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7th Grade
12/10/2012

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WHo was the first Spaniard to set foot in Florida?
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Ponce de Leon
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WHo believed the Puritan church should split entirely from the CHurch of England?
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Roger Williams
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land bridge that once connected SIberia and Alaska is ...
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Bering Strait
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Which civilization created an accurate calendar between 300 AD and 900 AD?
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The Mayas
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In the 1400's who had the world's biggest empire?
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INcas
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What was the main way Native Americans passed on knowledge?
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story telling
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In which area did Native Americans hunt buffalo?
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Great Plains
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MUSLIMS BELIEVE GOD'S WORD IS IN...
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THE KORAN
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WHAT WAS THE SILK ROAD?
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AN ANCIENT TRADE ROUTE GOING WEST FROM CHINA
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WHAT IS MONOTHEISM?
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THE IDEA THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD
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IN ROMAN REPUBLIC LAWS WERE MADE BY....
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ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
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WHAT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR WORLD RELIGION TO SAY THERE WAS ONLY ONE GOD
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JUDAISM (JEWISH PEOPLE)
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ARAB ASTRONOMERS DETERMINED THAT THE EARTH
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IS A SPHERE
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WHICH EXPLORER MAY HAVE REACHED AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS ?
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LEIF ERIKSON
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WHICH EXPLORER DISCOVERED A STRAIT THAT BEARS HIS NAME?
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MAGELLAN
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WHO RULED MALI AT ITS HEIGHT?
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MANSA MUSA
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WHAT WAS THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE ?
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AN EXCHANGE OF PEOPLE, GOODS AND IDEAS BETWEEN EAST AND WEST HEMISPHERE
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WHO GAVE FLORIDA ITS NAME?
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PONCE DE LEON
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WHAT CAUSED THE GREATEST NUMBER OF NATIVE AMERICAN FATALITIES?
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DISEASES SPREAD BY EUROPEAN CONTACT
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WHO WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO SEE THE PACIFIC OCEAN?
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THE WINTER FOLLOWING JOHN SMITH'S DEPARTURE IS KNOWN AS..
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THE STARVING TIME
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WHAT WERE THE THREE SHIPS OF COLUMBUS' VOYAGES?
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THE NINA, PINTA, SANTA MARIA
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WHAT WAS ENGLAND'S FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA?
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JAMESTOWN
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WHAT IS NEW ENGLAND'S CLIMATE LIKE?
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SHORT WARM SUMMERS AND LONG SNOWY WINTERS
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WHY DID THE PURITANS LEAVE ENGLAND?
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TO ESCAPE PERSECUTION BY ENGLAND'S KING
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WHAT IS THE TIDEWATER?
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FLAT, SWAMPY, LOWLAND ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST
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WHY DID BACON'S REBELLION COLLAPSE?
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HE GOT SICK AND DIED
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WHY DID THE ENGLISH ESTABLISH A COLONY ON ROANOKE?
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NEW MARKETS FOR ENGLISH PRODUCTS AND RAW MATERIALS
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PILGRIMS WERE ALSO KNOWN AS ...
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SEPARATISTS
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WHY DID THE PILGRIMS CREATE THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT?
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TO HELP THEM GOVERN THEIR NEW COLONY FAIRLY
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WHAT GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE IN SHOWN IN BLUE ON US MAP?
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What geographical feature is shown in blue on US map?
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WHAT GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE IS SHOWN IN BLUE ON US MAP?
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[image]
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WHAT GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE IS SHOWN IN BLUE?
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[image]
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What continent is highlighted in blue?
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[image]
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WHAT CONTINENT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE?
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WHAT CONTINENT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE?
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WHEN THE POPE REFUSED TO GRANT KING HENRY VIII A DIVORCE, KING HENRY STARTED THE.....
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CHURCH OF ENGLAND
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WHAT COLONY WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF PENNSYLVANIA?
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DELWARE
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PURITANS FOUNDED THEIR COLONY TO ASSURE FREEDOM OF WORSHIP FOR..
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THEMSELVES
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WHO WAS KING PHILIP ?
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METACOM,CHIEF OF WAMPANOAG
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DESCRIBE THE SOUTHERN COLONIES CLIMATE:
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WARM AND HUMID
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JOHN WINTHROP LED WHAT GROUP OF PEOPLE TO NORTH AMERICA IN 1630?
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PURITANS
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WHAT WAS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD SELF GOVERNMENT IN THE AMERICAS?
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HOUSE OF BURGESSES
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WHAT YEAR DID PILGRIMS FIRST CELEBRATE THEIR GOOD FORTUNE OF FOOD?
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1621
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