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2023 History test 1 Flashcards

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Polo

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Lived in China for 20 years

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De Gama

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Sailed around Africa to India

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Columbus

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discovered the new world

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Balboa

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first to see the Pacific ocean

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Magellan

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first to sail around the world

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Cortes

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conquered the Aztecs of Mexico

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Pizarro

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Conquered the Incas of Peru

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Ponce de Leon

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searched for the fountain of youth

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Coronado

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explored North American SW

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De Soto

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discovered the Mississippi river

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Cabot

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discovered fishing grounds off Newfoundland

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Drake

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looted Spanish vessels for England

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Hudson

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claimed the area of New York for the Dutch

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Cartier

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first to explore the St. Lawrence River

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Champlain

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Began the first permanent French Colony

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Jolliet

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explored the Mississippi river with Marquette

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John Smith

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disciplined leader of Jamestown

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La Salle

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followed the Mississippi to the Gulf

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Raleigh

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sponsored the Lost Colony at Roanoke

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Leif Ericson

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led first European settlement attempt

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In the early exploration of North America, what river was NOT important

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Columbia

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The nations to claim land in North America included all but

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portugal

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Old World events which sparked exploration included all but

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the power of the Roman Empire

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Columbus explored all the following except

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Canada

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The explorers who tried to find a passage to the East around the Americas included all but

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Cortes

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successful New World colonies were started by all except

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Raleigh

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Spanish and French colonies shared all these characteristics except

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enslaved the Native Americans

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All of the following are roots of Western Civilization excpet

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Anglo-Saxon civilization

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The disadvantages that the Native Americans had in stopping the European takeover of their lands included all of the following except

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a cultural history that denounced fighting

30
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Columbus failed in all of the following ways except

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the lands he discovered had no value for Spain

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Tobacco

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cash crop of Virginia

32
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Portugal

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country that signed the Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain to divide the non- Catholic world into two parts

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Henry the Navigator

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Portuguese prince who organized voyages around Africa

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Italy

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Country whose cities held a monopoly on the Asian trade before the 1400s

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Seadogs

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English pirates and privateers who attacked Spanish shipping under Elizabeth 1 of England

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North West Passage

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Many American Explorers were searching for this passage around America and never found it

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Grand Banks

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rich fishing grounds off Canada visited by European fishermen for years before permanent settlements

38
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Fur

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main trade item for the French and Dutch in North America

39
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St. Augustine

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first permanent European settlement in the United States

40
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Huguenots

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French Protestants

41
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True or False
Most of the culture of America came from Europe

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True

42
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True or False
Jamestown was a stable, well run colony from its beginning

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False

43
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True or false
Jamestown was created as a royal colony under King James 1

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False

44
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True or False
French lands in America were not heavily popluated

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True

45
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The House of Burgesses was the beginning of representative government in America

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True

46
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True or False
Spain went into decline by the end of the 1500s and was not able to stop other countries from colonizing the New World

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True

47
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True or False
Columbus underestimated the size of the Earth and thought Asia went further East that it really does

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True

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True or False
Columbus realized by the time of his death that he had not reached Asia

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False

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True or False
The Dutch were a significant rival of England for control of North America in the 1700s

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False

50
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True or False
Champlain made the Iroquois faithful French allies after he explored their region

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False

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