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T/F The Crusaders revived interest in trade with the Orient
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T/F Hugh Capet's rule marked the beginning of the English nation
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T/F John Huss was known as the Morning Star of the Reformation
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T/F Sumerians divided by the number 10
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T/F Elizabeth I rallied England to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588
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T/F Vaso de Balboa discovered the Indian Ocean
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T/F Christopher Columbus's voyages were sponsored by the king and queen of Italy
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T/F Over 500 people saw the resurrected Christ
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T/F Hieroglyphics refers to Egyptian writing
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T/F Jamestown was the first permanent Dutch settlement in the New World
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Viking Explorer
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Leif Ericson
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reformer in Zurich
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Ulrich Zwingli
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Scottish preacher
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John Knox
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defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours
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Charles Martel
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discovered Florida
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Ponce de Leon
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famous Greek philosopher
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Aristotle
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man for whom America is named
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Pharaoh's chief assistant
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Joseph
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great Athenian statesman
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Pericles
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led the building of the Tower of Babel
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Nimrod
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Greek conqueror of Persia
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Alexander
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founder of Islam
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Mohammed
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wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War
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Thucydides
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great Frankish king
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Charlemagne
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father of the nation of Israel
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Abraham
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A group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit is called a
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nation
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Who was Confucius?
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Chinese philosopher
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What agreement ended the Thirty Years' War?
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Peace of Westphalia
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What edict, issued by Constantine, granted Christians the freedom to worship?
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Edict of Milan
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Who founded the China Inland Mission?
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J. Hudson Taylor
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When was the King James version of the Bible completed
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1611
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The belief in a continuous process of rebirth is
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reincarnation
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Which crusade captured Asia Minor and Jersualem?
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First
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The man credited wirh creating the Iliad and the Odyssey is
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Homer
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What king, when offered whatever he wanted from God, asked for wisdom?
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Solomon
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founders of Rome
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Latins
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sea-traders near Israel
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Phoenicians
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followers of Wycliffe
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Lollards
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lived on Crete
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Minoans
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Arab nomads
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Bedouins
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Which ancient empire was founded by Hammurabi
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Babylonian
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Who built the "Hanging Gardens"
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Nebuchadnezzar
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The Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec Indians
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Hernando Cortes
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Who was the first great king of England
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Alfred
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The Roman Emperor who was first to persecute Christians was
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Nero
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The French explorer ___ founded Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in the New World
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Samuel de Champlain
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The French explorer ___ founded Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in the New World
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Samuel de Champlain
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The country that developed the caste system was
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India
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The river whose name means "arrow" in the __ River
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Tigris
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The country that developed the caste system was
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India
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The French explorer ___ founded Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in the New World
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Samuel de Champlain
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The river whose name means "arrow" in the __ River
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Tigris
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Who probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being in history
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Philip II
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The country that developed the caste system was
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India
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Who is considered the greatest English author of all time?
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Shakespeare
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Who probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being in history
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Philip II
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The river whose name means "arrow" in the __ River
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Tigris
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What European landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, starting the settlement of the New World
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Christopher Columbus
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Who is considered the greatest English author of all time?
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Shakespeare
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Who invented the movable-type printing press
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Johann Gutenberg
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What European landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, starting the settlement of the New World
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Christopher Columbus
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Who probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being in history
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Philip II
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Who is considered the greatest English author of all time?
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Shakespeare
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Who invented the movable-type printing press
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Johann Gutenberg
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In what year did the Protestant Reformation begin
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1517
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In what year did the Protestant Reformation begin
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1517
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What European landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, starting the settlement of the New World
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Christopher Columbus
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What Hebrew was the chief adviser to Nebuchadnezzar
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Daniel
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What Hebrew was the chief adviser to Nebuchadnezzar
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Daniel
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Who invented the movable-type printing press
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Johann Gutenberg
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Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia
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Marco Polo
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Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia
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Marco Polo
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In what year did the Protestant Reformation begin
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1517
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What Hebrew was the chief adviser to Nebuchadnezzar
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Daniel
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Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia
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Marco Polo
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Who is the god of the Muslims
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Allah
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What Carthaginian general marched elephants across the Alps to attack Rome
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Hannibal
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What is the world's longest fortification
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Great Wall of China
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Name the Greek city-state whose citizens constantly trained for war
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Sparta
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Which philosophy puts man in place of God
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humaninsm
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