History Flashcards by Melisa Bergeson | Brainscape

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Father of American Navy

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John Paul Jones

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New Orleans pirate

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Lafitte

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Battle of Manila Bay, Spanish-American War

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Dewey

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WW2, Japan, Aircraft Carrier

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Nimitz

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Old ironsides

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The Constitution

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Civil war, Battle of Hampton Roads

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Confederate: Merrimack/Virginia
Union: Monitor

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Portuguese explorer, early 15th Century

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Portuguese explorer, first to India

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Vasco de Gama

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Spanish explorer, fountain of youth

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Ponce de Leon

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Spanish explorer/conquistador, Aztecs

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Cortes

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Spanish explorer/conquistador, Incas

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Pizarro

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Portuguese-born, died in Philippines

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Magellan

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French explorer, St Lawrence, Montreal

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Cartier

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Father of new France, Quebec

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Champlain

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1770s explorer, Australia, Hawaii, Sandwich, Tahiti

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James Cook

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Battle of Trafalgar, Battle of Nile

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Nelson

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Dr Livingstone I presume?

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Stanley

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Because it’s there, first Euro to attempt Everest

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Mallory

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New Zealand mountaineer, first to summit Everest

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Hillary

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Hillary’s sherpa

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Norgay

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First to south pole, first through Northwest passage

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Amundsen

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Jesuit

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St. Ignatius Loyola

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Confessions, City of God, Hippo

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St. Augustine

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Summa Theologica

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Thomas Aquinas

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Saint of England

A

George

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Saint of Ireland

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Patrick

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Saint of Scotland

A

Andrew

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Saint of Wales

A

David

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Saint of Venice

A

Mark

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Saint of Hungary, Stoned to Death

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Stephen

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First pope

A

Peter

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Saint of sailors, weather phenomenon

A

Elmo

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Canterbury tales

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Thomas a Becket

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Maine to Georgia, East Cost trail

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Appalachian

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Texas trail, Cattle

A

Chisholm trail

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Cumberland Gap

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Daniel Boone

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Last Hawaiian monarch

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Lillioukalani

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Japan emperor, Shinto, WW2

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Harihito

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Current Japan emperor

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Akihito

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Monaco royal family

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Grimaldi

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Jordan Queen

A

Noor

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Suleiman

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Ottoman Empire

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Roman emperor: After Julius Caesar

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Augustus

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Roman emperor: Execution of Jesus

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Tiberius

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Roman emperor: little boot, depraved

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Caligula

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Roman emperor: Fiddled, fire

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Nero

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Ancient Rome, Stoicism

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Marcus Aurelius

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Roman emperor: First Christian

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Constantine

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Isabella & Ferdinand

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Spanish Inquisition