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Eve

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The first woman her name means “mother of all”

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Cain

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The first murderer; God doomed him to live as a wanderer because of his sin

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Lemech

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A descendent of Cain; he bragged about the murders he had committed

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Seth

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A son of Adam and Eve who’s descendants were at least aware of their sins

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Noah

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The man who obeyed God, built the ark, and with his family escaped God’s judgment of the world

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Sham, Ham, and Japheth

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Noah’s three sons who repopulated the world after the flood

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Nimrod

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A mighty hunter who encouraged the people to build the Tower of Babel. Descendant of Ham

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Shinar

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The plain where no was family and his descendants settled

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Babel

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The city in Shinar where the Tower of Babel was built

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The first human sin

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Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s command; perfect equality ended, man was removed from the garden, all men would now sin and die

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The Flood

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God’s punishment for the height of evil man had reached; destroyed the whole earth except Noah and his family

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The Tower of Babel

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God confused man’s language causing men to disperse

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Genesis

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The the first book of the Bible; means “beginning”

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Evolution

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The idea that man was not created directly by God but instead “evolved” from the animals

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Humanism

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Putting man in place of or above God

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Culture

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The way of life of a group of people

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Capital punishment

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The death penalty

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Nation

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A group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit

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Explain how man, being created in God’s image, isspecial to God

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Only man was created in God’s image.
Special characteristics include: language and thought,
awareness of right and wrong,
and freedom to make choices.

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How is evolution a form of humanism?

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Evolution downplays man’s special characteristics

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Why do you suppose God confused man’s language and dispersed mankind across the face of the earth?

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Mankind disobeyed God, did not multiply and fill the earth, and remained in Sumer. They began to build a civilization in rebellion against God. God confused men’s language to restrain soon and slow the growth of human power.

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Abraham

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The father of the nation of Israel

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Sargon

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The Akkadian king who conquered the Sumerians

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Sumerians

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The descendants of those who stayed in the general vicinity of the Tower of Babel after the dispersion, and whose greatest accomplishment was writing

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Hammurabi

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The king of Babylon who united all of Mesopotamia under his rule

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Patriarchs

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Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

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Joseph

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Jacob’s son who was sold into slavery by his brothers

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Middle East

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A part of the world where the continent of Africa, Asia, and Europe meet

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Ur

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One of the most important cities of the land of Sumer; the city where God called Abraham to leave

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Fertile Crescent

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An area in the Middle East known for its ability to grow crops and its shape like a crescent moon

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Tigris river

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The Tigris river is one of the two great rivers in the Fertile Crescent. Tigress means “arrow”

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Euphrates river

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The Euphrates river is one of the two great rivers in the Fertile Crescent. Euphrates means “that makes fruitful”

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Mesopotamia

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The land between and immediately around the Tigris and Euphrates. Mesopotamia means “land between the rivers”

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Canaan

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The center of the ancient world

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Megiddo

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The valley also called Armageddon that will be the last battle ground of world history

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Cuneiform

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Wedge shaped writing

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Polytheis

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One who worshiped many gods

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Monotheist

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One who worships only one God/god

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Humanist

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One who makes men into gods

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Anu

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The god of the sky

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Ziggurat

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A tower built in tiers or stages, each stage smaller than the one beneath, all atop a large amount of clay or debris

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Nanny

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The moon god that supposedly owned the city of Ur

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Empire

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The rule by one city or people over other cities or people’s

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Bureaucracy

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A group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern

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Shamash

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The sun God who supposedly gave Hammurabi authority to make his code of laws

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Laws

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Rules people follow in living together

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47
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Promulgation

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Making the laws known

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48
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Equality under the law

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All people who commit the same crime should be punished in the same way

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Marduk

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The chief god of Babylon who became the king of all gods

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Nation state

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A nation or people living in its own land with its own government

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51
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Baal

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The chief god of the Canaanites

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52
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Dispersion

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The scattering of people over the earth

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Israel’s conquest of Canaan

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Canaan, the center of the ancient world, has had a central and strategic position in the world; Israel became a nation – state.

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54
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Why is the call of Abraham considered an important event in human history?

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It marks the beginning of God’s plan for the salvation of mankind. God chose Abraham to father a great nation Israel, out of whom Jesus Christ, the savior of mankind, would come.

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Explain the division of history between years B.C. And A.D.

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B.C. means “before Christ” and A.D. is the abbreviation for the Latin phrase anno Domini, “in the year of our Lord.” The first coming of Jesus Christ was so important that it became the main dividing point of history.

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Mix rain

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Ham’s son who settled in Egypt

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57
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Herodotus

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The Greek historian who wrote the descriptions of the wonders of ancient Egypt

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58
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Joseph

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The vizier who prepare to Egypt for a seven year famine

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Moses

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The man God used to deliver Israel from slavery

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60
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Jean Francis Champollion

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The scholar who deciphered the Rosetta Stone and unlocked the secrets of hieroglyphics

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Menes

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The pharaoh who united the two kingdoms of Egypt

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62
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Hatshepsut

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A female pharaoh

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63
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Ramses II

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The pharaoh who had many giant statues of himself

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Thutmose III

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The pharaoh when Egyptian empire reached its greatest extent

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Pyramids

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Huge tombs built for some pharaohs

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Sphinx

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Mysterious Statues with the head of a man, ram,or hawk and the body of a lion

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Hieroglyphics

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Egyptian writing

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Rosetta Stone

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Stone used by Jean Francis Champollion to decipher hieroglyphics

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Archaeology

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The study of the relics and ruins of ancient cultures

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70
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Nile river

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The longest river in the world

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Papyrus

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A plant used by the Egyptians to make boats, baskets, boxes, mats, sandals, furniture, and paper

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Cataracts

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Rapids

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73
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Pharaohs

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Egyptian god – Kings

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74
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Mummification

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The Egyptian process of preserving dead bodies

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Dynasties

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Families within which the right to be king is passed from one member to the next

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Old, Middle, New Kingdoms of Egypt

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The division of ancient Egypt’s history

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Mastabas

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Early tombs with flat tops and sloped sides

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78
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Step pyramid

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May have been the first structure in world history made entirely of stone

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Great pyramid

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The first and largest pyramid

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The great sphinx

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A gigantic statue carved in limestone which has a lion’s head and a human face in the likeness of a pharaoh

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Tribute

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A payment from one nation to another

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82
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Vizier

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The Pharaohs chief assistant

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83
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Scribes

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Those who kept written records for the Pharaoh and other government officials

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84
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Adam

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The very first man his name means “man”

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85
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Amalekites

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The powerful group of people that were defeated because God’s power flowed through Moses’ staff

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Moses

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Leader who received the 10 Commandments at Mount Sinai

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87
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Joshua

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The reader after Moses’death

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88
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Samuel

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The wise leader who warned Israel against the dangers of having an earthly king

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Saul

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First earthly king of Israel

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90
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David

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The king who lead Israel to the peak of its greatness as a nation – state

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Solomon

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The king who asked God for wisdom

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Assyrians

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The people to whom the northern kingdom and the Hittites fell the 700s B.C.

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Chaldeans

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The people to whom the southern kingdom fell in the 500s B.C.

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Phoenicians

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Prosperous see traders who is established a great network of trading posts

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Hittites

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A group of people who controlled an empire in Asia minor and who use their resources for war and conquest

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Mount Sinai

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The place where God made a covenant with Israel and gave Moses the 10 Commandments

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Jordan river

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The river God parted to allow the Israelites to cross over into Canaan

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98
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Jericho

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The heavily fortified city that fell at the sound of trumpets and shouts

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Northern kingdom

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Israel; fell to the assyrian empire in the 700s B.C.

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Southern kingdom

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Judah; fell to the Chaldean empire in the 500s B.C.

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Tyre and Sidon

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Two of the independent Phoenician cities

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102
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Carthage

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A Phoenician trading post which grew into a large city

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Asia minor

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Area between the Black sea, the Mediterranean sea, and the Euphrates river

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Hattusas

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The Hittite city burned by the Assyrians

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105
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Covenant

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A solemn agreement

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106
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Theocracy

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Rule by God

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107
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Principles of morality

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The basic rules of right and wrong, good and evil

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108
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Decalogue

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The 10 Commandments

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109
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Judges

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The leaders of Israel during its first 300 years in Canaan

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110
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Murex

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A kind of snail used to make dye

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111
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Alphabet

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The most important thing that the Pheonicians carried with them on their trading ventures

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Iron

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Used by the Hittites to make weapons

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113
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Tiglath-pileser III

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The king who began in earnest the assyrian drive to a world empire

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114
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Shalmaneser V

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The Assyrian king who deported the 10 tribes of the northern kingdom

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115
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Ashurbanipal

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The last great Assyrian king, who collected a library of about 100,000 cuneiform tablets

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116
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Jonah

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Jewish prophet who warned Nineveh of God’s coming judgment

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117
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Sennacherib

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The Assyrian king God defeated because of his pride and defiance

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118
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Nahum

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The prophet who prophesied the destruction of Nineveh

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119
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King Nabopolasser

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The king who conquered all of Mesopotamia and established the Chaldean empire

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120
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Nebuchadnezzar

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The king who conquered the western part of the Fertile Crescent, destroyed Jerusalem, Carried the inhabitants of Judah into captivity, built the hanging gardens for his wife, had a dream which for told the course of world history, and was reduce to a mad man who ate grass

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121
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Daniel

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The Israelite captive who interpreted Nebuchadnezzar’s dream as well as the writing on the wall

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Nabonidus

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The last Chaldean king, who preferred to travel around the empire and leave the actual business of government under the supervision of his son

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Belshazzer

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The son of Nabonidus who handled the actual business oh the government and was killed by the Medes and Persians

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124
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Cyrus the great

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The Persian king who allowed the Jews to return to Judah

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125
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Isaiah

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The prophet who foretold that God would assist Cyrus in his conquest

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126
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Darius

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The Persian king who made the middle east into one big marketplace

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Nineveh

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City built by Nimrod that became the Assyrian Capitol

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128
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Hanging gardens

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The gardens built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife

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129
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Royal Road

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The great “highway” built by Darius

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Javan

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Japheth’s son who was the ancestor of the Greeks

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Minoans

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The people who built the earliest civilization in the vicinity of Greece

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Mycenaeans

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The people who flourished on the mainland of Greece between 1600 and 1200 B.C.

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Dorians

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Invaders from the north who helped to bring about a dark age in Greece which started about 1200 B.C.

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Homer

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The blind poet who greatly influenced Greek culture and portrayed the gods as glorified human being

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135
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Achilles and Odysseus

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Great worriers in Greek mythology

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Cyrus the great

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The Persian emperor who conquered Ionia in 546 B.C.

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Darius I

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The Persian king who crush the Ionian revolt and demanded that the mainland Greeks submit him

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Xerxes

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The king who launched a second Persian invasion of Greece

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139
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Leonidas

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The brave leader of the Spartans at Thermopylae

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140
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Solon

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An aristocrat who introduced democratic principles to the Athenian government

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141
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Pericles

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The aristocrat who brought athenian democracy to its fullest measure

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142
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Socrates

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The philosopher who insisted that Morality be a part of philosophy

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Plato

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The philosopher who wrote 30 or more works call dialogues

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Aristotle

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The philosopher who recognized order, design, order, and purpose in the universe; teacher of young Alexander the great

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Philip II

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The Macedonian king who conquered almost all of Greece before he was assassinated

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Alexander the great

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The young Greek conquer of Persia

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147
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Ptolemy

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The general who took Egypt after Alexander’s death

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Antipater

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The general who took Macedonia after Alexander’s death

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Laomedon

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The general who took Syria including all of Canaan, after Alexander’s death

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Thucydides

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The author of history of the Peloponnesian war

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Olympic Games

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Competitions held every four years to honor Zeus , and to encourage unity among the various city-states of Greece

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Greco – Persian wars

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Wars between Greece and Persia

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Peloponnesian war

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The war between Sparta and Athens, even Persia became involved

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154
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Hellenistic Age

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The period of several hundred years between Alexanders conquest and the Roman empire

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155
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Crete

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Island where the Minoans lived

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156
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Knossos

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An impressive palace built by the Minoans

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157
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Troy

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A city on the coast of Asia minor that was burned after a 10 year war

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Mount Olympus

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Home of the gods according to Greek mythology

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159
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Marathon

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A place where they greatly outnumbered Athenians defeated the Persians

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160
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Hellespont

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A straight between Europe and Asia minor where the Persians built a bridge

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Thermopylae

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The narrow mountain pass where the Spartan army was betrayed by a traitor

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Salamis

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The place where the small Greek navy defeated the Persian fleet

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163
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Persepolis

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The chief city of the Persian homeland that was conquered by Alexander in the 330 B.C.

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Alexandria

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The name given to 16 cities built by Alexander

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165
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Zeus

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King of all the Greek gods

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166
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Apollo

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Greek god of the sun

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167
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Polis

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The Greek city-state

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168
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Acropolis

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A hilltop fortress that served as a seat of government and religion

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169
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Agora

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The Greek marketplace

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170
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Monarchy

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Rule by one

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171
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Aristocracy

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Ruled by the “best”

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Oligarchy

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Ruled by a few rather than one or many; ruled by a few rich men

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Tyranny

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A bad form of one man rule

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174
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Democracy

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Rule by the many or the common people

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175
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Helots

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The common laborers who farmed the land for the ruling class

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176
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Peloponnesian League

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A league formed between Sparta and other Greek cities

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Direct democracy

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A government in which the people themselves make the big decisions directly, rather than indirectly through representatives

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178
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Delian league

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I defensive alliance formed by Athens to prevent another Persian invasion

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179
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Philosopher

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Lover of wisdom

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180
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Dialogues

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Plato’s writings

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181
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Phalanx

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A large group of soldiers train to charge the enemy as a group

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182
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Hellenic

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Greek

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183
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Parthenon

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A beautiful temple to Athena

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776 B.C.

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The First Olympic Games

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185
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404 B.C.

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The date Athens surrendered to Sparta

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186
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Gauls, greeks, Etruscans, Latins

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Early inhabitants of Italy

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187
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Romulus, Remus

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The two brothers in the legend of Romes beginning

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188
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Plebeians

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The common people of Rome

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189
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Patricians

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Wealthier Romans

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Pyrrhus

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The Greek king who’s victories over Rome cost him many men

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191
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Hannibal

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Used elephants in his march through the Alps during the second Punic war

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192
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Scipio

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Lead the Roman attack on Carthage during the second Punic war

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193
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Pompey

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Elected consul in 70 B.C.; captured Jerusalem and 63 B.C.

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194
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Julius Caesar

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Ruled the Roman empire from 49 to 44 B.C.

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195
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Antony

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Caesars closest friend; defeated at Actium

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Octavian

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Julius Caesar’s adopted son and became heir; became known as Caesar Augustus

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Cleopatra

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Last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt; committed suicide with Anthony in 31 B.C.

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Herod

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Palestinian king at the time of Christ’s birth

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199
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Sardinia and Sicily

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Two large islands that lie near the Italian peninsula

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200
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Alps

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The mountains which isolate Italy from the rest of Europe

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Appennies

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The mountain range with stretches from the po River valley to the tip of the peninsula

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Tiber River

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The location of the city of Rome

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Carthage

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Rome’s enemy in the Punic wars

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Rubicon river

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Where caesar disobeyed and showed his determination to be the ruler of Rome

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Palestine

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The name of the promised land by the time of the Roman empire

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Battle of Zama

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Where Hannibal was defeated and Carthage’s power was broken

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Battle of actium

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Where Octavian’s fleet defeated Anthony’s fleet

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208
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Pax Romana

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200 years of the Roman empire remembered as a time of peace and prosperity

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209
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Magna Graecia

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Greater Greece ; island of Sicily and southern Italy where the Greeks established many colonies

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Forum

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A common meeting place which was the heart of the city of Rome

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Pantheon

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In ancient Roman temple dedicated to the numerous gods of the empire

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Republic

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A form of government in which all citizens who were entitled to vote participate in decisions through elected officials

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Senate

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The most powerful body in the Roman Republic

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Law of the 12 tables

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Stated that Roman law be written down and displayed in the forum

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Latin league

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A defensive alliance against the Etruscans

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Colosseum

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A Roman amphitheater where the crowds gathered to watch Men fight men and beast to death

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Julian calendar

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The Calendar Julius Caesar made that had 365 1/4days per year

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Princeps,imperator,Caesar Augustus

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Octavian’s titles

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219
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Census

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A counting of the total population and value of property in each province

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Stoics, Epicureans, Skeptics

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Groups of philosophers

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Synagogues

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Jewish places of worship

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Septuagint

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A Greek version of the Old Testament

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Christ

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The true king of the Jews whose coming was the greatest turning point of history

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264-164 B.C.

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Punic wars

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March 15, 44 B.C.

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Julius Caesar’s death

226
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Pontius Pilate

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The Roman governor of the Palastine and who authorized the crucifixion of Christ

227
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Gentiles

A

Non-Jews

228
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Tiberius

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Emperor who ruled during the time of Christ crucifixion, resurrection and ascension

229
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Caligula

A

Insane emperor who was murdered by his bodyguards

230
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Claudius

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Emperor who expelled all Jews from Rome

231
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Nero

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First emperor to persecute Christians

232
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Titus

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The emperor when Vesuvius Erupted

233
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Domitian

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Flavian emperor who demanded to be worshiped as a God

234
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Trajan

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Emperor who spread the empire to its greatest limits; would not persecute anyone who denied being a Christian

235
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Valerian

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Emperor tried to harm Christianity by attacking Christian leaders

236
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Diocletian

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Emperor who divided the empire into two parts; began severest persecution Christianity had ever known

237
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Maximian

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Appointed by Diocletian to rule the western half of the Roman empire

238
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Constantine

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The first Christian emperor of the Roman empire

239
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Eusebius

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The church history writer who recorded Constantine’s vision of the cross

240
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Theodosius I

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The emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire

241
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Attila

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The Leader of the Huns

242
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Alaric

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Leader of the Visigoths

243
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Mt. Vesuvius

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A volcano the buried the city of Pompeii

244
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Pompeii

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City burned by Mount Vesuvius

245
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Byzantium

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The site where Constantine built his new capital called Constantinople

246
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Constantinople

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Constantine’s new Roman capital

247
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Adrianople

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Where the Visigoth army gave the Roman army one of its worst defeats

248
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Claudian emperors

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For descendants of Cesar Gustus ruled from A.D 14 to 68

249
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Flavian emperors

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Vespasian and his descendants who ruled from A.D. 69 to 96

250
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Five good emperors

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Emperors from A.D. 96 to 180 who were selected for their ability and Were specially trained

251
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Edict of Milan

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Encourage the policy of toleration that made being a Christian no longer crime

252
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Sunna, Woden, Thor

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German gods whose names were used for Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday

253
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A.D. 70

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Titus captures Jerusalem and destroys the temple

254
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A.D. 313

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Constantine issues edict of Milan

255
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A.D. 395

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Theodosius divides the Roman empire

256
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Gentiles

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Non-Jews

257
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Diotrephes

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The church leader who love to have preeminence and who put himself about God’s word

258
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Irenaeus

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The church leader in gaul who said everyone in the church must agree with the church of Rome

259
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Marsilius

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The man who would not blindly accept the teachings of the Roman church, but instead knew that all the leaves must be measured against the absolute truth of God’s word

260
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Leo I

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The man who went out to meet Attila the Hun from Asia to persuade the invaders not to attack Rome

261
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Gelasius

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The pope who said that, it matters relating to God, leaders of the church oare supreme over all human rulers

262
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Jerusalem

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Where the first Christian church was located

263
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Middle Ages

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The period after the collapse of the Roman empire

264
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Apostles

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The 12 man who had first-hand knowledge of Jesus and whom God sent out to preach the gospel

265
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Koine

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The most common form of the Greek language; used for writing the new testament

266
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Church

A

An assembly or body of people

267
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Judaism

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The religion of the Jews

268
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Deacon

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Comes from the Greek word for servant

269
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Bishop

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Comes from the Greek term meaning overseer or superintendent

270
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Catholic

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Means universal or one

271
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Apostolic succession

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The idea which maintains that men like Peter and Paul handed down there power and authority from one generation of bishops to next

272
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Petrine theory

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Belief Christ made peter the head of the Catholic Church and that Peter passed his powers to the first Bishop of Rome, whom he appointed

273
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Roman Catholic Church

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The church founded on the belief that the Bishop of the church of Rome is supreme overall churches

274
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Pope

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The Bishop of the church of Rome

275
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Arianism

A

Opinion that Jesus was not God but rather had been created by God the father

276
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Council of Nicaea

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The council better for me to Christ to Divinity in A.D. 325

277
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Nicene Creed

A

A statement of belief affirming Christ’s divinity

278
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Mass

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A Roman Catholic service

279
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Sacrament

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A sacred act

280
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Eucharist

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The Lord’s supper

281
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Excommunication

A

Being cut off from communication with the human rulers of the church and, therefore, being denied the sacraments

282
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Christendom

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The portion of the world in which Christianity prevails

283
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A.D. 500-1500

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Middle Ages

284
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A.D. 100

A

New testament complete

285
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Ishmael

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Abrahams first son who is the father of the Arabs

286
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Mohammed

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The father of Islam; The stupidest religion (in my opinion)

287
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Urban II

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The Pope who proclaimed the beginning of the crusades

288
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Alexius Comnenus

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The eastern emperor during the first Crusade

289
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Saladin

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The Muslim leaders who reconquer Jerusalem during the second crusade

290
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Richard the lion hearted

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Is Valiant leader in the third Crusade

291
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Mohammed II

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Leader of the Ottomans who captured Constantinople and 1453

292
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Arabia

A

1 million square – mile peninsula that lies south east of the Fertile Crescent

293
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Mecca

A

The birthplace of Mohammed

294
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Bedouins

A

Arab nomads

295
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Blackstone

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The sacred treasure stored at kaba

296
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Allah

A

The god of Islam

297
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Hegira

A

Mohammed’s flight from Mecca; the turning point for as islam

298
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Jjhad

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The Muslims name for the holy war

299
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Islam

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The new religion founded by Mohammed in Arabia about 600 years after Christ

300
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Muslims

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followers of Islam

301
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Koran

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Muslim holy book

302
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Caliphs

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Mohammed’s successors

303
Q

Crusades

A

Holy wars fought against Islam in the name of Christianity

304
Q

Battle of tours

A

Muslims defeated, putting an end to march in Europe

305
Q

Battle of Manzikert

A

The seljuk turks conquered Asia minor from the eastern Roman empire

306
Q

Peasants’ crusade

A

A group of 15,000 to 20,000 people, mostly farmers, embarked in a crusade that were destroyed by the Turks

307
Q

First Crusade

A

The crusade, led by nobles, which Conquered a strip of land along the eastern coast about 500 miles long and averaging 40 miles wide

308
Q

Second Crusade

A

French and German armies were defeated before they even reached the holy land, thus accomplishing nothing

309
Q

Third Crusade

A

The crusade of the kings, accomplish little

310
Q

Fourth Crusade

A

The crusade the never reach the holy land but instead attacked and robbed of the city of Constantinople

311
Q

Children’s Crusade

A

Several thousand German and French children marched toward the Mediterranean sea expecting God to divide the water so they could walk to the holy land. Many children died and some were sold as slaves to the north African Muslims

312
Q

732

A

Battle of tours; muslims defeat

313
Q

1054

A

Roman Catholic Church officially split

314
Q

1070

A

Battle of Manzikert; Seljuk Turks Conquered Asia minor

315
Q

Frank’s

A

The freedom-loving Germanic people who settled in what is today called France and Germany

316
Q

Clovis

A

The first great Frankish military and political leader who began the Merovingian line of kings

317
Q

Charles Martel

A

The mayor who aligned himself with the church by supporting bishop Boniface and to also defeated the Muslims at the battle of tours

318
Q

Bishop Boniface

A

The missionary who acted for pope Zacharias when crowning Pepin king

319
Q

Pepin the Short

A

The mayor of the palace who sought approval from the pope to be titled king since he already did the job of the king

320
Q

Charlemagne

A

The “defender of the churches of Christ” who was crowned “Charles Augustus, emperor of the Romans” by Pope Leo III

321
Q

Leo III

A

Crowned Charlemagne and called him Charles Augustus, emperor of the Romans

322
Q

Magyars, Moores, Norsemen

A

Invaders of Charlemagne’s empire

323
Q

Pontifex Maximus

A

Title used by the popes which means “high priest”

324
Q

Mayors of the Palace

A

Government officials who did the king’s duties

325
Q

Donation of Pepin

A

The papal states

326
Q

Patrician of the Romans

A

The title given to Pepin by the pope

327
Q

Treaty of Verdun

A

The treaty that divided the Carolingian Empire into three parts

328
Q

Feudalism

A

A way of life based upon the ownership and use of land

329
Q

Fief

A

A piece of land owned by one man who permitted another man to use it in return for certain promises services

330
Q

Lord

A

The man who owned the land

331
Q

Vassal

A

The man who used to the land in exchange for services

332
Q

Homage

A

Ceremony where the vassal vowed to be the Lord’s man

333
Q

Act of investiture

A

The act where the Lord gave the vassal an object as a symbol of the vassal’s right to use the fief

334
Q

Knight

A

A master of medieval warfare who wore heavy armor and fought on horseback with a variety of weapons

335
Q

Crown land

A

The part of the King’s land for personal use

336
Q

Chivalry

A

The code of conduct for the nobility and the nights

337
Q

Page

A

A boy around the age of seven who is beginning training for knighthood as a lord’s household

338
Q

Squire

A

A personal servant to a lord or another knight in the lord’s service

339
Q

Coat of arms

A

A group of emblems and figures used for identification purposes

340
Q

Heraldry

A

The study of coats of arms and their designs

341
Q

Castles

A

Heavily fortified dwellings of nobles

342
Q

Most

A

A protective trench of water surrounding a castle

343
Q

Turret

A

A tower in which watchmen surveyed the countryside, ready to warn of an approaching enemy

344
Q

Joust

A

A contest between two nights who fought to unseat or unhorse each other

345
Q

Tournament

A

Mock wars between two teams of Knights

346
Q

Manor

A

And estate belonging to a noble

347
Q

Serfs

A

The farmers of the manors who worked for the nobles and were like slaves in many ways

348
Q

Explain how Charlemagne’s empire came to an end

A

The leaders of the empire after Charlemagne were weak and not as powerful. The empire was divided into three parts for each of Charlemagne’s three sons. The crumbling empire faced barbarian invaders. Quarrels from within and attacks from without reduced Charlemagne’s western European empire to Shammos soon hundreds of kingdoms replace the ones great empire

349
Q

Benedict

A

The monk who founded a monastery in Italy and set a standard of rules or orders for other monks to follow

350
Q

Jerome

A

The church leader who translated the Vulgate

351
Q

John Wycliffe

A

The oxford university teacher who challenged some of the central opinions of the Roman church and had the entire Bible translated into English for the first time

352
Q

John Huss

A

The teacher whom the Council of Constance burned at the stake for his defense of the Bible as the true authority for Christians

353
Q

Augustine

A

The philosopher who wrote The Confessions and The City of God

354
Q

Aristotle

A

“The Philosopher”

355
Q

William of Ockham

A

The English philosopher who used logic to discredit the doctrine of the pope’s absolute supremacy

356
Q

Thomas Aquinas

A

The philosopher who combined the philosophy of Aristotle with Romanism so successfully that the church forbade anyone to disagree with him

357
Q

Dante

A

The author of Divine Comedy

358
Q

Chaucer

A

The author of The Canterbury Tales

359
Q

Henry the Fowler

A

The powerful Dooku began the Saxon line of kings in Germany

360
Q

Otto the Great

A

Crowned “Emperor of the Romans” by the pope at the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire

361
Q

Pope Nicholas II

A

The pope who declared that popes would be chosen only by Cardinals

362
Q

Giovanni de Medici

A

Hey wealthy businessman his family excelled in business and dominated the political scene in Florence

363
Q

Leonardo da Vinci

A

A master painter, sculptor, inventor, and engineer who painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

364
Q

Raphael

A

A famous painter who painted Sistine Madonna and the School of Athens

365
Q

Michelangelo

A

Possibly the greatest artist of the Renaissance who was hired to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

366
Q

Machiavelli

A

Writer of The Prince, the only book of lasting importance produced by the Italian Renaissance

367
Q

962

A

The Holy Roman Empire begins under Otto the Great

368
Q

Monasticism

A

Withdrawing from society and living in solitude

369
Q

Monks, nuns, hermits, friars

A

Men who practiced monasticism; monks who preached and did missionary work outside the monasteries

370
Q

Eucharist

A

The Lord’s supper

371
Q

Transubstantiation

A

The belief that the elements of the Lord’s supper actually change from bread and wine to Christ’s blood and His body

372
Q

Saints

A

Deceased persons officially recognized by the church as holy

373
Q

Indulgences

A

Certificates from the pope that excused a person from doing penance and shortened the required stay in purgatory

374
Q

Penance

A

The sacrament of punishments in this life for repentant sinners

375
Q

Purgatory

A

The place where repentant sinners had to stay after death until they had been properly punished or there soon and could enter heaven

376
Q

Vulgate

A

Jerome’s Latin translation of the Scripture

377
Q

Breviary

A

A book with the official order of worship in church services

378
Q

Lollards

A

Followers of John Wycliffe

379
Q

Hussites

A

Followers of John Huss

380
Q

Heretics

A

Baptized members of the Roman church who disagreed with any official church opinion

381
Q

Scholasticism

A

And approach to learning which tried to combine Greek philosophy and Romanism

382
Q

Dukes

A

Powerful nobles who ruled a small territories in Germany

383
Q

Cardinals

A

Priests of the churches in Rome or bishops of churches close to Rome

384
Q

Humanities

A

Subjects such as history, grammar, rhetoric, and poetry

385
Q

Renaissance man

A

One who displays his talents in all fields

386
Q

Patrons

A

People who use their own money to support the arts

387
Q

Council of Toulouse

A

The council that forbade anyone except a church leader to possess a copy of the Bible

388
Q

Council of Constance

A

They canceled it condemned Wycliffe and Huss

389
Q

Inquisition

A

A special church court with power to inquire about and judge matters of heresy

390
Q

Black death

A

A form of the Bonnick plague that killed from 1/3 to 1/2 the population of Europe

391
Q

Renaissance

A

The period of the rebirth of learning in Europe

392
Q

How were the Middle Ages “dark ages” for Western Europe?

A

The Middle Ages were “Dark Ages” for several reasons. Though there were some invention and learning, it was, for the most part, and age characterized by economic stagnation, poverty and decline in learning. Most importantly, the gospel was suppressed by the Roman church, and without the light of the gospel, the hearts and minds of men became darkened.

393
Q

Explain Voltair’s statement of the Holy Roman Empire, “neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.”

A

The Holy Roman Empire was nothing compared to the Roman empire of old. It was not “holy” because what had started as cooperation between pope and emperor had become bitter opposition. Each needed the other, but Pope and emperor inevitably envied one another’s power and quarreled. It was not “Roman” because the emperor had always been German, and after Frederick II, few even interfered in Italy. It was not an “Empire” because the emperor scarcely governed his homeland, Germany.

394
Q

Explain how the crusades brought changes to Europe that indirectly help to bring about the Renaissance.

A

The crusades revived trade with the Orient. Trade increased, and the wealth acquired from trade gave men, especially in the Reds trading cities of Italy, leisure time to pursue interests such as the arts and learning.

395
Q

John Wycliffe

A

The English scholar who had the entire Bible translated into English for the first time

396
Q

John Huss

A

The bohemian preacher who let a movement for true Christianity in his country

397
Q

Johan Gutenberg

A

Inventor of the movable type printing press who produced the first printed edition of the Bible

398
Q

Desiderius Erasmus

A

The scholar of the Northern Renaissance known for his translation of the New Testament testament in the original Greek

399
Q

Martin Luther

A

The reformer who translated the new testament into German, nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the Wittenberg church door, promoted popular education, and changed church services

400
Q

Tetzel

A

A friar who traveled through Germany selling indulgences and he’s shameful selling tactics made Luther angry

401
Q

Pope Leo X

A

The pope who condemned Luthers Theses and excommunicated him

402
Q

Frederick the wise

A

The prince who permitted Luther a hearing at the Diet of Augsburg

403
Q

Charles V

A

The emperor who called Luther to the Diet of Worms

404
Q

Ulrich Zwingli

A

That “people’s priest” who began the Reformation in Zürich, Switzerland

405
Q

John Calvin

A

The French reformer who wrote the institutes of the Christian religion, which was probably the single most influential book of the protestant reformation apart from the Bible

406
Q

Petrobrusians and Waldensians

A

These are two of the groups that rose up during the middle ages to protest the way the established Roman church with distorting the truth. The Petrobrusians were followers of Peter of Bruis in southern France. The Waldensians were followers of Peter Waldo and where especially numerous in the Alps areas of Italy, France, and Switzerland.

407
Q

Lollards

A

Followers of John Wycliffe

408
Q

Heretic

A

Any baptized members of the Roman church who disagreed with any official church opinion

409
Q

Hussites

A

Followers of John Huss

410
Q

Gutenberg Bible

A

The first printed edition of the Bible

411
Q

Simony

A

The practice of purchasing church offices

412
Q

Ninety-five Theses

A

Luther’s statements that were nailed to the church door in Wittenberg

413
Q

Popular education

A

The education of all people rather than just a privileged few

414
Q

University of Wittenberg

A

The first Protestant university

415
Q

Anabaptists

A

A group whose members usually believed that only believers should be baptized and that would be baptize people who had been baptized as infants

416
Q

1440

A

Gutenberg invented the movable type printing press

417
Q

1456

A

Gutenberg produces the first printed edition of the Bible

418
Q

1517

A

Luther post the Ninety-five Theses sparking the Protestant Reformation

419
Q

Give one way in which the Northern Renaissance help to bring about the Protestant Reformation

A

The scholars of the Northern Renaissance realized that there is no book about man or any other subject more important than the Bible. With the Bible is the foundational book, scholars were able to discover it’s true, which opened their minds and gave them freedom to advance in all areas of life.

420
Q

What did Martin Luther do in 1517 that sparked the Protestant Reformation?

A

He nailed the Ninety-five Theses to the church door at Wittenberg. The movement was called the Protestant Reformation because the early leaders of the movement were members of the Roman Catholic Church. They saw the corruption and fallacies of the church and sought to reform it through peaceful protest – hence the name protestant reformation.

421
Q

Ignatius Loyola

A

Hey Spanish soldier who began the Jesuits

422
Q

Ferdinand II

A

The Holy Roman Empire who is determined to return Bohemia to Romanism by force if necessary

423
Q

Christian IV

A

The king who became the champion of Lutheran Protestantism

424
Q

Gustavus Adolphus

A

The great Lutheran warrior king of Sweden who won many victories for the protestant forces before he was killed in battle

425
Q

Hapsburg family

A

A family prominent in European politics for almost 900 years

426
Q

Charlemagne

A

The king under his rule the Frankish kingdom reached its greatest extent

427
Q

Hugh Capet

A

The king whose coronation marks the birth of the French nation

428
Q

Margrete of Denmark

A

That “lady king” who united the countries of Scandinavia under one empire

429
Q

Moors

A

Muslims

430
Q

Isabella and Ferdinand

A

The joint rulers of Castile and Aragon who drove Jews and Muslims out of Spain

431
Q

John I

A

The king whose reign marked the beginning of Portugal’s greatest days of glory

432
Q

Prince Henry the navigator

A

And avid sailor and explorer who helped Portugal lead the way in the great age of exploration

433
Q

Bartolommeo Dias

A

The Portuguese explorer who sailed all the way to the tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope

434
Q

Vasco de Gama

A

The first European to reach India by sailing around Africa

435
Q

Pedro Cabral

A

The Portuguese explorer who discovered Brazil

436
Q

Twelve Articles

A

A list of the peasants’ grievances

437
Q

Territorial churches

A

Official government churches to which everyone had to belong

438
Q

Jesuits

A

A religious group formed by Loyola that became the “spiritual arm” for the Counter-Reformation

439
Q

Vikings

A

The inhabitants of ancient Scandinavia

440
Q

Peasants’ Revolt

A

From 1524 to 1525, peasants robbed and plundered in the streets daily

441
Q

Peace of Augsburg

A

Gave official approval to the territorial, state –established church concept in Germany

442
Q

Counter Reformation

A

Attempted to produce certain limited changes (mostly in the morals of the clergy) within the Roman church

443
Q

Thirty Years’ War

A

Mainly a civil war in Germany and the Holy Roman Empire over religious and political issues

444
Q

Peace of Westphalia

A

Signed in 1648 and renewed the same religious situation that had existed before the war

445
Q

Helvetia

A

Switzerland under the Roman empire

446
Q

Austria

A

Border country of Switzerland, home of the Hapsburgs

447
Q

Switzerland

A

Nation of neutrality

448
Q

Holland

A

Also called the Netherlands; independent nation of the Thirty Years’ War

449
Q

Gaul

A

Ancient name for France

450
Q

Hispania

A

Name of Spain given by the Romans

451
Q

987

A

Hugh Capet crowned; birth of the French nation

452
Q

1499

A

Switzerland won Independence

453
Q

1555

A

Peace of Augsburg

454
Q

1648

A

Peace of Westphalia

455
Q

Julius Caesar

A

Concord the Celts about 50 years before the birth of Christ

456
Q

Augustine

A

The first Archbishop of Canterbury

457
Q

Alfred the great

A

The first great king of England

458
Q

Canute the Dane

A

The Viking who ruled England, Denmark, and Norway as a great empire

459
Q

William, Duke of Normandy

A

The man who became known as William the conqueror after defeating Harold Godwin at the battle of Hastings in 1066

460
Q

Henry II

A

The first in the line of Plantagenet kings

461
Q

Richard I

A

The English king known for his love of crusades

462
Q

King John

A

The most hated king of English history

463
Q

Simon de Montfort

A

Call the what is remembered as the first meeting of parliament in 1265

464
Q

Edward I

A

The king who is “model parliament” resulted in representative government becoming a regular feature of English government

465
Q

Joan of arc

A

Led the French army in the Hundred Years’ War

466
Q

Henry IV

A

The first thing in the Lancastrian dynasty

467
Q

Henry VII

A

The first Tudor king of England

468
Q

Henry VIII

A

The English monarch who divorced Catherine of Aragon because he wanted a male heir; the king who broke from the Catholic Church and made himself the head of the Church of England

469
Q

Edward VI

A

Henry VIII’s only male heir under whose rule Protestantism progressed

470
Q

Mary I

A

The queen who resolved to return the English nation to the Roman church and became known as “bloody Mary” because about 300 persons were martyred during her reign

471
Q

John Foxe

A

English historian that wrote the Book of Martyrs

472
Q

Elizabeth I

A

“The Virgin Queen” who was beloved for her remarkable character and extraordinary performance as ruler of England

473
Q

Philip II

A

The king of Spain who was determined to overthrow Elizabeth and make the Catholic queen of Scotland queen of England

474
Q

Mary Stuart

A

The queen of the Scots who’s the mother planned to depose Elizabeth to make Mary queen of England

475
Q

John Knox

A

The outstanding leader of the Scottish Reformation

476
Q

William the silent, Prince of Orange

A

The leader who led the Dutch patriots in defense of Protestantism in the Netherlands and became known as the “father of his country”

477
Q

John Hawkins

A

The one who builds up the English fleet

478
Q

Sir Francis Drake

A

The Englishman who attacked in rated Spanish ships with Elizabeth’s knowledge and approval

479
Q

William Shakespeare

A

Perhaps the greatest writer the world is ever known; the author of 38 players that were performed at Globe Theatre

480
Q

James I

A

The first Stuart king of England who had scholars produce the King James or Authorized version of the Bible

481
Q

Charles I

A

The “man of blood” who was tried and executed by Cromwell’s army

482
Q

Oliver Cromwell

A

The military genius who became Lord Protector of England after the Civil War

483
Q

Charles II

A

The king under him the monarchy was fully restored by 1662

484
Q

James II

A

The king who tried unsuccessfully to reimpose Romanism on England

485
Q

William III and Mary II

A

The king and queen of England as a result of the glorious Revolution

486
Q

Celts, druids

A

The earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles; a special group of Celtic men who acted as teachers, judges, and priests

487
Q

Anglo-Saxons

A

The jukes, angles, and Saxons who conquered Britain

488
Q

Beowulf

A

The greatest Saxon poem

489
Q

Norman conquest

A

William the Conqueror’s victory at the battle of Hastings

490
Q

Domesday Book

A

The compilation of a census ordered by King William which was completed in 1086

491
Q

Plantagenet

A

The line of kings started by Henry II

492
Q

Magna Carta

A

The document that clearly defined the ancient rights and privileges of the people which king John was forced to sign at Runnymede

493
Q

Constitution

A

Rules for exercise and restraint of governmental power

494
Q

Model parliament

A

Representative government became a regular feature of English government

495
Q

Book of common prayer

A

A book of prayers to be spoken or sung

496
Q

Puritans

A

The group that wanted to “purify” the Church of England

497
Q

King James or Authorized version

A

The Bible translation commissioned by James I and completed and 1611

498
Q

Petition of Right

A

The document that reaffirmed the liberties and rights which Englishman had one in the past

499
Q

Roundheads, cavaliers

A

Those against the king during the English Civil War; those for the king during the English Civil War

500
Q

Ironsides

A

Cromwell’s troops

501
Q

Commonwealth

A

The name of England’s government that lasted from 1649 to 1653

502
Q

Protectorate

A

The name of England’s government set up by Oliver Cromwell in 1653

503
Q

Whigs

A

A group that arose in parliament to oppose Charles II

504
Q

Hundred Years’ War

A

A dispute over the French throne which lasted, with a few interruptions, from 1337 to 1453

505
Q

War of the roses

A

The war between the houses of Lancaster and York

506
Q

Battle of Bosworth field

A

The site where Henry Tudor (Lancaster) defeated Richard III (York) and became Henry VII, the first tutor king of England

507
Q

English reformation

A

The time when England broke ties with the Catholic Church in the Bible became accessible to all Englishman

508
Q

Scottish reformation

A

The reformation led by John Knox

509
Q

Eleven Years’ Tyrrany

A

The time. Where the government of England was changed from a government by monarchs, lords, and comments, to what was in effect an absolute and irrepressible monarchy, like that of France or Spain

510
Q

English Civil War

A

A fight between the Cavaliers who fought for the principle of divine right and the roundheads who fought for government by consent

511
Q

Treaty of Dover

A

The treaty secretly signed between Charles II and King Louis XIV in which Charles agreed to obtain toleration for English Catholics and to join the Roman church himself

512
Q

Glorious Revolution

A

The bloodless revolution that established once and for all in England of the principle of government by consent

513
Q

1066

A

Norman conquest

514
Q

1215

A

King John signs the Magna Carta

515
Q

1588

A

Spanish Armada

516
Q

1611

A

King James version of the Bible complete

517
Q

1662

A

Monarchy was fully restored

518
Q

1688

A

Glorious Revolution

519
Q

Asoka

A

Greatest ruler of the Maurya empire that extend it is domain southward until he control over two thirds of the Indian subcontinent

520
Q

T’sai Lun

A

The Chinese inventor of paper

521
Q

Pi Sheng

A

Developed the first movable type

522
Q

Shih Huang Ti

A

The Chinese emperor who started the Chin Dynasty and built the first united Chinese empire

523
Q

Genghis Khan

A

The Mongol emperor who ruled the largest empire in history

524
Q

Prince Shotoku

A

That “founder of Japanese civilization” his greatest accomplishment was the establishment of a “Constitution”

525
Q

Prince Henry the navigator

A

The Portuguese prince he was consumed with navigation and sent many ships on explorations

526
Q

Marco Polo

A

The first European to travel the whole length of Asia

527
Q

Leif Erickson

A

Viking explorer who may have sailed to America around A.D. 1000

528
Q

Christopher Columbus

A

The Italian born Adventure that discovered America in 1492 on a voyage sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

529
Q

Vasco da Gama

A

The first European to reach the far east by sea

530
Q

Amerigo Vespucci

A

First man to realize that Columbus had discovered a new continent

531
Q

Spanish explorers

A

Ponce de Leon (The explorer who made the first Spanish Landing on the North American mainland)
Vasco de Balboa (The Spanish explorer who crossed to be it’s messed of panama and discovered the Pacific ocean)
Ferdinand Magellan (A Portuguese sailor working for Spain he started at three year voyage around the world)
Hernando Cortes (The Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Indians)
Francisco Pizarro ( The Spaniard who conquered the Inca Indians of Peru)
Francisco Coronado;
Hernando De Soto

532
Q

Philip II

A

King of Spain that probably controlled more of the surface of the earth and than any other human being

533
Q

Pedro Cabral

A

The Portuguese navigator who discovered Brazil

534
Q

French explorers

A

Giovanni de Verranzano (and I talion who explored the east coast of North America for France)
Jacques Cartier;
Samuel de Champlain (The founder of Quebec, the first permanent French colony in the New World)
Louis Joliet (A Jesuit missionary and fur trader respectively, that explored the central Mississippi River)
Robert cavalier de la Salle (The French explorer who claimed the entire Mississippi Valley for France)

535
Q

Henry Hudson

A

Discovered the Delaware Bay and the Hudson river

536
Q

English explorers

A 
John Cabot (The first explorer to reach the North American mainland)
Sir Francis Drake ( The first Englishman to sail around the world)
537
Q

Indus River Valley

A

Where Indian civilization first arose about 2000 BC

538
Q

Hong Kong

A

Location of the colony established by Great Britain in 1841

539
Q

Indonesia

A

International crossroads for trade after Marco Polo visited the islands

540
Q

Cape of good hope

A

The southern end of Africa which Bartholomeu Dias navigated

541
Q

“New France”

A

Canada, the Great Lakes region, and the Mississippi Valley

542
Q

Roanoke Island

A

The location where sir Walter Raleigh founded the colony

543
Q

Jamestown, Virginia

A

The first permanent English settlement in the New World

544
Q

Maurya Empire

A

The greatest ruler of this empire, as Soca, control over two thirds of the Indian subcontinent and promoted Buddhism

545
Q

Mogul Empire

A

The Muslim empire that ruled India from 1526 until the 1700s when the British East India Company came to power

546
Q

Caste system

A

A strict social structure set up by the Aryans that included Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras

547
Q

Hinduism and Buddhism

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Two religions that originated in India

548
Q

Reincarnation

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The suppose it appearance of a soul after death in another body

549
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Shang dynasty

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The Chinese dynasty that developed a system of writing

550
Q

Chin Dynasty

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The dynasty that built the first United Chinese empire

551
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Great wall of China

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The worlds longest fortification dealt primarily for protection from the Huns

552
Q

Han Dynasty

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Dynasty that marked the height of ancient China’s power and glory

553
Q

Confucianism and Taoism

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Two religions that originated in China

554
Q

Yamato

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The clan of Japan’s emperors

555
Q

Shinto

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The oldest surviving religion of Japan

556
Q

Age of exploration

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The time when the people of Europe began in earnest to explore all the oceans and continents of the world

557
Q

October 12, 1492

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Columbus discovered America

558
Q

1498

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De Gama, the first European, reaches the far east by sea

559
Q

1607

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First permanent settlement in the New World

560
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List five major religions that origin aided in Asia and indicate the geographic source of each. How are they all similar? How is religion hindered progress and freedom in Asia?

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Five major religions that originated in Asia are Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, and Shinto. They are all similar in that they are reject the God of the Bible and promote the worship of false gods of all types spirits, men, or idols. They blind and have blinded countless soles of spiritual darkness. Pagan religions have hindered economic and social progress, keeping people from individual freedoms.

561
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Explain the spirit that drove the Englishman to settle the New World

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The spirit of individual freedoms and responsibility was in the hearts of the people of England. More and more Englishman read the Bible for themselves and many lives were changed. Or…. Dad says they were just bored.

7th History (13 decks)

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