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World history: people, places, and events beginning with A
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Last updated: December 18, 2024
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1) One of the first US astronauts to step on the
moon in 1969, Neil _________
Armstrong
2) This ancient Egyptian city housed the worlds
largest library
Alexandria
3) Region of eastern France where an Allied victory
occurred, from Nov 1944-March 1945
Alsace
4) The collective defeated powers of WW2: Germany, Italy
and Japan
Axis
5) This girl and her Jewish family hid from the Nazis
in a hidden annex in Amsterdam before capture
Anne Frank
6) The victorious powers of WW2: US, UK, and Russia
Allies
7) This skirmish in western Maryland became the bloodiest single
day battle in the Civil War
Antietam
8) This powerful empire ruled over Mexico until the Spanish capture in the
1500s, its capital was at Tenochtitlan
Aztec
9) Macedon "great" king who ruled over the Greek empire and expanded
its territory as far as India
Alexander the Great
10) One of the most revered Greek philosophers and tutor of the above king
Aristotle
11) Spanish mission and fortress of the Mexican-American War in
San Antonio, TX, now fondly remembered
Alamo
12) 18th dynasty Egyptian pharaoh known for his radical religious reform
Akhenaten
13) Known now as Veterans Day, it was named this in commemoration of the first
World War ending
Armistice Day
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14) This queen was the 2nd wife of King Henry VIII, executed by beheading
for treason
Anne Boleyn
15) Major Protestant communion formally founded in the UK in 1867, but dates
back to the 16th century Church of England
Anglican
16) This term referred to the political and social movement to end slavery
in the US. Frederick Douglass was a prominent pioneer of this.
Abolitionism
17) This tall man, born in a log cabin in rural Kentucky in 1809, became 16th
president of the US
Abraham Lincoln
18) This major US mountain chain stretches over 2000 miles
from Georgia to the woods of Maine
Appalachian
19) Famous Greek citadel dedicated to the goddess Athena, overlooking the
city of Athens
Acropolis
20) Ancient Mesopotamian civilization in modern day Iraq, known as one of the
greatest expansive empires in history
Assyrian Empire
21) This Egyptian god was the divine protector of the dead in the afterlife
Anubis
22) This "inescapable" prison sits on an island in the middle of San Francisco bay,
known for the famous break out of 1962
Alcatraz
23) Time period of the southern US between the War of 1812 and the
outbreak of the Civil War
Antebellum
24) This mission was the first of the US astronauts to step on the moon in 1969
Apollo 11
25) This aviation legend pioneered womens' advancement in piloting, her plane
disappeared over the Pacific in 1937
Amelia Earhart
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