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41 Cards in this Set
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The period of peace and prosperity initiated by Caesar Augustus was the
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PAX ROMANA
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Socrates was a great
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PHILOSOPHER
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What is missing from the bottom of this pyramid? Lords, Nobles, Tenants and
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SERFS
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The Portuguese explorer who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India was
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VASCO DA GAMA
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The Middle Ages ended and the pre-modern period began with the
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RENAISSANCE
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The inventor of moveable type was
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GUTTENGERG
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A written document that granted privileges and freedoms to city residents was a
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CHARTER
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Renaissance writers reached a wider audience by writing in
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THE LANGUAGE THEY SPOKE IN EVERY DAY
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When Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas, he thought he had sailed to
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THE EAST INDIES
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Sparta defeated Athens in the
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PELOPONESIAN WAR
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Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire under
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CONSTANTINE
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Workers' organizations that controlled industries were called
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GUILDS
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The mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by
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MICHAEL ANGELO
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Alexander the Great conquered and s pread the culture of
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GREECE
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A castle was often part of a
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MANOR
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A philosopher who believed that goverment should serve and protect the people and their freedom was
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JOHN LOCKE
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Julius Caesar was killed by
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THE MEMBERS OF HIS SENATE
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The idea that kings and queens ruled by the will of God was called
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THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KING
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During the Middle Ages, the political and social system was known as
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FEUDALISM
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Nobles who swore allegiance to the king were known as
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VASSALS
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What were farmers called who paid rent for their land and worked it as they pleased
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TENANT FARMERS
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Alexander the Great was best known for his
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MILITARY CAREER
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Alexander the Great was the founder of how many cities?
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70
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Alexandria, Egypt, was founded in
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331 B.C.
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The city in Egypt that was founded by Alexander the Great is
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ALEXANDRIA
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Who invented the printing press?
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GUTENBERG
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Constantine I moved his capital from Rome to
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CONSTANTINOPLE
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Who wrote the story of Don Quixote?
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MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
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The explorer who was the first to reach the Cape of Good Hope was
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BARTHOLOMEU DIAS
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The explorer who was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope was
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VASCO DA GAMA
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What did Martin Luther want to change?
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
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The capital of the Roman Empire during the empire's decline
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CONSTANTINOPLE
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Wrote The Canterbury Tales
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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The distribution of people, ideas, and diseases around the world by European explorers and settlers
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THE COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE
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A workers organization
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GUILD
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A body that took over power in England in the name of the people
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PARLIAMENT
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At one time, this city ruled lands surrounding the Mediterranean sea
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ROME
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Christian holy wars
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THE CRUSADES
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Wrote Romeo and Juliet
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Time of Ancient Greece and Rome
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CLASSICAL TIME
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Greek for "Love of Wisdom"
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PHILOSOPHY
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