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Knowledge of Time, Continuity, and Change Flashcards

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One of the oldest civilizations formed dynasties beginning with Shang Dynasty. Influenced government and politics, culture, warfare, art, forms of writing, religion, and architecture.

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China

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Influenced government, religion, writing (hieroglyphics), irrigation of crops, warfare tactics, art, architecture and construction techniques (pyramids), mathematics (decimal system, medicine, and technology.

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Egypt

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Who is responsible for modern science?

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Galileo Galilei

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Who made four voyages to West Indies and Caribbean Islands?

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Christopher Columbus

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Who explored Florida in 15 13 looking for the fountain of youth?

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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Origin of organized societies. First civilization to gather and live together in large communities/cities. Created a system of government and learned to write.

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Mesopotamia

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Influences politics and forms of government (monarchy and republics), literature and the arts, architecture, warfare, society, engineering, and technology.

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Rome

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Influenced present day language, the arts and sciences, education, philosophy, and politics. Origin of the Olympic Games.

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Greece

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Who explored to Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson Strait?

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Henry Hudson

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Who explored the eastern coast of north America and the coast of the St. Lawrence river to Lake Huron and reached Lake Champlain?

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Samuel de Champlain

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Paper products had to come from England with a government stamp on them and the placed a tax on these items.
Sam Adams and Patrick coined the phrase “taxation without representation should not be tolerated”

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The Stamp Act 1765

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Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world. Defeated the Spanish Armada. Claimed California for England.

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Sir Frances Drake

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Who was the third president of the United States. A founding father. Author of the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who was and outspoken patriot during the American Revolution. Father of the American Revolution designed and carried out the Boston Tea Party Incident?

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Samuel Adams

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Who defined gravity and the laws of motion?

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Sir Isaac Newton

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Who was the patriot, writer, publisher, scientist, inventor, diplomat, and founding father who signed the Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Paris, and the United States Constitution?

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Benjamin Franklin

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Who was the King of Macedonia in 336 B.C. conquered the Persian Empire. Founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt. Created a massive empire and restored order in Ancient Greece?

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Alexander the Great

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In what war did the USA try to help South Vietnam gain control of communist North Vietnam?

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Vietnam War

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In what war did the USA come to help South Korea unite with North Korea?

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Korean War

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In what war was there two opposing forces, The Allies - Great Britain, USA, Russia, France and China; The Axis- Germany, Italy, and Japan? The USA was apart of the Allies because of Japans attacks on Pearl Harbor. 1939-1945 Allied powers were victorious.

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World War II

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A conflict between Austria/Hungary and Serbia caused this war from 1914-1918. Forming two opposing military alliances. Allied Powers: Russia, UK, France, Canada, Australia, Italy, Japan, Portugal, and the USA. Central Powers: Germany, Austria/Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria. Allied Powers were victorious.

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World War I

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Required colonist to provide living quarters for British Soldiers.

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The Quartering Act of 1765

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British Government official Charles Townshend taxed the colonist for tea, glass, lead, and paper. The taxes of the people in England were decreased.

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The Townshend Acts of 1767

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Colonist could only purchase tea that was sold by the British East India Company and taxed by the British government.

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The Tea Act of 1773

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On December 16, 1773 Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and 80 other men dressed up as Native Americans and threw all the tea from 3 British ships in protest of the Tea Act of 1773

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The Boston Tea Party

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What war freed America from British control from 1775-1783?

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The American Revolutionary War

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Who were the rebel who fought against Britain?

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Patriots

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Who were the colonists who maintained their allegiance to British Rule?

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Loyalists

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What were British Soldiers called?

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Red Coats

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What happened on the night of April 18th, 1775?

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Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride

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Who circumnavigated the globe with five ships and 270 men from 1520-1521?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Who pioneered sponsored exploration and cartography in 1515?

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Who led the expedition across panama and found the Pacific Ocean?

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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Who was the first to travel to India and around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope?

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Vasco de Gama

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Whose voyages gave England the claim to North America and paved the way for the settlement of the English colonies in the early 1600’s

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John Cabot

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Who sailed to the West Indies and South America

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Amergio Vespucci

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Who was the astronomer who could predict lunar eclipse, Inventor of irrigation systems for crops, a mathematician who wrote almanacs, and the son of a slave?

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Benjamin Banneker

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What was the historic booklet/pamphlet that inspired the colonist to seek freedom from British rule?

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Common Sense

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In 1774 after the tea incident King George closed the Boston Harbor for any business. The King reinforced the Quartering Act.

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The Intolerable Acts

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A group of Patriots formed by Paul Revere to retaliate against King George and Britain

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Sons of Liberty

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In March of 1770 British soldiers opened fire on colonist and killed five of the colonist including Crispus Attucks.

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The Boston Massacre

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King George forbid colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountains

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The Royal Proclamation of1763

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What war ended French political and cultural influence in North America and led to the revolutionary war?

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The French Indian War

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Equality for African American in Schools, public places, and places of employment

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Who was a patriotic founding father, Governor of Virginia and said “Give me liberty or give me death”?

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Patrick Henry

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British writer who influenced the Declaration of independence, state constitution, and the United States Constitution.

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John Locke

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First Astronomer to place the sun as the center of the universe

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Who explored the American Southwest and opened up the southwest to Spanish colonization?

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Francisco Vazquez de Cornando

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Who explored the American southeast and discovered the Mississippi River?

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Hernando de Soto

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Traveled St. Lawrence River

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Jacques Cartier

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Conquered Incas of Peru and added lands to the Spanish empire

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Fancisco Pizarro

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Conuered Aztecs in Mexico

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Hernando Cortez

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Transition from manual labor to the use of machines.

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Industrial Revolution

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First major battle of the American revolutionary war. British won the battle but lost a lot of men and weaponary.

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The Battle at Bunker Hill

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This document laid the foundation of a new government and severed ties to Great Britain.

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The Declaration of Independence

FTCE K-6 Social Science (3 decks)

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