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People- WH2 Exam
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Social Studies
9th Grade
01/26/2012

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viceroy
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colonial government authorities; often conquestadors
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peninsulare
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european born colonist of Latin America
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shogun
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supreme military commander; head of government in feudal japan
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suleiman
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ruler of ottoman empire; improved system of justice
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shah jahan
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Mughal empire ruler; built Taj Mahal
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toussaint L'Overture
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former slave; led independence movement in Haiti
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Puritans
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anglican church separatists
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james II
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king in England; asked to step down for William and Mary to take the throne; he was catholic
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Oliver Cromwell
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Lord Protector of England when it was a commonwealth
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Thomas Hobbes
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philospher believed that people should give up their freedom so they could have order in their lives
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Voltaire
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French Philophe; supported freedom or speech/peace (quote- defended to death)
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Father Hidalgo
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Priest started Mexican Indpenedence
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Father Morelos
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picked up independence movement from Mexico after Father Hidalgo died
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Augustine Iturbide
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completed fight for Mexican Independence; declared himself emperor
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Pizzarro
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Spanish conquistador; defeated Incan Empire
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Cortes
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from spain; defeated Aztec
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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king/queen from Spain; Columbus's voyage
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Prince Henry Navigator
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portugual
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Martin Luther
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German Monk; posted 95 thesis on Catholic Church; achieve salvation by faith; disputed indulgencies
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Louis XVI
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absolute monarch who was killed in French Revolution; beheaded
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Queen Elizabeth I
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absolute monarch of England; in power during Spanish Armada; defeated Spanish navy; wearing pearls; collar
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Simon Bolivar
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led independence in South America; Gran Colombia; Bolivia; Peru
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Magellan
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explorer that led first expedition around the world
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Da Gama
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sailed for portugal; went to india
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Columbus
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discovered New World
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Napoleon
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dictator/emperor of France; wanted to conquer England; defeated at Waterloo; St Helena is wehre he died; picture of him on a horse
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Frederick the Great
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militaristic leader of Prussia
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Louis XIV
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I am the state; built Versailles
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Sans-Culotte
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working class revolutionary of France
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Sir Thomas Morre
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wrote Utopia; humanist
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Erasmus
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wrote the Praise of Foley
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Gutenberg
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invented printing press; first book printed: Bible
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Michelangelo's works
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sisten chapel ceiling; david; la pizza
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petrarch
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famous for Sonnets; humanist
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Peter the Great
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absolute monarch of Russia; built St. Petersburg; westernized culture
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William and Marry
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Glorious Revoltuion came to power; accept English Bill of Rights before they came to throne
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John Locke (ideas)
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people have natural rights; government contract between rulers and people; government protects peoples natural rights
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Rousseau
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believed in social contract; philopophe from France; gave idea of Revolution
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Montesquieu
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government has three brances; check and balance; sparation of powers
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Delacroix
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painted liberty leading the people; from France
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Robespierre
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led the rain of terror in French Revolution
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