U.s. History
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. columbus
A. Author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States
2. north america
B. Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954
3. allies
C. Elected leader of a country
4. agent orange
D. A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
5. louisiana
E. A nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission
6. japanese
F. The political ___ that if one nation comes under communist control then neighboring nations will
7. karl marx
G. The state capital of Ohio
8. communist
H. A herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas
9. atomic bomb
I. Founder of modern communism
10. roosevelt
J. 32nd President of the United States
11. bill of rights
K. A native or inhabitant of ___
12. ho chi minh
L. Militant civil rights leader
13. wilson
M. A statement of fundamental ___ and privileges
14. domino theory
N. A friendly nation (plural)
15. president
O. Confinement during wartime
16. internment
P. A socialist who advocates ___
17. malcolm x
Q. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to South ___ by the Isthmus of Panama