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RUSSIA
WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR II
MAP SKILLS
POPCORN
100
What is the name of the mountain range that separates European and Asian part of Russia?
Ural Mountains
100
What were the names of the countries in the Central Powers alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
100
What were the names of the countries on the Axis Powers alliance?
Germany, Italy, Japan
100
Lines of latitude run __________ to _________. Lines of longitude run _____________ and ____________.
Left to Right; Up and Down
100
A firsthand eyewitness account of an even such as a diary or a letter is a __________ ___________.
Primary Source
200
What is the name of the ocean that borders Russia to the north?
Arctic Ocean
200
What were the names of the countries in the Allied Powers alliance?
Great Britain, France, Russia, (The United States)
200
What was the name of the totalitarian leader of Germany during WWII?
Adolf Hitler
200
What line divides the world into the Eastern and Western hemisphere?
Prime Meridian
200
What is the name of the mountain range that runs through Switzerland and eight other countries in Europe?
The Alps
300
What is name of the longest river in Europe (that runs through Russia)?
Volga River
300
"The Spark” of WWI was when Archduke ___________ ____________ was assassinated.
Franz Ferdinand
300
What was the name of the international organization created after WWII to promote peace and safety in the world?
United Nations (UN)
300
A __________________ map shows borders between countries.
Political
300
The _______ _________ was an epidemic in Europe that was spread to humans by rats and killed thousands of people.
The Black Death
400
What is the name of the part of Russia that is in Asia?
Siberia
400
As a result of WWI, this country was reconfigured (split) into many different countries.
Austria-Hungary
400
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was an alliance between the US and Western Europe for ______________ purposes.
Military
400
What two continents are completely in the Western hemisphere?
North America and South America
400
The ________ _________ was the document signed by the King in 1215 that limited the power of the monarchy.
Magna Carta
500
What is the name of the sea that is the world’s largest body of enclosed water?
Caspian Sea
500
WWI was a __________________ because neither side could make a move to win.
Stalemate
500
Germans used this type of strategy ______________ or lightning war to overwhelm other armies.
Blitzkrieg
500
A ___________________projection distorts the size and shape of large objects on maps.
Mercator
500
In a representative democracy, representatives answer to people through _____________ ______________.
Regular Elections