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Test 11
Chapter 12; Geography Facts 13
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History
5th Grade
11/20/2011

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A Bohemian burned at the stake for preaching that only Christ could forgive sin
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Huss
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A long trip taken for religious purposes
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pilgrimage
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A special court set up to try and punish heretics
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Inquisition
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An armed man who fought other men in the Colosseum for sport
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gladiator
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An early Christian martyr who refused to blaspheme God
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Polycarp
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Christians who were willing to give up their lives rather than deny the Lord
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martyrs
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During the Middle Ages, the land owned by a lord
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manor
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Europe's largest mountain system
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Alps
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Europe's most important inland waterway
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Rhine River
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He nailed the Ninety-Five Theses to a church door
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Martin Luther
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Men who lived in monostaries and copied the Scriptures by hand
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monks
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People who worked the lord's land
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peasants
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The Protestant Reformation began here
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Germany
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The Roman emperor who gave Christians freedom to worship
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Constantine
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The Roman emperor who made it a crime to be a Christian
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Nero
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The efforts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks
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Crusades
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The event that began the Middle Ages
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the fall of Rome
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The first great missionary of the Christian church
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Paul
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The first man to translate the entire Bible into English
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Wycliffe
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The head of the Roman Catholic Church
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pope
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The highest mountain in the Alps
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Mont Blanc
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The highest spot in Europe
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Mt. Elbrus
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The huge outdoor arena in Rome
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Colosseum
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The largest country in the world
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Russia
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The man who invented the printing press
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Gutenberg
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The most important invention in the history of the world
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printing press
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The new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire built by Constantine
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Constantinople
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The only continent with no large desert
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Europe
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The tribes that invaded Rome
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the Visigoths and the Vandals
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The world's largest lake
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Caspian Sea
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Trained warriors who promised to help the lord fight his enemies
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knights
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Underground cemeteries beneath the city of Rome
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catacombs
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