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Sydney's History Final
History Final
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History
6th Grade
06/02/2008

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Beringia is the land bridge that connected North America to what other continent?

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Asia

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Why is most of the climate of Europe temperate (not very hot or very cold - in between)?

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Ocean currents

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The Maya civilization was the first people of North America to do what?

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create a system of writing

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What helped form the land bridge to Asia?

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the glaciers

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The climate throughout Middle America is characterized by what?

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tropical

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Which agriculture method did the Olmec civilization use?

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slash & burn

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Why was the Magna Carta important?

Definition

It gave people more rights

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how did Christian townspeople in many communities during the Middle Ages express their religious beliefs?

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churches

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What was the reason that Renaissance began in Florence?

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the Medici family

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Under Feudalism, the serfs were responsible for doing what?

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farming & working the fields

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Yum Kax was the maize god of which civilization?

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Mayas

Term

The people of this civilization worked as farmers

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Olmec & Maya

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The people of this civilization planted crops, including corn, beans & squash

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Olmec & Maya

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This civilization developed an accurate calendar by studying the night sky

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Maya

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The people of this civilization made jewelry which they traded with other civilizations

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Olmec

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Charlemegne

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ruler of Franks, crowned emperor of Rome

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Renaissance artist, inventor, scientist, invented a flying machine

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Queen Elizabeth I

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daughter of King Henry VIII.  She took the thrown after her half sister died

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Martin Luther

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A German monk & leader of the Protestant reformation.  he studied law & wrote the 95 theses

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Pope Urban II

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A pope who called for the first crusade to Jerusalem

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