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34 Cards in this Set
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The Middle Ages lasted for what years?
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500 to 1500
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When did the Middle Ages begin?
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When the Roman Empire fell.
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What was the period of the rebirth of learning called.
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Renaissance
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What two groups fought in the Crusades?
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The Muslim Turks and the European Christians
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Which side won the Crusades?
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The Muslim Turks
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What was the main result of the Crusades?
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Trade increased.
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What famous Viking leader landed in North America in 1000?
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Leif Erickson
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What were the Crusaders fighting over?
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The Holy Land
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Who invented the printing press?
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Gutenberg
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A political system in which the king gave land to a lord in return for military service and protection of the people.
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Feudalism
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Who landed in North America 492 years before Columbus?
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The Vikings
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What is another name for nobles?
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Lords
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Who started a school of navigation for Portuguese sailors?
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Prince Henry
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The Portuguese route to Asia was around which continent?
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Africa
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What is the southern tip of Africa called?
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The Cape of Good Hope
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Who was the first European explorer to realize that North and South America were new lands?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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What were the two French territories in North America?
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New France and Louisiana
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England held land around the Hudson Bay plus how many colonies on the East Coast of North America?
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13
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What were the four Spanish colonies in North America?
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1. Texas
2. New Mexico 3. Florida 4. California |
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Haiti and the Dominican Republic make up an island Columbus called what?
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Hispaniola
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What was the island Columbus landed on when he discovered America?
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Bahamas
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Who was the Portuguese explorer that sailed around Africa to India?
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Vasco da Gama
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What was the first English settlement in North America
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Jamestown
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Who saved Captain John Smith's life two times?
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Pocahontus
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What stated that the Pilgrims would make laws in their new colony of Plymouth?
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The Mayflower Compact
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Which religious group started the colony of Massachusetts?
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The Puritans
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What colony did Roger Williams start?
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Rhode Island
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What were the four New England colonies?
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Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island
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What did the Dutch call New York?
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New Netherlands
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What religious group started Pennsylvania?
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The Quakers
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What famous trials took place in Massachusetts?
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The Salem Witchcraft trials.
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What colony did James Olglethorpe start?
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Georgia
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What two countries fought in the French and Indian War?
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France and England
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What were the 3 important events of 1619?
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1. First slaves
2. First women colonist 3. First representative government |
