Test 12 Final Exam Flashcards
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chosen by God to become the father of the nation of Israel
Abraham
succeeded Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia
Vladimir Putin
Did Ronald Reagan believe that more government control is necessary?
NO
the last great ASsyrian king that collected a library of 100,000 cuneiform tablets
Ashurbanipal
The English author that is perhaps the greatest author of all time
William Shakespeare
the “Father of Modern Missions”
William Carey
oil-rich kingdom that Saddam Hussein ordered an invasion of in 1990
Kuwait
Communist leader who ruled Yugoslavia immediately after WWII
Josip Tito
The blind Green poet credited for creating the epics Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
the last czar of Russia before the Communists took over
Nicholas II
Slobodan Milosevic was responsible for this in Bosnia and Kosovo
ethnic cleansing
the year the Panama Canal turned over to the Panamanians
1999
What does jihad mean?
holy war
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of what country?
South Africa
Who wrote the classic Fifth Symphony?
Beethoven
Renaissance artist who painted the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo da Vinci
the approximate dates for the Middle Ages
A.D. 500-A.D. 1500
the group Osama bin Laden directed in the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001
Al-Qaeda
the country not affected by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Brazil
the American President during Operation Desert Storm
George H. W. Bush
Hugh Capet’s coronation as king is viewed as the beginning of which nation?:
French
the country the United States believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in
Afghanistan
the English king who broke with the Roman church, setting off the English Reformation?
Henry VIII
The year Martin Luther posted the Ninety-five Theses, sparking the Protestant Reformation
1517
