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Question 1

Ana Nzinga

Answer 1

African ruler of the Ndongo. Struck a deal with the Portuguese to gain protection from slave raiders by becoming Christian. When the alliance broke down, she fled with her people to Matamba where she and her people took over and became prosperous.

Question 2

Ndongo

Answer 2

Ana Nzinga ruled this people group. They were allied with Portugal for a time until the alliance broke down, and then they took over and lived in Matamba.

Question 3

Matamba

Answer 3

State Ana Nzinga and the Ndongo people took over. Became strong after she did.

Question 4

mirs

Answer 4

Russian village communes that controlled the small landowner peasants

Question 5

Black Sea

Answer 5

sea southwest of Moscow

Question 6

steppe

Answer 6

grassy, treeless, mountain-like earth formations

Question 7

Yemelyan Pugachev

Answer 7

Cossak that led the Pugachev Rebellion against Catherine the Great by pretending to be her dead husband and uniting a ton of people, including peasants and other Cossaks. His rebellion was eventually crushed.

Question 8

Pugachev Rebellion

Answer 8

Rebellion led by Yemelyan Pugachev and comprised of Cosaks, serfs, and peasants against Catherine the Great and her oppression of the serfs. t was crushed and Catherine increased serf repression in return for the support of nobles as a result.

Question 9

Maratha Empire

Answer 9

Group of Hindu warriors in the Mughal Empire called the Marathas led a rebellion and regained control from the Mughal Empire over India, beginning the Maratha Empire

Question 10

Pueblo Revolt

Answer 10

The indigenous Pueblo and Apache people fought Spanish colonizers attempting to force religious conversions and regained control of their land until they were later reconquered.

Question 11

Maroon Wars

Answer 11

After the English gained control of Jamaica, the escaped former slaves there known as the maroons fought for their freedom. They had developed independent settlements. Queen Nanny united them in this fight.

Question 12

Queen Nanny

Answer 12

Maroon queen who united the Maroons in the Maroon Wars.

Question 13

Gloucester County Rebellion

Answer 13

First slave revolt in the US. Slaves and indentured white servants conspired together to revolt, were arrested.

Question 14

Metacom’s War

Answer 14

Also known as King Philip’s War, it was the final effort of the natives to drive the British out of New England. Some natives fought for the British. It failed and the Wampanoag people were subjugated.

Question 15

Mohegan

Answer 15

Native group that fought with the British in Metacom’s War

Question 16

Pequot

Answer 16

Native group that fought with the British in Metacom’s War

Question 17

Wampanoag

Answer 17

The native group that was subjugated to English rule after losing Metacom’s War

Question 18

James II

Answer 18

Last Catholic king of England. Many people did not like his anti-protestant way of ruling. Overthrown by his nephew and son-in-law William of Orange.

Question 19

William of Orange

Answer 19

Overthrew Catholic king James II and ruled England with his wife Mary II as protestants. Led the Glorious Revolution.

Question 20

Mary II

Answer 20

Protestant wife of William of Orange, helped lead the Glorious Revolution.

Question 21

Glorious Revolution

Answer 21

Also called the Bloodless Revolution, this was when William of Orange and Mary II became the protestant rulers of England and thus removed the final Catholic king of England, James II. They strengthened Parliament, which passed a law forbidding Catholics from ruling. The religious revolution spread across the country.

Question 22

Fronde

Answer 22

French Civil War. King Louis XIV was too young to be crowned, so chief minister Cardinal Jules Mazarin ruled in his place. He placed high taxes on the bourgeoisie, which started a revolution. The first act of the revolution was the destruction of government officials’ property using children’s slings called frondes. The war ended when Louis XIV took the throne.