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17 Cards in this Set
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Jomo Kenyatta
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Led Kenya's violent independence struggle against Britain
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Nelson Mandela
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Led Black South Africans' struggle against apartheid (seperation)
Became first black president of the Republic of South Africa |
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Galileo Galilei
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Scientist who used the telescope to advance the heliocentric theory
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Louis XIV
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Absolute ruler who built Versailles.
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Peter the Great
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Absolute ruler who helped "westernize" Russia
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Jaques Cartier
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French explorer who claimed the St. Lawrence River
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John Gutenberg
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Invented the Printing Press
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Isaac Newton
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Scientist who formulated the laws of Gravity
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Martin Luther
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Posted his 95 these on the church door (Protestant)
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Vasco De Gama
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First European to sail around the southernt tip of Africa to get to India. (He was from Portugal)
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Scientist who developed the heliocentric theory
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Hernando Cortes
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Spainsh conquistador that conquered the Aztec Empire
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Franicis Drake
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He was the 2nd person to successfully circumnavigate the world on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I
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Eramus
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A humanist who wrote, "Praise of Folly"
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Shakespeare
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Northern Humanist who wrote a number of plays and sonnets
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Prince Henry
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Was a pioneer in the age of Explorations for setting up a school for navigation.
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Margret Thatcher
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British Prime Minster that developed a close relationship with the United States.
Believed in free markets and the assertion of the UK's military power. |
