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101 Cards in this Set
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What is history?
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a recorded past
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What kind of history is accurate, oral or written, and why? What are some examples?
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written because of the game telephone; some examples are letters, newspapers, diaries, public letters ( birth/marriage certificates )
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What is the Karl Marx quote?
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"Take away the heritage of a people, and they can be easily persuaded."
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What does Mr. Mancuso refer to the 20th century as?
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the century of genicide
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How many people did Hitler kill?
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12 million
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Who is worse than Hitler, and how many people did he kill?
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Stallon; he killed 60 million - it was not recorded because he was our ali in WW2
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What is the Santayana quote?
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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What is the Chuck Mummert quote?
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"We have enjoyed the fruits, but we have neglected the roots."
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When were the blacks freed?
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the 1860s
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Who wrote this quote? "A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday - will not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do ( in the future ). We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about."
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Woodrow Wilson
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What are the traits of a good historian?
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honesty, live with the results, use ALL of your primary resources, ex: a policeman
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What were the Anglo/Saxon tribes that migrated to England in 1492 trying to do?
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Find a shorter way to Asia
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When did the Muslims who invaded Europe arrive, leave, how did they leave, and what came out of it?
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they came in 711, were driven out in 1492 by the king and queen of spain - and the Spanish Inquisition came
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What was the Spanish Inquisition?
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if you live in any Spanish country you must be Roman Catholic or leave - if you didn't you would die - so lots of Spanish Jews converted
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What happened when Rome fell?
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the Dark Ages emerged and ALL of the barbarians arrived
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How many years were the Europeans in the Dark Ages?
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1000 yrs. - after that, they started to think outside of the box
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When Europe came out of the Dark Ages, what two great empires emerged?
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Venice and Genoa
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Who started to push for exploration first?
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The Spanish
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Where were the Aztecs?
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Southern Mexico
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When did the indians get horses?
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When the Spanish arrived
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Which tribes were cannibals, and went around killing and eating other smaller tribes?
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the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas
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What does an anthropologist do?
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digs for bones
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Who were the largest tribe of the plains indians?
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the Sioux
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Where did the Sioux range from?
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Montana to Minnesota
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What were the four main tribes in the plains indians?
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Sioux, Shian, Arapahoe, and Camanshi
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Which indians lived in tipees?
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the plains indians
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Why did the plains indians use tipees?
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to move with the herd
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How did women of the plains indians tan the hides?
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they chewed them
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Which indian tribe, from what area is the only ones to do the sundance?
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the Sioux from the plains indians
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How often was the sundance performed?
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once a year
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what is the confederation ( 5 tribes ) of the Northeast Woodlands Indians?
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the Iroquois - Seneca, Cayuga, Onodaga, Oneida, and Mohawk
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Why did the Northeast Woodlands Indians have the Iroquois confederation?
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to have protection from the Algionquian
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What is the Mohawk philosophy?
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the only good indian is a dead indian ( the Mohawks were on the English side of the war! )
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Which area had longhouses and canoes?
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Northeast Woodlands Indians
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In which tribe in the Northeast Woodlands Indians, did women have a vote?
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Iroquois
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who invented lacrosse?
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the Iroquois
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What were the two tribes in the Southwest indians? What were their sub tribes?
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the Nomadics and the Raiders - sub tribes - Raiders: Apache and Navajo; Nomadic: Hopi
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Which tribe in the Southwest indians were very famous for jewelry?
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Apache
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Which tribe in the Southwest indians were very famous for blankets?
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Navajo
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What did the Southwest indians Raiders live in?
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wijwans - tipees but covered in blankets, not animal skin
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Which tribe in the southwest indians Villagers famous for?
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pottery and basket making
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What did the Hopi indians live in?
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Adobis - mud
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What did the Southeast/Mound indians use their mounds for?
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burial grounds - they buried their dead sitting up
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What were one of the primary tribes ( related to the Iroquois ) of the Southeast/Mound indians?
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Cherokee
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What was signature about the Cherokee ( Mound indians ) tribe?
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They were on the side on the Eng. in the war and had a peace treaty with them for 100 yrs. - until Andrew Jackson decided that he wanted their land - the Trail of Tears: half of the indians stayed behind, and half left - the half that left died from walking in snow from the Carolinas to Oklahoma
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What was the other main tribe of the Southeast/Mounds indians and where and on what did they live?
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Seminol - they lived in the swamp on houses on stilts and thatched roofs
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What was the main tribe in the Northwest Coastal indians?
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the Chinook
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which indians had phenomenal wood work?
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the Southwest Coastal indians
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Where did the Southwest Coastal indians make their houses with?
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redwoods - they had very big planks that they built them with
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What was the main economy for the Southwest Coastal indians?
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whaling :((((((((((((((((( - so they had impressive boats
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What is the purpose of totem poles and which indians use them?
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purpose: to show your family's history; indians: Southwest Coastal indians
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What is Potlatch and which indians celebrate it?
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the Southwest coastal indians celebrate it - it is where a man who is getting wis has a ceremony and gives all of his possessions to his tribe - basically he has a free yard sale - and his prized possessions he burns - and then he can be a leader of the tribe
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What are the California indians famous for?
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Basket making - one is even as small as the head of a pen!! - with color!!
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Where did the California indians live, and what animal did they very much live like?
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They lived in holes in the ground covered in grass and sticks and ate acorns - basically, they were squirrels
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What was the most advanced culture in the world?
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Europe, until Rome fell
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Why did Rome fall?
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they got lazy - they even hired the enemy to protect their borders - and the leaders became insane and perverted
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What did wealthy Romans use for everything ( element ) ?
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lead - even in water pipes!
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Which family from where started funding the renaissance?
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The Dimedici family from Florence, Italy - they were basically the bankers of the church ( 1300s )
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Who opened up the eyes of the Dimedici family?
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Marco Polo ( a writer )
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Why did the barbarians attack Europe?
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Rome was a system of laws - and the barbarians hate laws
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When did the Crusades take place? How many of them were there? What came out of them and why did they happen?
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1095 - 1492; there were 9; they were to push out the Moors and since the nobility traveled and got to see something besides their home town, this opened up Europe's eyes again and they started exploring
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What did Marco Polo bring back to Europe from Asia?
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spices, silk, ivory, printing, gun powder ( fireworks ), and ice cream
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What is nationalism?
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a patriotism for one's own country - so before there were many kings and queens - now there is only one and all of the others are dukes, etc.
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what comes from nationalism?
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imperialism
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What were the new inventions in Europe?
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astrolabe, compass, triangular sail, crosstaff, etc.
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What was the Columbian Exchange?
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exchange between America and Europe from Columbus - both sides were positively influenced
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What did America get from Europe from the Columbian Exchange?
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Sugar, oats, wheat, rye, barley, coffee, cattle, pigs, and sheep
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What did Europe get from America during the Columbian Exchange?
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pineapples, potatoes, tomatoes, chili peppers, beans, squash, peanuts, sunflowers, sweet potatoes, cassava melons, tabacco, cotton, cocoa, turkeys, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, corn, okra
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What was the world population of indians in 1492? Buffalo?
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425 mil. to 57 mil.; 60 million buffalo
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When the Spanish arrived, how did the indians die?
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80 - 90% from disease, and 10% from military death
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How many people did the Spanish Flu kill?
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5.8 mil.
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because of the Columbian Exchange, what was solved in Africa?
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a famine - because of corn
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What are the characteristics of a civilization? ( 8 )
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language, laws, technology, agriculture, religion, government, economics, urbanization
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What did Diaz do and what country is was he from?
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Portugal; he attempts to leave Portugal to circle around Africa to get to China, but he didn't get there
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What did Dagama do and what country was he from?
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Portugal; he goes all the way around Africa, trades w/ India, and comes back to Portugal
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What did Cabral do and what country was he from?
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Portugal; he attempted to do what Dagama did, but in the summer - so he got caught in a tropical storm and got blown off course to Brazil
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What did Spain explore for?
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Wealth and power
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What is the history of Columbus? ( brief )
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At 20 yrs. old, he starts looking for a shorter, newer way to Asia - lived in Genoa - asked the king and queen about his idea - no, so went to Venice - no, so went to Portugal and has a son - Diego - and waits 12 yrs. for Portugal's answer - no, goes to Spain and waits again - no - he is now about 40 - so starts to go back to Italy - then suddenly Spain changes their mind - and he only got about 1/10 of all of the wealth he found
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What did Cortez do and what country was he from?
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Spain; he confronts the Aztecs, and w/in 2 yrs. he wipes them out - he was also a conquerer
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What did Pizarro do and what country was he from?
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Spain; he conquers the Incas, enslaves them, and tells them all to bring him gold
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What did Magellan do and what country was he from?
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Spain; he took Balboa's theory and decides to circle the globe - he sailed from S. Africa to the Phillipines - traded for spices, silks, and herbs, then dies and only one ship returns
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What did Balboa do and what country was he from?
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Spain; he is the first European to identify that there is another ocean
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What did Amerigo Vespucci do and what country was he from?
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France; he was the first European to realize that Columbus had found new land
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What did Ponce de Leon do and what country was he from?
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Spain; he reaches America, goes up towards Canada and searched for the Fountain of Youth and established the first permanent est. - St Augustine
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What did Coronado do and what country was he from?
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Spain; he goes to Mexico and then goes straight in N.A. and looks for El Dorado - the seven cities of gold - meets the indians and tortures and kills them then explores all the land from Texas - Montana - the Mississippi River and claims all of the land
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What did Cartier do and what country was he from?
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France; he claims the St. Lawrence seaway and claims some land
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What did Verrazzano do and what country was he from?
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Italian, but works for the French; he gets to NY harbor
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What did LaSalle do and what country was he from?
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he goes from the St Lawrence seaway - Mississippi and discovers Oregon
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Who were the first mountain men?
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the French that came to America
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What did John and Sabastian Cabot do and what country were they from?
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Eng.; they explored the entire NW part of America and claim all of Canada
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When did the Eng. first come to America? When did they come back?
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1497 came back in 1610
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What did Hudson do and what country was he from?
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Eng. and French; he is the second white man to go to NY harbor BUT then he goes up the Hudson River and claims both sides of the river in the name of the Dutch
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What did Sr. Francis Drake do, and what country was he from?
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Eng.; he was nobility, but a sea dog - he stole from the Spanish - they called him a pirate; he had an affair with the queen so he got all of the money he wanted; he helped finance Jamestown, and Virginia
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What is happening in England with religion?
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people are walking away from the Catholic Church and embracing the Protestant movement - S. Eur. stays Catholic, N. Eur. is embracing it, and Central is confused; so the pope asks the king of Eng. to help bring them back, yes - pope gives him a title "Defender of the Faith" - but then the king asks for an anolement and the pope says no - so the king is mad and makes his out church ( basically the same thing, just no pope ) and the pope officially kicks Eng. out of the church; law: "In order to sit on the throne, you must be a Protestant" - law for Eng.
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What is happening in Eng. with economy?
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The industrial Rev. is born and there is a movement for peasant farmers to leave Eng. and go to America - so jobs are appearing in London - so it is so overcrowded by the thousands that people are living on the streets
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What is the Industrial Rev.?
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use of more advanced tech. for more advanced products
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What happens when the king wants to get rid of all of the peasant farmers in London?
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He attracts them to the new world - the rich and poor, so now there is TITLED LAND.
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What is happening in Eng. with gov.?
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over the course of 200 yrs., Eng. is turning from a Monarchy to a Republic
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What was the Magna Carta in 1215 all about?
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it limited the powers of the king so that he had to follow all of his laws; he decided to tax the barons 40% so they confronted him and threatened him and told him that he could not tax them - so they move to a constitutional monarchy
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When was the king of Eng. forced to sign the Petition of Rights?
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1628
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What was the first Eng. colony? Did it succeed?
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Roanoke I and II - set up by Sir Walter Rawley - they were both failures because after he sets them up, he returns a yr. later and it is chaos, so he hauls them back to Eng.; he tries again and this time when he comes back they are gone and only a carving on a tree says CRO
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