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Semester Term 2 Test
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Social Studies
8th Grade
05/17/2012

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Anasazi
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lived in apartment houses carved into cliffs.
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Conquistadors
Definition
soldier-explorers sent to the America by Spain.
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Igloo
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dome-shaped home made from ice and snow.
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Iroquois League
Definition
Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga
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Malintizin
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A woman who helped Cortes defeat the Aztec.
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Maya
Definition
civilization that came to a mysterious end by the 900 AD.
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Mesoamerica
Definition
land from Valley of Mexico to Costa Rica.
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Moche
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dug canals to carry water from the Andes to desert farms.
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Pachacuti
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built the largest empire in the ancient Americas.
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Tenochtitlan
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a great Aztec city.
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Adobe
Definition
sun-dried mud bricks used to build homes in the desert Southwest.
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Beringia
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a land bridge connecting Asia and Alaska during the Ice Age.
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Christopher Columbus
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landed on the island of Hispaniola in 1492.
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Francisco Pizarro
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a Spanish soldier who defeated the Inca.
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Hernan Cortes
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a Spanish soldier who defeated the Aztec.
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Hohokam
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a farming culture that thrived from about 300AD to 1300 AD
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Hunter-gatherers
Definition
moved constantly in search of food.
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Mayan city-states
Definition
located in the dense forests of Peten.
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Olmec
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developed a trading empire that flourished between 1200 BC to 400 BC.
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Quipu
Definition
a rope with knotted cords that served as a calculator.
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Catherine de’ Medici
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outlawed freedom of religion in France.
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Charles V
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became Holy Roman Emperor in 1519.
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
an artistic technique using light and shadows to soften edges.
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Gondolas
Definition
long, narrow boats used for transport in Venice.
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Ignatius of Loyola
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founded the Jesuits.
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Mary I
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tried to make England a Catholic country.
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Petrarch
Definition
famous medieval scholar of ancient Roman writers.
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Predestination
Definition
a belief that outcome of people’s lives are planned in advance by God.
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Renaissance
Definition
a time of rebirth of interest in art and learning.
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William Shakespeare
Definition
English playwright who wrote tragedies and comedies.
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Counter-Reformation
Definition
Catholic attempt to convince people to return to the Catholic Church.
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Diplomacy
Definition
the art of making deals with other governments.
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Florence
Definition
a wealthy Italian city that played an important role in the Renaissance.
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Florin
Definition
the gold coin of Florence.
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Huguenots
Definition
French Protestants.
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Johannes Gutenberg
Definition
developed a printing press with movable metal type.
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King James I
Definition
persecuted Puritans.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Definition
author of The Prince.
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Oil painting
Definition
developed in Flanders.
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Theology
Definition
the study of questions about God.
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Caravel
Definition
an improved Portuguese ship that allowed exploration of the oceans.
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Copernicus
Definition
scientist who theorized that the sun was at the center of the universe.
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Cottage industry
Definition
system of producing goods by “putting out” to individual peasants.
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John Rolfe
Definition
discovered tobacco would grow in Virginia.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Definition
wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women.
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Navigation Acts
Definition
controlled where American colonists could sell their raw materials.
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Science
Definition
organized study of how the natural world works.
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Spanish Armada
Definition
defeated by the English in 1588.
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Thomas Hobbes
Definition
thought that people were naturally selfish and violent.
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Tom Paine
Definition
wrote Common Sense.
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Astrolabe
Definition
device used to find latitude.
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Mercantilism
Definition
the idea that a country gains power by building up a supply of gold and silver.
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Theory
Definition
explanation of how something works based on facts.
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Deism
Definition
religious belief based on reason.
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Johannes Kepler
Definition
theorized planets moved in oval paths around the sun.
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Columbian Exchange
Definition
global exchange of people, goods, ideas, and diseases.
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Henry the Navigator
Definition
Portuguese prince who mapped Africa’s coastline.
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Rene Descartes
Definition
“I think, therefore I am”
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Louis XIV
Definition
the Sun King who ruled France for 72 years.
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Ferdinand Magellan
Definition
named the Pacific Ocean.
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