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After the roman empire
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6th Grade
01/26/2010

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Filibuster

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when a person talks until a bill dies.

  • 60 – 40 is the amount it takes to kill a filibuster
  • 100 Cloture kills a filibuster; but you need 60 votes to have a cloture

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Triangular Slave Network
Definition

o       Got slaves from Africa

o       Slaves made cotton in America

o       Cotton sold to Europe

o       Used money to buy more slaves

o       John Newton owned a lot of slaves he let them go free and then he made “Amazing Grace”

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What is the first colony created in 1607?
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Jamestown
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Where is Germany located?
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Right of the Netherlands
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Who founded Louisiana
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The French
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Who established the New Netherlands?
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The Dutch
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Who was John Newton?
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A white man in the triangluar slave network who owned a lot of slaves. He eventually let the slaves go.
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What song did Newton write?
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Amazing Grace, hymn
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What is the name of the machine that identifies Earthquakes?
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Seismograph
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What does a Seismograph do?
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Tells the vibrations and measures th shake in the ground.
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Who was Michelangelo?
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A gifted artist who made the "David", painted thesistine chapel, which took over ten years.
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Who is Botticelli?
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From Lorraine (Belgium) painted Aphrodite. Was made out of the oean and the gnitals of Starry Sky
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Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
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Made the "last Supper" and the "Mona Lisa"
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What did Raphael make?
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Little Angels
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Why are we Christian?
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In 732 C.E. the Battle of Tours pace
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Who led the Battle of Tours?
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Charles Martel, the mayor
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Where is the Gold Coast? Who named it?
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(1420) In Africa, and aptly named by Prince Henry because of all the gold.
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What countries are fighting for Haiti?
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Spain and Portugal
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What are the names of Columbus' ships?
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Santa Maria (biggest), Nina and Pinta
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What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
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States that Portugral gets Africa and Asia and Spain gets the other side. Treaty created by the Pope
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What is the Land of Demarcation?
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The line that splits Portugal and Spain.
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Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
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Italian explorer in Spain who discover America and named it after him.
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Who is Virginia Dare?
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First Child born in the U.S. (1587) and they named the state of Virginia after her.
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What does Reformation mean?
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Change
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Tallest buiding in Chicago?
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Sears Tower, currently known as Willis Tower
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Why was the Sistine Chapel made?
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To keep people in the church and ecnourage people to give the pope money.
Michaelangelo pained ceilings so people could feel the holiness within them
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Where does the word Pope come from?
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Greek work papas. Meaning father or patriarch.
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Who translated bible from Greek to German?
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Martin Luther
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Famous quote from Martin Luther?
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"God doe not want people to buy salvation. Salbition is his gift to man."
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What is Salvation?
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A means to heaven
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What did Martin Luther write?
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95 Theses of Contention
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What did Martin Luther do with the 95 Theses of Contention?
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On October 31, 1517 he t ook them to the Wittenberg Church and hammered them into the wall. Pivotal moment.
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What are some of the changes/advances Martin Luther made?
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He adds hymns to the Bible, "Book of Songs", starts the tradition of marrying inside the church, starts the Lutheran church.
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Who was Sir Issac Newton?
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Sat under an apple tree and observed an apple falling from the tree. Represented gravity. He said the moon causes gravity. Known as the "Age of Enlightenment" which is a time to gain knowledge and aquisition.
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What is the scientific revolution?
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Stared by Copernicus. Occured in 1500 C.E. Copernicus found out that earth and planets revolve around the sun and we are not the center of the galaxy.
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Who invented the telescope?
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Gaileo
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Who found the ellptical orbit?
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Kepler
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Who was Descates (De- cart)?
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A scientist and philospher who believes that you have to observe things to say that it is el. Known for statements like "I think, therefore I am" which means "I am thinking, therfore I exist. In latin it is "Cogito ergo sum" Statement was made imply who said "You can't observe thought so how do you know we exist?"
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