Post on 02-Jan-2016
5th Grade Chapter 9 Vocabulary
Ms. Thornburg’s Flash Cards!
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Name two countries that
were superpowers?
United States and
Soviet Union/Russia
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Who was the first big rock and roll star of the 1950s?
Elvis Presley
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What was the most famous symbol of the Cold War?
Berlin Wall
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What is a system of bringing in supplies by airplane?
Airlift
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Who were two African American leaders who were assassinated (killed) in the 1960s?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Ordered that schools stop segregation (separating blacks and whites).
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Why did the East Berlin government build a concrete wall around East Berlin?
To keep East Berliners from escaping to freedom.
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When Germany was divided up after WWII, the Soviet Union took what would become East Berlin. What 3 countries shared West Berlin?
Britain
France
United States
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What is the capital of Germany?
Berlin
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The capital is located in _____ Berlin?
East
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Who took control of Cuba in 1959?
Fidel Castro
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Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
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Who believed in changing things by using peaceful ways?
Martin Luther King Jr.
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What spacecraft was the first to land on the moon?
Eagle
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Who refused to give up her seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
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What was one of the most powerful bombs?
Hydrogen bomb
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When one country builds weapons to protect itself against another country, it is called …
Arms race
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Teenagers in the 1950’s created their own culture. A major part of it was …
Rock and roll
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The “I Have a Dream” speech made by Martin Luther King Jr. was made in …
Washington DC
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The 1965 grape pickers strike was to gain better …
Wages
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In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr won the …
Nobel Peace Prize