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Social Studies 9
Final Foundations of Civilization
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History
9th Grade
05/25/2012

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Anne Boleyn
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(2) Wife of Henry VIII

1533-36

Child Elizabeth II

Beheaded in 1536

Because she didnt give him a boy.

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Johann Gutenberg
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one of the most important inventions in the world history was the printing press, developed by a german craftsman.
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Martin Luther
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posted his 95 theses on a cheurch door in wittenburg, germany.
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Elizabeth I
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was the daughter of henry VIII and anne boleyn.
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John Calvin
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founded a religion based on his teachings of predestination.
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Michelangelo
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He painted pictures on his back

16 Chapple Sistine and sculpted Pieta. 

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Henry VIII
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he wanted the pope to grant him a divorce because he did not feel that his wife could give him a sun.
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Leonardo da Vinci
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known for realistic sculptures as seen in his statue of David.
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Christopher Columbus
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1493 columbus sailed the ocean sea.

he "discovered" america but was really looking for the east indies, in asia.

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Montezuma
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he was the ruler or emperor of the aztec empire.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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members of his crew became the first europeans to circumnavigate(go around) the earth.
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Ponce de Leon
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he explored ane named the region known as florida.
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Herando Cortes
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the conquistador conqures the aztec civilization.
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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he was portugal's most enthusiastic supporter of exploration.
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Cardinal Richelieu
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he ruled france during the reign of louis XIII.
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Phillip II
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he sent the spanish armada to defeat england in 1588.
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Louis XIV
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the sun king.
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William & Mary
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the protestant king and queen that replaced James II.
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Miguel de Cervantes
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the spanish authur of the novel, Don Quixote.
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El Greco
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was born Doménikos Theotokópoulos,

(1541 – 7 April 1614) was a painter, sculpter and architec of the spanish renaissance.

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Anton Leeuwenhoek
Definition

usedd microscope to observe bacteria; also red blood cells.

First To look At Blood

Cells Under The Microscope.

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Galileo Galilei
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built telescope and studied the heavens; jupiter had four moons; earths moon was rough and uneven.
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Daniel Fahrenheit
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physicist; invent the first mercury thermometer. Creator Of The First Atomic Fahrenheit.
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John Locke
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people are born free and equal, and learn from expierence;natural rights.
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Isaac Newton
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scientist; law of gravity.

also use math to study. 

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Thomas Hobbes
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"people are born naturally selfish and wicked". believed, that without governments there would be war. he also wrote a book called leviathan;came up with social contract.
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Charlotte Corday
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Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont, known to history as Charlotte Corday, was a figure of the French Revolution.
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Maximilien Robespierre
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this radical jacobin leader ruled france during reign of terror.
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Louis XVI
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the national convention tried this french king foer treason and executed him in january of 1793.
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Napoleon Bonaparte 
Definition
the military genius seized power in france un 1799 and later crowned himself as emperor.
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Marie Antooinette
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austrian born and nicknamed "Madame Deficien," she was the wife of Louis XVI.
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Charles Dickens
Definition
English writer and social critic who is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and the creator of some of the world's most memorable fictional characters.
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Marry Shelley
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Mary Shelley was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus.
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Claude Monet
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Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting.
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Otto von Bismarck
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this german chancellor was the architect (creator) of the triple alliance.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian general, politician and patriot.
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Adam Smith
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Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy.
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Jethro Tull
Definition
he invented the machanical seed drill.
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Eli Whitney
Definition
he invented the cotton gin.
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Karl Marx
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he was the co-writer of the Communist Manifesto.
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James Watt
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 he built a fast and fuel efficient steam engine.
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Robert Bakewell
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Robert Bakewell was a British agriculturalist, now recognized as one of the most important figures in the British Agricultural Revolution.
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Alexander Graham-Bell
Definition
Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.
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Joseph Lister
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english sergeon began antisptics that killed bacteria in hospital room.
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Thomas Edison
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american inventor that built light bulb and the phonograph.
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Charles Darwin
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english scientist that came up with the theory of evolution.
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Louis Pasteur
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french(chemistry). that organism called bacteria can be killed by pasteurization.
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Ivan Pavlov
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(psychology) classical conditioning dog with a bell.
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Marie Curie
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polish (chemistry and physic) discovered a radio active element called polonium.
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Franz Ferdinand
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he was assassinated by serbian nationalist on june 28, 1914.
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Wilhelm II
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ruler of germany during the WWI.
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Gavrilo Princip
Definition
who assassinated Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand on june 28, 1914.
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
who was the president of the united states during WWI.
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Georges Clemenceau
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his nickname was the "tiger" and he wanted to punish germany after WWI.
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Vladimir Lenin
Definition
i was the leader of the bolsevik party during the russian revolution and the first leader of the U.S.S.R i died of a heart attack and stroke in 1924 but you can still stop by and see me at red square in moscow.
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Adolf Hitler
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geeman nazi dictator who use propaganda andracist-nationalist ideas.
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Benito Mussolini
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italian fascist leader, dictator of italy from 1922-45.
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Francisco Franco
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spanish fascist, dictator.
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Douglas MacArthur
Definition
american general in WWI.
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Isoroku Yamamoto
Definition
gratest naval stategest.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Definition
helper of wilson during the war.
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Joseph Stalin
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russian,man of steal. i help moderize russia but was responsible for the dealth of millions of my people.
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Harry S. Truman
Definition
president help other nation, WWI.
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Winston Churchill
Definition
leader of the england punishing germany after war.
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