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| who did Cortes form an alliance with to conquer Aztecs? |
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| name the conquistador who added Peru, Ecuador, and Chile to the Spanish empire? |
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| list the names of the social group in the Spanish colonial society (start with the top group) |
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| Peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, mulattoes |
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| which two countries benefited from the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494? |
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| the reason that Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Maryland were set up as colonies was to: |
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| gain religeous freedom, safe havens for persecuted religeous groups |
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| list the three legs of the triangular trade route and what happened on each leg of the journey. |
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| europe, africa, and the americans |
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| estimate of the number of Africans that probably died in passage to the Americans during the Atlantic slave trade? |
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| why did widespread inflation occur in Europe during the mid 1500s? |
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| There was alot more money, raise in prices. |
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| in order to protect local industries from foreign competition, what policy was designed by the mercantilists? |
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| mercantilism- nations must export more goals than it imports |
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| Philip 2 of Spain - important goal? |
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| he was catholic and wanted to stop the growth of protestantism. |
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| Edict of Nantes 1598 purpose? |
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| henry IV promised france protestants would not be persicuted and can work |
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| what was the effect of the Huguenots leaving France in the 1680s? |
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| they got work for their money |
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| type of government created by the Glorious Revolution? |
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| who reorganized the Hapsburg Empire to strengthen it? |
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| what did peter the grate do in order to gain a warm - water port on the black sea? |
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| war against the ottoman emipire |
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| under whose rule did Russia seize lands in eastern Poland? |
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| rounding this cape gave sailors a direct sea route to Asia? |
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| what was the line of Demarcation? what countries were involved? |
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the pope alex VI, divided the non-european world into two zones:Spain-west, Portugal-east.
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| why were african states competing with each other in the 1600's and 1700's? |
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| keep god's and goddesses happy |
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| percentage of bible that concerns history |
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| The dutch farmers that settled around cape town were called? |
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| what was the spanish trading center throughout which large quantities of american silver flowed into the economies of east asia? |
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| first number system that was the basis for algebra and geometry created by |
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| why did the chinese inist on being paid with silver and gold for the goods that they traded with the europeans? |
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| they didnt have much to trade with |
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| why did korea become a "Hermit Nation"? |
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| devastated by two incasions- excluded any foreigners. |
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| how did the japanese respond to the very first european traders that arrived in japan in the 1500s? |
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| who were the first europeans to challange portuguese domination of asian trade? |
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| importance of iron in ancient world |
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| used to make harder sharper weapons |
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| Darius' improvements in the economy |
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| by the development of the a money system |
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| major accomplishments during Egypt's OLD KINGDOM |
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| what did renaissance artists pain that reflected the ideas of humanism? |
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| painters of well known figures of the day |
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| A major theme of the northern Renaissance reflected in albrecht durers engravings was... |
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| Hyksos new war technology |
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| the god Osiris's importance to Egyptians |
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| Israelite beliefs different from others at the time |
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| one all powerful god MONOTHEISTIC |
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| Torah says _____led ISraelites out of bondage |
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| what city did john calvin use as a model of protestant morality? |
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| what agreement signed in 1555 allowed each german prince to decide the religion for his lands? |
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| why did the anabaptists disagree with infant baptism? |
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| they are too young to understand what it means to accept the christian faith |
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| medieval thinkers usually focused on religous things while humanist scholars usually focused more on... |
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| who as executed because he would not accept henry VIII's as head of the church of england? |
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| what council was formed to direct the reform of the catholic church after the reformation? |
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| who believed that the best road to understanding was through human reasoning? |
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| scientist who transformed the field of chemistry in the 1600s..? |
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| examples of primary sources |
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| journals, stories told orally, weapons |
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| most reliable primary source |
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| prepares us for the future, gives us cultural identity and declares God's glory |
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| Hammurabi's code important because |
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| a state's first laws to be written down |
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| Greek group that started the Trojan War |
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| some spartan women ran the family estates because? |
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| why were tyrants supported by poor and merchants in Athens? |
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| what was the effect of Greek victory over the Persian Empire |
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| Persia no longer a great power |
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| why was Alexander able to conquer the Persian empire? |
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| how did the senate of the Roman Empire differ from the senate of the republic? |
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| Roman architecture emphasized |
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| to join the early Christian community |
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| baptized or blessed with holy water |
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| why did Germanic peoples cross into the lands of the Roman Empire? |
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| one reason why most conquered people remained loyal to Rome? |
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| Greeks became convinced of their uniqueness |
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| what did Diocletian do to restore order to the Roman Empire? |
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| Native American groups in North America categorized by? |
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| where they live Environment |
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