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1) One of the first US astronauts to step on the moon in 1969, Neil _________
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Armstrong
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2) This ancient Egyptian city housed the worlds largest library
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Alexandria
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3) Region of eastern France where an Allied victory occurred, from Nov 1944-March 1945
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Alsace
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4) The collective defeated powers of WW2: Germany, Italy and Japan
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Axis
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5) This girl and her Jewish family hid from the Nazis in a hidden annex in Amsterdam before capture
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Anne Frank
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6) The victorious powers of WW2: US, UK, and Russia
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Allies
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7) This skirmish in western Maryland became the bloodiest single day battle in the Civil War
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Antietam
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8) This powerful empire ruled over Mexico until the Spanish capture in the 1500s, its capital was at Tenochtitlan
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Aztec
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9) Macedon "great" king who ruled over the Greek empire and expanded its territory as far as India
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Alexander the Great
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10) One of the most revered Greek philosophers and tutor of the above king
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Aristotle
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11) Spanish mission and fortress of the Mexican-American War in San Antonio, TX, now fondly remembered
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Alamo
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12) 18th dynasty Egyptian pharaoh known for his radical religious reform
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Akhenaten
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13) Known now as Veterans Day, it was named this in commemoration of the first World War ending
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Armistice Day
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14) This queen was the 2nd wife of King Henry VIII, executed by beheading for treason
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Anne Boleyn
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15) Major Protestant communion formally founded in the UK in 1867, but dates back to the 16th century Church of England
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Anglican
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16) This term referred to the political and social movement to end slavery in the US. Frederick Douglass was a prominent pioneer of this.
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Abolitionism
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17) This tall man, born in a log cabin in rural Kentucky in 1809, became 16th president of the US
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Abraham Lincoln
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18) This major US mountain chain stretches over 2000 miles from Georgia to the woods of Maine
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Appalachian
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19) Famous Greek citadel dedicated to the goddess Athena, overlooking the city of Athens
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Acropolis
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20) Ancient Mesopotamian civilization in modern day Iraq, known as one of the greatest expansive empires in history
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Assyrian Empire
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21) This Egyptian god was the divine protector of the dead in the afterlife
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Anubis
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22) This "inescapable" prison sits on an island in the middle of San Francisco bay, known for the famous break out of 1962
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Alcatraz
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23) Time period of the southern US between the War of 1812 and the outbreak of the Civil War
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Antebellum
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24) This mission was the first of the US astronauts to step on the moon in 1969
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Apollo 11
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25) This aviation legend pioneered womens' advancement in piloting, her plane disappeared over the Pacific in 1937
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Amelia Earhart
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