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| Greek philosopher who taught by asking questions. |
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| Greek philosopher and tutor of Alexander the Great. He is considered one of the greatest thinkers of all time. |
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| King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella |
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| Spanish king and queen who drove the Muslims from Spain and led the Reconquista. |
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| Roman general and statesperson. He was dictator of Rome until he was murdered by a group of nobles. |
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| female who posed as a male and led the French to victory over England during the Hundred Years’ War. |
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| also known as William the Conqueror, helped to establish the English monarchy. |
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| famous explorer who began his travels in Vietnam and moved eastward. |
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| Egyptian pharaoh during the time of Moses |
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| German who brought the idea of moveable type to Europe and developed the printing press. He printed Europe’s first book, a 1,200 page Bible. |
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| leader of Chinese culture and founder of the religion called Buddhism. |
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| German monk and religious reformer whose ideas led to the Protestant Reformation. |
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| King of the Franks who conquered much of Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire and spread Christianity. |
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| The person whose life and teachings are the basis of Christianity. Believing him to be the Son of God, his disciples proclaimed him the Messiah and savior of humankind. |
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| Prophet and lawgiver who, according to the Bible, led the Israelites out of Egyptian captivity and received the Ten Commandments. |
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| Son of Phillip II of Macedonia. He was tutored by Aristotle and became king of Macedonia. As ruler, this person built a huge empire. |
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| prophet who brought the message of Islam to the world. |
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| a person who studies and writes history. |
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| a person who studies people, their behavior, and their culture. |
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| a person who studies the Earth. |
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| a person who studies artifacts and the way people lived in the past. |
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| the system of government in which a king or a queen rules, rule by ONE. |
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| rule by the people; government for the people, by the people. |
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| a form of government in which the citizens elect representatives to make all government decisions. |
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| government by a religious authority. |
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| the collection of laws organized by this leader for the people of Babylon to follow. |
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| a set of updated Roman laws, written by this Byzantine emperor. |
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| the document that the English nobles forced King John to sign in 1215 limiting the king's power and protecting the rights of the people. |
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| a set of laws for responsible behavior, which according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God. Jews and Christians follow these laws. |
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| the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. |
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| an Asian religion based on the teachings of Buddha. |
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| the monotheistic religion of the Jewish people. |
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| a religion native to India, featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation. |
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| the religion of Muslims, based on belief in one god named Allah. |
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| lines running east and west on a map that measure north and south of the equator by degrees. |
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| lines running north and south on a map that measure east and west of the Prime Meridian by degrees. |
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| the part of a map that gives a comparison of distance on the map itself with distance in the real world. |
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| the part of a map that explains what the symbols on the map stand for; sometimes called a map legend. |
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| a direction marker on a map. |
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| area of flat land along a sea or ocean. |
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| dry land with few plants. |
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| area of high, flat land with steep sides. |
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| body of salt water larger than a sea |
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| body of water that is part of a sea or ocean and is partly closed by land. |
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| body of water with land on all sides. |
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| large stream of water that flows across the land |
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| the exchange of one good or service for another. |
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| a unique way of life that sets a group of people apart from others (language, common values, traditions/customs, government, art, literature, lifestyles). |
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| a social class system in India in which a person inherits his/her social class at birth. Mainly associated with different jobs. |
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| a political and social system of the Middle Ages in Europe, in which people traded loyalty for protection. |
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| rebirth of the classics from the Greek and Roman empires. |
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| first known writing system used by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia, which used wedge-shaped symbols. |
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| language of the Egyptians using pictures that stand for words or sounds. |
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| the language of the Romans. |
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| languages that evolved from Latin and are spoken in countries that were once ruled by Rome (Spanish, French, Italian, etc.). |
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