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________________ was the Scandinavian who landed on the shores of North American in 1000 A.D., but God didn't let him "discover" America.
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Leif Ericson
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His name is in Sponge Bob.
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____________ were led between A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1300 by European kings and noblemen at the request of the popes to drive the Muslims from the land they had conquered in the Middle East.
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Crusades
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What do you call nations that professed to be Christian?
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Christendom
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True or False? The Europeans considered their Crusades holy wars because they intended to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land and restore it to Christendom.
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True
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What revived the European interest in trade with the East?
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The crusades
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Did the crusaders reclaim the Holy Land from the Muslims?
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no
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What did the crusades do since they failed at reclaiming the Holy Land?
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They revived European interet in trade with the East.
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What did the Europeans call Asia?
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The Orient
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What kinds of things did the crusaders return from the East (Asia) with?
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spices, jewels, ivory, glassware
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What was the new social class called in Europe?
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middle class
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What was the new class of people called?
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middle class
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What did middle class mean back then?
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They were in between the wealthy class of kings and noblemen & the poor peasant class.
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What jobs did the middle class have?
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merchants & traders
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_______ _________ was the son of an Italian merchant who went on a trip to China with his dad and uncle and became the first European to travel the length of Asia.
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Marco Polo
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Who was the ruler of China?
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Kublai Khan
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How long did Marco Polo serve Kublai Khan?
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20 years
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What spurred many Europeans to have a new interest in Asia?
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Marco Polo's writings
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When did Marco Polo return home from China?
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1295
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What was the rebirth or revival of learning called in the early 1300s in Europe?
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The Renaissance
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What is another name for Renaissance?
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rebirth
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just think.....Renaissance starts with "re"; so does the answer!
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What did the Renaissance emphasize (or what did it promote)?
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The abilities of mankind and ignoring God
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What good things did the Renaissance revive?
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classical literature, scientific ideas of ancient Greece and Rome, beautiful art
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What bad things did the Renaissance promote?
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Pagan ideas and immorality
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How did God use the Renaissance for good?
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He let it spark a curiosity in people about the world around them. It also gave them new ideas and inventions.
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How did the Renaissance help set the stage for the discovery of the New World?
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1. Navigation was improved
2. More accurate maps were created 3. Improved rudders made steering the ships easier |
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What were two inventions during the Renasissance that made sailing easier?
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astrolabe (for latitude) & the compass (for direction)
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Who invented the movable-type printing press?
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Johann Gutenberg
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What was the first book Gutenberg printed on the movable-type printing press?
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The Bible
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What invention did more than any other invention to bring Europe out of the Dark Ages?
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the movable-type printing press
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What person from Portugal founded a navigation school and sent out several ships to explore the western coast of Africa?
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Who was the first person to reach the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa?
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Bartholomew Dias
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Who sailed all the way around Africa to India and opened an all-water route to the East?
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Vasco da Gama
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Which Roman Catholic monk protested false doctrines of the church (false teachings) by nailing his Ninety-five Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany?
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Martin Luther
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What island did Columbus reach on October 12, 1492?
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San Salvador
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Who was the fierce tribe of cannibals that Columbus was warned about?
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the Caribs
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Columbus discovered the West Indian islands of Cuba (also called Haiti) and ____________ (also called the Dominican Republic).
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Hispaniola
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Who was the first person to realize that what Columbus had discovered was a new continent?
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Amerigo Vespucci (an Italian sailor)
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This person claimed to have made several voyages to the New World and wrote letters about it. America is also named after this man. Who is he?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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What group of people lead armies of Spanish soldiers to subdue the Indians because they wanted them to become Catholic?
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the conquistadors
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Who was a conqueror and governor of Puerto Rico that set out to find the "fountain of youth"?
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Ponce de Leon
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This person was the 1st Spaniard to land on the mainland of North America during Easter. The flowers were in bloom, so he called the land "Florida".
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Ponce de Leon
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Who began a 3 year voyage to sail around the world but was killed in the Philippines?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Whose expedition proved once and for all that the world is round?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Who conquered the Aztec Indians of Mexico who did human sacrifices and was helped by other tribes of Indians who wished to be freed from the Aztecs?
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Hernando Cortes
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Who conquered the Inca Indians of Peru?
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Francisco Pizarro
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Who confiscated the Indians' gold and silver and then enslaved them, forcing them to work the gold and silver mines?
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Cortes and Pizarro
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What explorer explored Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee? He also discovered the Mississippi River, but he died in Mississippi of a fever?
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Hernando de Soto
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Pedro Menendez founded what first permanent European settlement in the present day United States?
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St. Augustine, Florida
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Who attacked Spanish ships bound for Spain from the New World and took their cargoes of gold and silver?
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Sir Francis Drake
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Armada means "a fleet of warships". What happened during the Spanish Armada of 1588?
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Philip thought he could send his ships to destroy England, but the English navy met the Spanish ships in the English Channel and defeated many of them. The ones that weren't defeated were caught in a fierce storm. The English credited their victory to God. Spain would not dominate the New World after all. **Protestant England and Scotland would be free to lay the groundwork for political and religious freedom in North America.**
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Who discovered the St. Lawrence River in 1534?
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Jacques Cartier
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What people (also known as the French Protestants) established Charlesfort on the coast of South Carolina and Fort Caroline on the coast of Florida? They came to the New World to escape religious persecution, but their settlements failed because of hardshiops and Spanish hostilities against Protestants?
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the Huguenots
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Who was the "Father of New France" and also established the first permanent French settlement in the New World in Quebec, Canada?
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Samuel de Champlain
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What 2 men explored the central Mississippi River? They were probably the first white men to see parts of Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Jacques Marquette (a Jesuit missionary) and Louis Joliet (a fur trader)
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Who sailed down the Illinois River to the Mississippi River and all the way down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed the entire Mississippi Valley for France, naming it Louisiana?
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Robert Cavalier de la Salle
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What was the reformation?
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It began after Columbus discovered America when Martin Luther protested the false teaching of the church. It brought a revival of biblical Christianity. Because of it, the people from England who colonized North American would be heavily influenced by the Word of God.
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What is maize?
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Indian corn
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What is the Holy Land?
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area between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea (also known as the "Kingdom of Israel")
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What are Muslims?
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People who believe in the Islamic faith. They believe Muhammad was given a message through an angel Gabriel.
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