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50 Cards in this Set
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1. The most successful military of all time is _______.
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the Roman Empire
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2. The Romans learned much about new military methods from the ________.
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Greeks
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3. The ______, crossbow, moveable tower, battering ram, and tin shed were just a few of the new technologies used by the Romans to succeed in their campaigns.
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catapult
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4. Approximately how many soldiers made up a Roman legion?
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4,800
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5. One Roman soldier, called a _______, was put in charge of each century (80) of troops.
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centurion
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6. Two of the most famous sieges during the Roman Empire were at Jerusalem and _______.
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Masada
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7. The last wall, still standing today, from the siege of Jerusalem (66A.D.), is called the ________________.
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Wailing Wall
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8. Caesar is a Latin word which means Roman _____.
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King
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9. The Roman Empire lasted from 500B.C. to ____ A.D.
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500
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10. Explain the difference between a civilized invasion and a barbarian invasion.
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Civilized invasions allowed city to stand and for conquered peoples to become citizens. Barbarian invasions killed & burned everyone & everything to the ground (scorched earth policy).
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11. The Goths were an ancient ____ tribe.
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Germanic
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12. ________ Wall was constructed by 15,000 Roman troops in 130A.D. in England.
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Hadrian's
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13. Hadrian's Wall took how many years to build?
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10
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14. Hadrian's Wall and the construction of a 300 mile long picket fence in Germany and Gaul meant the Romans were no longer interested in _____ their empire.
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expanding
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15. About 372 A.D., the _____ came sweeping across the central Asian Steppes and invaded Europe and the Goths.
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Huns
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16. The Goths fled to ______ territory and asked for help from their old enemies to fight off this invading horde of horsemen.
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Roman
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17. The Roman Emperor Valens promised the Goths _______; but failed to make true on this promise, which led to a revolt and rampage.
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food or protection
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18. The Goths rampaged at Marianople and dealt the Romans their worst defeat in ___ years at Adrianople (15,000 soldiers killed).
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400
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19. The Goth leaders during this time were Frittagern and _____.
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Alaric
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20. The Goths sacked Rome in ___ A.D.
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410
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21. The Chinese built the _____ to keep out the Huns around 300B.C.
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Great Wall of China
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22. The Huns were often paid a ____, or bribe, to prevent them invading the Roman Empire.
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tribute
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23. Attila the Hun took power in 445A.D. upon killing off his _____.
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brother
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24. Attila met his ______, Aetius, in a huge battle (165,000 dead) at Chalons in Gaul in 452A.D.
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boyhood friend
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25. Aetius outmaneuvered and defeated Attila in a __ hour battle.
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5
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26. Aetius let Attila _____ his trap because he did not want to totally eliminate the Huns.
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escape
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27. Attila regrouped the following year rampaging across Northern Italy taking out the city of Aquilera. Some settlers escaped to start the city of ______.
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Venice
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28. Aetius sent _____ to beg Attila not to sack the city of Rome.
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Pope Leo I
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29. Attila took the offer not to attack because of the gold and silver offered, winter was coming, disease in his ranks, and he was low on ____.
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supplies
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30. Attila died of a _____ or hemorrage on his wedding night in 453A.D.
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nosebleed
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31. The Vikings were a hardy group of settlers from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark otherwise known as _______.
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Scandinavia
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32. Recent _____ digs from the 1880's suggest the Vikings were a very sophisticated people.
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archeological
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33. Many Vikings or Norsemen were buried in their ships to help them on their journey to ____ or heaven.
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Valhalla
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34. Around 793A.D., the Vikings launched an invasion of longships to pillage and plunder a monastery of ____ in the area of England or Scotland.
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monks
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35. Many invasions followed as the Vikings took their longships down _____ rivers to European cities.
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navigable
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36. The Vikings preferred ____ over gold.
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silver
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37. ________ and his son, Leif Erickson, were seafaring explorers of Iceland, Greenland, and beyond.
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Erik the Red
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38. Leif Ericklson probably landed in North America (Newfoundland, Canada) around _____A.D.
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1000
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39. This Viking settlement in the New World lasted around __ years before sailing back to Greenland.
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10
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40. The Vikings were defeated in England in 1066A.D. at the city of ____.
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York
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41. Genghis Khan's father was poisoned by the neighboring tribe called the _____ in 1175 A.D.
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Tatars
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42. Genghis was 9 years old and his mother suggested he get ____ for their hardships suffered.
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revenge
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43. Genghis, by age 40, had achieved the title of ____, or king of the chieftains of Mongolia.
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Khan
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44. Genghis conquered China and made the city of _____ the capital of his empire.
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Beijing
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45. Genghis used the 3-pronged attack, feints and skirmishes, ____ to a larger force, and rearguard attacks to his advantage in warfare.
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retreat
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46. The Sultan _____ of Samarkand in the Kwarozam Empire was defeated by Genghis Khan's smaller army.
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Muhammad
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47. Genghis Khan died in his mid-sixties on the way back to ____ from a horseback accident.
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China
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48. Kublai Khan was visited by _____, a traveler from Venice, Italy, who later wrote a popular book about his experiences.
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Marco Polo
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49. Timur the Lame was nicknamed the "______" from his conquests of Persia, Iraq, Turkey, and India.
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Prince of Destruction
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50. Timur the Lame took the severed ____ of 80,000 dead from an attack of Delhi, India, and made towers.
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heads
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