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Communist Dictator of Cuba?
Fidel Castro
National Chinese Leader?
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S. President during the Bay of Pigs failure?
John F. Kennedy
U.S. President who restored America’s military might?
Ronald Reagan
Communist dictator of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Invented the first practical steam engine?
James Watt
“Father of Communism”
Karl Marx
What year did World War II end?
1945
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
What conservative was the first woman prime minister of Great Britain?
Margaret Thatcher
Who wrote the Fifth Symphony?
Ludwig van Beethoven
What was the name given to the invasion of Normandy in northern France by the Allies?
D-Day
Who founded the religion of Islam?
Mohammed
The first civilization arose in the land of ___________?
Mesopotamia
Name the Axis powers of World War II
Japan
Italy
germany
When did World War I begin?
July 28, 1914
Began America’s Great Awakening?
Jonathan Edwards
Who commanded American Troops in World War I?
John J. Pershing
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What type of war is fought with words and diplomacy, not with weapons?
Cold War
Existentialist philosopher?
Friedrich Nietzche
Who wrote “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”?
Martinluther
Who founded the Methodist Church?
John Wesley
Who was the world’s first empire builder?
Nimrod
What treaty laid the foundation for the nations of France and Germany?
Verdun