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Chapter 13 Flashcards

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The religious teachers, judges, and priests of the Celtic people were called

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Druids

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The earliest inhabitants of England were the

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Celts

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The infamous stone structure is called

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Stonehenge

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English traveling poets

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Scops

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The greatest Saxon poem is

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Beowulf

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The missionary that brought Catholicism to England

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Augustine

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In what year did Augustine bring Catholicism to England?

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664

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Who was this first Archbishop of Canterbury?

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Augustine

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Glue most influential church office in England

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Archbishop

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9
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Who originated the ideas of AD/BC

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The Venerable Bede

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The Vikings that took over most of England in the mid-800

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The Danes

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The only place the Danes did not conquer was

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Wessex

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England’s first great King

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Alfred the GREAT

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Alfred the Great kept a running record of Current events called

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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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Who took control of England after Alfred’s death?

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Canute the Dane

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King John’s successor was

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Henry the third

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Who overthrew Henry III

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Simon de Montfort

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Who initiated the first official meeting of parliament

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Simon de Montfort

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In what year was the first meeting of parliament held

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1265

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Who is Simon de Montfort successor

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Edward I

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20
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Who set up the model parliament

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King Edward I

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Who is the first king of the modern French nation

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Hugh Capet

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In what year was Hugh Capet made king

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987

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Hugh Capet started what line of Kings

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The Capetian line of Kings

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What tiny part of France did Hugh Capet actually control

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Ile-de-France

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Where was Hugh Capet’s capital

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Paris

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During who’s ringing where the Capetians ready to challenge the Noble’s power

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Louis VI

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Which king was known as Philip Augustus

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Philip II

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Philip II meant on which Crusade

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The third Crusade/the king’s Crusade

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Who was the hoinstophin king that went on the Kings Crusade

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King Frederick Barbarosa

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Which of the three Kings on the Kings Crusade fell in a river and drowned

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King Frederick Barbarosa

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Phillips II’s grandson was named

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Louis IX

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What was Louis IX’s nickname

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St. Louis

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At the end of his reign was France the most powerful country in Europe

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Louis IX

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What was Philip IV nickname

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Philip the fair

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In what year did the moors invade Spain

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711

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In what year were the moors driven out of Spain

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1492

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Spanish national hero

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El Sid

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The first king of portuga

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Alfonso Henriques

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Who sailed around the cape of good hope

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Who was the first person to sail to the Far East by sea

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Vasco de Gama

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On what day did Columbus land in the new world

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October 12, 1492

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On what island did Columbus land

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San Salvador

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Columbus was the governor of what colony

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Santo Domingo

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The first Indians Columbus came in contact with were the

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Arawaks

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What Group of Indians built the first great empire in the Western Hemisphere

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The Mayas

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The most important Indian civilization in South America were

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The Incas

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Most powerful native American Empire at the beginning at the age of exploration along to the

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Aztecs

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What Spanish explore made the first Spanish landing on the North American mainland

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Ponce de León

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Who discovered the Pacific ocean

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Vasco de Balboa

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In what year did Ferdinand Magellan embark on his three-year voyage around the world

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1519

51
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Who embarked on the first voyage around the world

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Who is the Spanish explorer who conquered Mexico

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Hernando Cortes

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What famous Indian tribe did Hernando Cortes conquer

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The Aztecs

54
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Who conquered the Incas of Peru

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Francisco Pizarro

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Who explored the southwestern United States and discovered the Grand Canyon

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Francisco Coronado

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Who explore the southeastern United States and discovered the Mississippi River

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Hernando De Soto

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Who explored the coast of California

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Juan Cabrillo

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In what year was the line of demarcation established

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1493

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What divided the world between Portuguese land and Spanish land

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The line of demarcation

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Who discovered Brazil

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Pedro Cabral

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Who explored the eastern coast of North America for Italy

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Giovanni de Verrazano

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Who discovered the St. Lawrence River

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Jacques Cartier

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In what year did John Cabot explore the eastern coast of North America

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1497

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Who is the first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland

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John Cabot

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