440

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Movable-type printing press invented

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1517

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Protestant Reformation

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1776

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Declaration of Independance

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1789

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French Revolution began

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1815

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Defeat of Napoleon

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1914

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World War 1 Began

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1945

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World War 2 ended

23
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1975

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Vietnam War ended

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1991

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Persian Gulf war