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10th Grade
01/18/2012

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Why is geography important to history?
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Shows connections between people places and things
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How do archaeologists find out about early peoples?
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They dig stuff up
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What is the job of a historian?
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Study written records of history
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List the characteristics of the Old Stone Age
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Made tools
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What religious beliefs were probably held by Stone Age people?
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afterlife
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What was the Neolithic revolution?
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farming started
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A new discovery about Stone Age life would most likely be made by what kind of scientist?
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archaeologist
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How do historians help us learn about the past?
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written evidence
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What evidence suggests that early people believed in life after death?
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burial system
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What was a change that characterized the New Stone Age
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farming
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Where did the first cities emerge?
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river valleys
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How did ancient Egyptians view their pharaohs
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gods
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The Pyramid Age is another name for
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Old Kingdom
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The need to keep records led to the development of what in Egypt?
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heiroglyphics
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is
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Sumerian Hero
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Why was the Code of Hammurabi a major achievement
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first written codified laws
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What geographic features had the greatest influence on ancient Egypt?
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Nile River
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Moat Egyptians were members of what group?
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farmers
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The movement of people across the Fertile Crescent resulted in what?
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cultural diffusion
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How did the Sumerians differ from the Egyptians in the way they viewed their rulers?
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Did not think they were gods
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Middle Eastern civilization was spread throughout the Mediterranean by what peoples?
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phoenicians
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How could Hindus change caste?
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good Karma
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Which Chinese philosophy taught that government should pass strict laws and enforce them with harsh punishments?
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Legalism
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Han rulers based their policies on the teachings of
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Confucianism
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The trade route that linked China with the west became known as the
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silk road
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Both Hindus and Buddhists believe in
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reincarnation and nonviolence
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In an Indian household, the head of the family was the
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father or oldest male
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Indian villages were ruled by
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headman or council
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Confucius taught the Chinese people that their most important dut was
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respect for family or filial piety
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Following the Persian Wars, Greece was dominated by
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Athens
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The Peloponnesian War resulted from the conflict between
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Athens/Sparta
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Alexander's most lasting achievement was
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spreading Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean
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What geographic characteristics of Greece provided a link to the outside world?
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The seas
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A form of government controlled by a small, powerful elite from the business class is called a
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oligarchy
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From childhood, Spartan boys were trained to be
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Warriors
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Athens enjoyed a golden age under the leadership of
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Pericles
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Conflict between Athens and Sparta resulted in the
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Peloponnesian war
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According to Aristotle, the best government was
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a benevolent dictator
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What describes the works of Greek artists and architects?
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perfection and symmetry
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Who established an empire that extended from Greece to Egypt and India?
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Alexander the Great
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In Roman government, who represented the right of blebeians?
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the tribune
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Which of the following places did Constantine make the center of power for the Roman Empire?
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Constantinople
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How did the wealth acquired from winning an empire affect Rome?
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Larger gap between rich and poor
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The decline of the Roman republic followed a century of civil wars fought over what issue?
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Who was in power of Rome
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Roman art and literature blended Roman civilization with that of
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Greece
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What was Rome's attitude toward people of different religions in the empire
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tolerant
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Who tried to restore order to the Roman empire?
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Constantine, diocletian
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What split up Rome
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the assassination of Brutus
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Who conquered the former Roman province of Gaul?
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Clovis the Frank
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Under feudalism, lords granted land to vassals in exchange for what?
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Military services
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How did monks and nuns improve life during the Middle Ages?
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helped people
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New agricultural technologies in the Middle Ages led to what?
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more food
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What was the most important economic activity in a medieval town?
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merchanting
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Why was the Battle of Tours significant?
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Charles Martel invented standing army and kicked Muslims out
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Chivalry governed relations between what to groups?
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nobles/knights and woman and children
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Which group made up the largest part of the population in feudal society?
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peasants or serfs
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How did the three-field system contribute to the agricultural revolution that took place during the Middle Ages
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more food
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Why was the Magna Carta important?
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limited kings power
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The concordat of Worms was about what issue?
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who appointed bishops
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What was the chief goal of the crusades?
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reclaim homeland
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The Reconquista refers to what?
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reclaim spain
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What was a result of the plague in Europe?
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economy declined
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The development of an early jury system took place during the reign of
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Henry the 2nd
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A major conflict between the Holy Roman emperors and the popes concerned what issue?
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appointing bishops
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A key feature of Gothic architecture is
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flying buttresses
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The church during the late Middle Ages?
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broke up/ protestants
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Why is Joan of Arc remembered?
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rallied French against English in the 100 years war and was burned at the stake
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Which of the following rulers made a hajj that resulted in trading and diplomatic ties between Mali and other Muslim states?
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Mansa Musa
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Axum prospered partly because it had a port on the what body of water?
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Red Sea
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What group of people developed expert knowledge of the natural world by adapting to life in the Kalahari?
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Khoisan
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What kinds of practices represent an adaptation to the environment?
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slash and burn
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Describes a patrilineal culture?
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everything male side
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Which of the leaders set up a Muslim dynasty in Songhai?
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Mansa Musa
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What kingdom had a port on the Red Sea
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Axum
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What religious tradition did the Axumites pass on to the Ethiopians?
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Christianity
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Monsoon winds aided trade between East Africa and what civilization?
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India
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Khoisan people adapted to the Kalahari environment by what methods?
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hunting and gathering
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The artists of the Renaissance focused on what realm?
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humanism
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Why is Albrecht Durer often compared to Leonardo da Vinci?
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same interests
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Why did Luther critisize the Roman Catholic Church?
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they were corrupt, Yohan Tetsel sold indulgenses
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What was a result of the Catholic Reformation?
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witch hunts
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Copernicus proposed what theory?
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heliocentric earth, earth revolves around sun
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What contributed to the birth of the Renaissance in Italy?
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merchants selling spices
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What happened because of the printing revolution in the 1500s?
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spread of ideas
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Luther believed what?
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Salvation through faith alone
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How did Henry the 8th react when the Pope refused to annul his marriage?
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made his own church
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Who stressed the use of experiments and observation in seeking knowledge?
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Francis Bacon
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Why did European Rulers encourage ocean exploration?
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For new trade routes for spices
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The Khmer empire was influenced by what culture?
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India
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In the 1600's, the Portuguese lost control of trade in the Indian Ocean to whom?
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Dutch
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The Ming and Qing dynasties followed what policies regarding foreign trade?
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no trade
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How did Prince Henry change the course of Portugal's history?
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changes in navigation
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What country controlled Vietnam?
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China
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How was Korea similar to China?
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didn't want trade
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What was trade like in Japan under the Tokugawa shoguns?
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none
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What was a Native American influence on European colonists?
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corn
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By the 1500s, the most important element of African trade with Europeans was what?
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slaves
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Many of the new kingdoms that developed in West Africa in the early modern age were influenced by what?
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Islam
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What resulted from encounters between the Spanish and Native Americans?
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relations declined
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The culture that developed in Brazil blended Native American and African influences with those of what country?
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Portugal
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The Treaty of Paris of 1763 resulted in what?
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British control of eastern parts of the Americas
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European traders sent Africans to the Americas to do what?
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bring back slaves
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Describe Europe's middle class during the 1500s and 1600s?
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comfortable
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Who is best known for his portraits of Spanish nobles during Spain's golden century?
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Greco
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By the Edict of Nantes in 1598, Henry the 4th of France granted religious toleration to what group
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Protestants
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During the 1700s, what countries battled for control of the German states?
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Prussia
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Peter the Great forced Russians to accept social reforms that would make their culture more like that of whom?
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Western
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As a result of Peter the Great's war against Sweden, Russia gained what?
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Western culture
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What author mocked the traditions of Spain's feudal past in his novel Don Quixote?
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Servantes
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In the late 1500s, France was torn apart by religious wars between Catholics and whom?
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Protestants
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The Stuart kings' claims to absolute power where challenged by whom?
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parliament
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Why did Prussia battle Austria during the 1700s?
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control German States
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Describes what happened to Poland in 1795 as a result of actions by Russia, Austria, and Prussia?
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dissapeared from map
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