quiz 13 Flashcards
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earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles
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Celts
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a special group of Celtic men who acted as teachers, judges, and priests
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Druids
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a Roman province under emperor Claudius
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Britannia
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Germanic tribes that invaded the celts
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angles, saxons, and jutes
5
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what were the influences the Celtics made
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music, language, and heroes like King Arthur
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“angleland”
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england
7
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wandering poets who wrote long poems about war heroes
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scops
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a missionary appointed by pope Gregory I
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augustine
9
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a group of vikings controlled most of england by 870
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danes
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the leading Saxon kingdom
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wessex
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the first great english king; 886 occupied london
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Alfred the great
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became king of England 1016
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Canute the dane
13
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battle in 1066
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battle of hastings
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returned to the throne with help of the English nobles
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Edward the confessor
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the most powerful noble
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Harold godwin
16
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duke of normandy
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William the conqueror
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when a king owns all the land
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instituted feudalism
18
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1086; census recorded in the…
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doomsday book
19
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new government from 1. _____ to the 2. ___ ____
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- witan
- great council
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farmers were trapped in
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fuedalism
21
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the lion of justice
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Henry I
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named for Henry the II who wore a plante Genet in his hat
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Plantagenet kings
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laws common to all me based on case-by-case study
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common law
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a group of people called to give a verdict in regard to legal matter
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trial by jury
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Henry II's son, spent only 6 months of 10 year reign in england
Richard the lionhearted
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Mom of Richard the lionhearted; ran the kingdom in Richard the LH's absence
Eleanor of aquitaine
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the most hated king in English hisory
john
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_________ of france took more than half of England's mainland in europe
king Philip augustus
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placed all of England under a papal interdict
pope innocent III
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one of the most important documents in the history of the world
magna carta
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the right end of an arrested person to appear before a court
Habeas Corpus
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a written plan which sets up a form of government and establishes its basic government principles
constitution
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john's son, a weak king
Henry III
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led a rebellion of nobles and called the first meeting of Parliament in 1265
Simon de montfort
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to speak
parler
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long shanks; first pure Englishman since the Norman conquest
Edward I
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two representatives from every shire/town
model parliament
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stated wishes
bills
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unworthy successor, forced abdictation
Edward II
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further development and unity in 1327
Edward III
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parliament divided into two institutions
1. house of the lords- great nobles and church leaders
2. house of commons- representatives
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war between 1337- 1353
the hundred year's war
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longbows
benefit
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a peasant girl who led the French army
Joan of arc
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after 100 years England lost the war and all land in France except the...
port of calais
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the last Plantagenet king lost the throne and "played tyrant"
richard II
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started the dynasty of Lancaster
Henry IV
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the last lancasterian king, duke of york
Henry VI
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became king, duke of york
Edward IV
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the first Tudor king of england
Henry VII
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chosen by nobles to be king
Hugh capet
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only controlled a tiny patch of land
ile-de-france
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capetian king who challenged the nobles power
Louis VI
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made the French monarchy stronger than any other single noble
Philip augustus II
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became one of france's most memorable kings
Louis IX
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reigned during climax of quarrel with papacy
Philip IV
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French version of parliament
estates-general
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1. the clergy
2. the nobles
3. the commoners
1. first estate
2. second estate
3. third estate
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the last capetian king died in what year
1328
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the earliest known inhabitants
iberians
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larger prosperous ancient city still around today
cadiz
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Rome acquired Iberia, and conquered all of it
Punic wars
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center of culture and capital
cordova
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small kingdoms of visigoths and Spanish people in northern spain
Asturias, navarre, Aragon, leon, and castile
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11th century these small kingdoms started their own crusade
the reconquista
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the Spanish national hero recaptured valencia
El Cid
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sent by spain to find new route to the east indies, discovered the new world
Christopher columbus
68
Spanish scholar wrote a grammar book for castilians' language
Antonia de nebrija
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thousands of moors, Jews, and other non-romanists faced torture, imprisonment, exile, or death
Spanish inquisition
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the first grand inquisitor of the Spanish requisitions
Tomas de torquemada
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the phoencian and greek area of the Iberian peninsula named by romans
lusitanian
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French knight named count of portugal
Henry of burgundy
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Portugal became an independent nation when he was crowned king in 1139
alfonso henriques
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the capital of portugal
lisbon
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his reign marked the beginning of portugal's greatest days of glory
John I
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when the Europe nations began in earnest to explore distant lands
the age of exploration
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the name for modern European civilization
western civilization
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a viking explorer from before this age of exploration
Leif ericson
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a device used to measure stars above the horizon
astrolabe
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son of an Italian merchant, wrote "the kingdoms and marvels of the east"
Marco polo
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the son of king john I spent his life avidly promoting Portuguese navigation
prince Henry the navigator
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saild all the way to southern tip of Africa, the cape of good hope
Bartolomeu dias
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rounded the cape of good hope, first to reach as far east by sea
Vasco de gama
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an Italian explorer who planned to conquer the "indies"
Christopher columbus
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tribe on San salvador
arawak
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tribe whom the carribeans get their name from
carib
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the most important civilization in south america
the incas
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capital city
cuzco
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the most powerful empire in the western hemisphere at the beginning of the age of exploration
the aztecs
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capital city built on an island in a lake
tenochtitlan
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conquerors who eagerly explored the new world in hopes of bringing glory to Spain and spreading romanism
Spanish conquistadors
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first spanish explorer to land on North America mainland
Ponce de leon
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crossed the isthmus of Panama and discover the Pacific ocean
Vasco de balboa
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a Portuguese sailor who went on a 3-year voyage around the world
Ferdinand magellan
