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111 Cards in this Set
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When did Pres Roosevelt die?
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April 2 1945
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The capital of Italy is
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Rome
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Who is the "Iron Chancellor"?
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Otto Von Bismark
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Rubens, Rembrandt and Cavendish were important in
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art and science
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the desire to become a nation is called...
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nationalism
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who saved france at the battle of orleans
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Joan of Arc
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a gov. run by religion is called...
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fiocracy
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what is the koran?
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muslim holy book
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who is winston churchill?
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prime minister of england
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what is the weimar republic
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german gov after ww1
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when did ww2 start?
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sept 1 1939
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where were the trials for crimes against humanity held after ww2?
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nurembourg
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The british turned back the german forces led by erwin rommel at what city?
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El Alamen
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Mussolini was fired by king emmanuel III and arrested after what event?
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ivasion of sicily by allies
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the soviet victory at what city is viewed as te major turning point of WW2
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stalingrad
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the nazis decided to exterminate jews, gypsies, slavs, and others b/c these ppls
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were inverior and undesirable
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why did japan decide to attack pearl harbor
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to take out american naval forces
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hitler wanted to conquer the soviet union because
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for living space for germans
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what was the battle of britain?
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germany tries to take england
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german-italian alliance in the 1930's
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Rome/Berlin Axis
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who supported nationalists in spanish civil war?
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germany
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why did hitler seize austria
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wanted the sudanland
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how did japanese military demonstrate its power in 1931?
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taking over china
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ruled japan during ww2
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Hirohito
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how did trotsky and stalin differ in their vision for soviet union?
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stalin-wanted russian rev.-take one at a time
trotsky-wanted whole world |
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wat was the third reich?
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hitler's rule
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what did the 1935 nuremberg laws do?
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took the Jews' rights and land
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what is the german parliament called?
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reichstag
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followers of mussolini are called
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blackshirts
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which country felt most frightened by possibility of another war/
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United States
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what is the maginot line
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defense line made by france
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agreement that denounced wat as means of settling disputes..
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kellog-briand pact
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pablo picasso is a/an...
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artist
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sigmund freud is a/an...
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phycologist
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albert einstein is a/an..
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physicist
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how did treaty of versailles affect germany
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made germany pay for war damages
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pres of u.s. during wwI
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wilson
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german leader during WWI
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keiser wilhelm II
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who is vittorio orlando
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prime minister of Itally
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who is Georges Clemenceau
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prime minister of france
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who is david lloyd george
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prime minister of Berlin
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what was 'peace, land, and bread"? in russia
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slogan of Lenin
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why did the germans help Lenin return to Russia?
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he promised to help them out of war
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who were the Reds
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bolsheviks
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russians were unhappy with Czarr nicholas II's rule for wat three reasons...
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1 running war wrong
2 relationship w/ Ratspetin 3 food shortages |
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group that believed a small group should run the russian revolution
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bolsheviks
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leader who seized power from the russian provisional government, during the 1917 revolution
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Lenin
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why did U.S. finally enter ww1
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attack on pearl harbor
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what miscalculationdid germans make at beginning of war
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didn't think russia would mobilize troops
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what new weapon was introduced at battle of the somme
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tank
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allied offensive on turkish-controlled lands
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gallipoly
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battle line running through belgium and france
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West Front
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German proposal to draw mexico into war
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zimmerman note
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why did great britain declare war on Germany
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they invaded Belgium
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why did russia declare war on Austria-Hungary
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felt they stopped from to serbia
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who is the czar of russia during ww1
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nicholas II
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who is Gavrilo Princip
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assasin of Francis Ferdinand and wife
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who is francis ferdinand
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archduke, nephew and heir to Austro-Hungarian emperor
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emperor of austria-hungary during WWI
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Joseph
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emperor of germany during WWI
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Wilhelm II
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advocates of enlightenment ideas included all of the following (3)
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montesque, locke, flobbes
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men and women of the enlightenment embraced all of the following (3)
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natural law, free speech, property
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powerful rulers who tried to apply ppolitical ideas of the enlightenment
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enlighteded despots
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gatherings that fostered development of art, literature, and politics
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salons
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according to John Locke wat is the foundation of government
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natural law
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thomas hobbes believed that human nature was ...
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violent
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in the 1600s and 1700s, reason influenced all of the following (3)
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enlightened despots, Government, religion
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universal moral law that philosophers believed could be known thru reason...
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natural law
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scientific method includes the following (3)
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obervation, hypothesis, and experiment
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whose theories of anatomy did the works of andreas vasalius and william harbey disprove
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galileo
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in the middle ages europeans based their scientific ideas on theories expounded by the
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greeks
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fundamental biological units discoveret by Robert Hooke
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Cells
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what system of mathematics did Isaac Newton develop
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calculus
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oval paths planets travel on around sun
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elipses
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during 1600s the quality of life of european peasants could be characterized as
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miserable
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an entrepreneur would be likely do all of the following (3)
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invest, risk, trade
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mercantilism encouraged nations to...
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trade
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family responsible for financing many early expeditions
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medici
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middle passage referred to traspotration of enslaved africans from where to where?
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N America
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portugal maintained a colonial interest in all of the following areas (3)
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SE Asia, Malacas, Indonesia
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all of the following contributed to the explorers' ability (3)
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better sails, water tight ships, com passes
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killed in philippines during attempt at circumnavigation
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Ferdinand magellan
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proved that ships could reach east asia by sailing aroud africa
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dias
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name for church of england as formed by Elizabeth I is
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angelican
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court that published first list of censored books
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inquisition
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how many wives did king henry VIII have
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6
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list of staements by martin luther criticizing catholic church practices
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thesis
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english writer who criticized his own society by comparing it to an ideal society
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moore
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painter who was also a scientist, writer, and inventor
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DaVinci
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city-state that was led by group of wealthy officials
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florence
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list three statements that are true of humanists
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didn't value daily life
natural law ideal |
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the harsh environment of the central asian steppes encouraged which way of life
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Namady life
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time in catholic church history when the papal court was located in avignon
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babilonian captivity
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time in catholic church history when there were two and then three popes at once
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Skishi
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Which was the only group able to survive under Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile's rule
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Catholics
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peasant woman who lead French troops to Orleans and Reims
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Joan of Arc
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Epidemic that killed many ppl especially those in towns
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black plague
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one function of the craft guilds was to ...
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control products
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list three countries that were represtented by kings at the third crusade
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germany
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the leader of the byzantine empire in the late a.d. 1000s was
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justinian
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they were trained to fight on horseback
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knights
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what best describes the relationship between the church and the people in the midddle ages
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disconnected, superior
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elaborately decorated book
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illuminated manuscript
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wat artwork is made of tiny pieces of colored stone
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mosaic
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who ruled the byzantine empire at its height?
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constantine
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largest church in the byzntine empire is the
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hagia-sophia
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the break between the roman catholic and eastern orthadox churches
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the great schism
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wat language was used in the eastern orthadox church
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greek
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which ws the first officially christian country in the world
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armenia
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cyril's purpose in inventing the cyrillic alphabet was to
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convert ppl to christianity
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why was moscow or muscovy proclamed the third rome
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the czar-descendant of caesar
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