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Final Exam 2- People
People
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History
9th Grade
05/15/2012

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El Greco
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a master of Spanish painting, although not Spanish
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Robespierre
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a shrewd lawyer and politicial; a Jacobin; promoted religious toleration and wanted to abolish slavery in France
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Marquis de Lafayette
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military leader in France; headed the National Guard
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Olympe de Gouges
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a journalist who demanded equal rights for women; from France
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T.E. Lawrence
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also Lawrence of Arabia; was sent to support the Arab revolt
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Alfred Nobel
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invented dynamite
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Italian; invented the radio
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Louis Pasteur
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first scientist to show a link between microbes and disease; developed vaccines against rabies and anthrax
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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German composer who combined classical forms with a stirring range of sound; wrote symphonies; greatest composer of his day
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Claude Monet
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artist; brushed strokes of color side by side without any blending
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