Map Skills
Draw A Compass Rose with the 4 cardinal directions.
N
W --------E
S
Name a country that fought on the "Central Powers" side..
A USA
B Austria-Hungary
C Britain
B Austria-Hungary
Name a country that fought on the "Axis Powers" side..
A USA
B Japan
C Britain
B Japan
True or False: A Cold war means - a nonviolent state of hostility towards another country?
True
How many stripes are on the us flag?
A 12
B 13
C 14
D 15
B13
The Equator cuts the Earth in half and there are 2 hemispheres. They are called the ________ hemisphere and the ________ hemisphere
Northern and Southern
Who was assassinated that led to the start of WWI?
A Adolf Hitler
B FDR
C Franz Ferdinand
D Winston Churchill
C Franz Ferdinand
What year did WWII begin?
A 1939
B 1938
C 1940
D 1941
A 1939
What were the years of the Cold war?
A 2000-2012
B 1945- 1989
C 1900-1925
D 1818-1835
B 1945-1989
Name the 5 Major Oceans...
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic
A longitude line is....
A North to South
B East to West
A North to South
In what year did WWI begin?
A 1900
B 1914
C 1915
D 1913
B 1914
What year did the USA enter WWII?
A 1939
B 1938
C 1940
D 1941
D 1941
What war was fought in the pacific during the years of 1950-1953?
A Korean War
B Vietnam War
C Cuban Missile Crisis
D Bay of Pigs
A Korean War
True or false JFK was never assassinated?
False
Name all 7 continents
ASIA, AFRICA, N. AMERICA, S. America, Europe, Antarctica, Australia
what is the area in between trenches called?
no mans land
Who was the president of the USA during WWII?
A Abraham Lincoln
B Richard Nixon
C JFK
D FDR
D FDR
How long did the Cuban missile crisis last?
A 10 days
B 13 days
C 15 days
D 20 days
B 13 days
What language do they speak in Brazil?
A Portuguese
B Spanish
A Portuguese
This imaginary line measures at 0 degrees and travels North to South...
A N. Hemisphere
B Tropic of Cancer
C Equator
D Prime meridian
D Prime meridian
When did WWI end?
A 1916
B 1914
C 1919
D 1918
D 1918
Who was the leader of Russia in WWII?
A Winston Churchill
B Joseph Stalin
C Adolf Hitler
D Benito Mussolini
B Joseph Stalin
What is the city in Germany that was divided by the wall?
A Paris
B London
C Munich
D Berlin
D Berlin
In what year did Columbus discover the Americas?
A 1492
B 1592
C 1692
D 1392
A 1492