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13 Cards in this Set
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What is the eighth-largest island in the world?
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Great Britian
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Name the document signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch to the laws of the land.
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Magna Carta
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Name the man who first printed the
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Miles Coverdale
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Who was the Engilsh writer of many plays, including Romeo and Juliet?
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William Shakespeare
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Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world?
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Sir Frances Drake
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What great naval force was destroyed by Queen Elizabeth's fleets?
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Spanish Armada
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Name the book that changed England.
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the Bible
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plain covered with thick grass
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savanna
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season when rain falls in abundance
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wet season
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season when little or no rain falls
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dry season
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Who was the first modern explorer to reach North America and claim it for England?
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John Cabot
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Who made the first translation of the Bible into English?
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John Wycliffe
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