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45 Cards in this Set
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The _______ were the first people to invade China in the 1200's.
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Mongols
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The Yuan Dynasty was founded in 1279 by _____ ______.
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Kublai Khan
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The religion based on finding harmony with the way of nature is ______.
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Taoism
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The famous trade route named for a fabric is the ____ ____.
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Silk Road
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China's three great rivers start in the _____ of _____.
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Plateau of Tibet
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The Chinese tried to rid their country of all foreigners during the _____ ______.
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Boxer Rebellion
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The ___ _____ supported Mao Zedong during the Cultrual Revolution.
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Red Gaurds
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A protest against Communism in China was held in ________ ________.
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Tiananmen Square
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_______ has been an independent republic since 1991.
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Mongolia
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The ____ of _____ is an area of volcanic activity in the Pacific.
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Ring of Fire
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A _______ is a hurricane in the western Pacific Ocean.
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typhoon
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Japan currently has a _______ ______ (form of government)
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constitutional monarchy
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The _______ icecap hold 70% of the world's fresh water.
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Antarctic
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______ ______ ______ died while exploring Antarctica.
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Robert Flacon Scott
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What kinds of animals live along the coast of Antarctica?
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Whales, krill, birds, penguins, and seals.
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What is a fjord and where are they found?
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A fjord is a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea. It's located between steep cliffs.
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The ______ Mountains seperate Europe from Asia.
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Ural
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____ and _____ were major cities of ancient Greece.
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Athens; Sparta
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_________ took conrol when his father Phillip II of Macedonia died.
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Alexander
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A wealthy Roman landowner was a _______.
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patrician
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The Roman Republic ended when ______ _____ took control in 46 B.C.
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Julius Caesar
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Constantine made ________ the official religion of the Roman Empire.
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Christianity
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________ became the first emperor of the ____ _____ _____.
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Charlemagne; Holy Roman Empire
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Under ________ the lord provided the peasants with protection.
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manoralism
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The ______ ______ took some power away from the king.
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Magna Carta
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Leonardo da Vinci was a famous artist of the _________.
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Renaissance
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Martin Luther criticized the ______.
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church
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______ _____ the navigator wanted to find a way to sail around Africa and onto the far east.
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Prince Henry
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________ _______ led the first expedition to sail around the world (circumnavigate).
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Ferdinand Magellan
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When one country takes control over another, this is _______.
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imperialism
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During the ________ _______ machines took over much of the labor.
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Industrial Revolution
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After the French Revolution, _______ _______ took control.
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Napolean Bonaparte
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The first czar of Russia was ______ the _______.
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Ivan the Terrible
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Czar Alexander II of Russia granted freedom to the _____.
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serfs
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One cause of the Russian Revolution was ______ ______.
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Bloody Sunday.
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During the Age of Imperialism, which European country had the most colonies?
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Britain
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Under the terms of the Treaty of ________, Germany was forced to pay damges at the end of World War I.
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Versailles
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After World War II, the ______ ______ emerged as the strongest nation in Europe.
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Soviet Union
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What was the main purpose of NATO?
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To defend the countries of Western Europe.
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The symbolic division between Western and Eastern Europe after World War II was the _____ _____.
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Iron Curtian
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________ ________ was leader of the Soviet Union from 1958-1964.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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There was a period of ______ or lessening of tensions between the Soviet Union and the U.S. in the 1970's.
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detente
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In 1989, Milsevic became president of ________ and wanted the Serbs to rule.
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Yugoslavia
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The currency used since 2002 by most Western European countries is the _____.
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euro
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In order to encourage trade, the EU has elimated ______.
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tariffs
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