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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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3
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a Roman province under emperor Claudius

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Britannia

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4
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Germanic tribes that invaded the celts

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angles, saxons, and jutes

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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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6
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“angleland”

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england

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7
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wandering poets who wrote long poems about war heroes

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scops

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8
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a missionary appointed by pope Gregory I

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augustine

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9
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a group of vikings controlled most of england by 870

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danes

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10
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the leading Saxon kingdom

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wessex

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11
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the first great english king; 886 occupied london

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Alfred the great

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12
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became king of England 1016

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Canute the dane

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13
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battle in 1066

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battle of hastings

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14
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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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15
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the most powerful noble

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Harold godwin

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16
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duke of normandy

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William the conqueror

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17
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when a king owns all the land

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instituted feudalism

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18
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1086; census recorded in the…

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doomsday book

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19
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new government from 1. _____ to the 2. ___ ____

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  1. witan
  2. great council
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20
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farmers were trapped in

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fuedalism

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21
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the lion of justice

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Henry I

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22
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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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23
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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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24
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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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25
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Henry II’s son, spent only 6 months of 10 year reign in england

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Richard the lionhearted

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26
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Mom of Richard the lionhearted; ran the kingdom in Richard the LH’s absence

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Eleanor of aquitaine

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27
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the most hated king in English hisory

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john

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28
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_________ of france took more than half of England’s mainland in europe

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king Philip augustus

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29
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placed all of England under a papal interdict

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pope innocent III

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30
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one of the most important documents in the history of the world

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magna carta

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31
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the right end of an arrested person to appear before a court

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Habeas Corpus

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32
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a written plan which sets up a form of government and establishes its basic government principles

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constitution

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33
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john’s son, a weak king

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Henry III

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34
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led a rebellion of nobles and called the first meeting of Parliament in 1265

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Simon de montfort

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35
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to speak

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parler

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36
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long shanks; first pure Englishman since the Norman conquest

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Edward I

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37
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two representatives from every shire/town

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model parliament

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38
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stated wishes

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bills

39
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unworthy successor, forced abdictation

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Edward II

40
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further development and unity in 1327

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Edward III

41
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parliament divided into two institutions

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  1. house of the lords- great nobles and church leaders
  2. house of commons- representatives
42
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war between 1337- 1353

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the hundred year’s war

43
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longbows

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benefit

44
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a peasant girl who led the French army

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Joan of arc

45
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after 100 years England lost the war and all land in France except the…

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port of calais

46
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the last Plantagenet king lost the throne and “played tyrant”

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richard II

47
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started the dynasty of Lancaster

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Henry IV

48
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the last lancasterian king, duke of york

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Henry VI

49
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became king, duke of york

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Edward IV

50
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the first Tudor king of england

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Henry VII

51
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chosen by nobles to be king

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Hugh capet

52
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only controlled a tiny patch of land

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ile-de-france

53
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capetian king who challenged the nobles power

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Louis VI

54
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made the French monarchy stronger than any other single noble

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Philip augustus II

55
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became one of france’s most memorable kings

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Louis IX

56
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reigned during climax of quarrel with papacy

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Philip IV

57
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French version of parliament

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estates-general

58
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  1. the clergy
  2. the nobles
  3. the commoners
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  1. first estate
  2. second estate
  3. third estate
59
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the last capetian king died in what year

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1328

60
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the earliest known inhabitants

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iberians

61
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larger prosperous ancient city still around today

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cadiz

62
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Rome acquired Iberia, and conquered all of it

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Punic wars

63
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center of culture and capital

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cordova

64
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small kingdoms of visigoths and Spanish people in northern spain

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Asturias, navarre, Aragon, leon, and castile

65
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11th century these small kingdoms started their own crusade

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the reconquista

66
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the Spanish national hero recaptured valencia

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El Cid

67
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sent by spain to find new route to the east indies, discovered the new world

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Christopher columbus

68
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Spanish scholar wrote a grammar book for castilians’ language

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Antonia de nebrija

69
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thousands of moors, Jews, and other non-romanists faced torture, imprisonment, exile, or death

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Spanish inquisition

70
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the first grand inquisitor of the Spanish requisitions

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Tomas de torquemada

71
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the phoencian and greek area of the Iberian peninsula named by romans

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lusitanian

72
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French knight named count of portugal

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Henry of burgundy

73
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Portugal became an independent nation when he was crowned king in 1139

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alfonso henriques

74
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the capital of portugal

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lisbon

75
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his reign marked the beginning of portugal’s greatest days of glory

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John I

76
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when the Europe nations began in earnest to explore distant lands

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the age of exploration

77
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the name for modern European civilization

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western civilization

78
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a viking explorer from before this age of exploration

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Leif ericson

79
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a device used to measure stars above the horizon

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astrolabe

80
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son of an Italian merchant, wrote “the kingdoms and marvels of the east”

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Marco polo

81
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the son of king john I spent his life avidly promoting Portuguese navigation

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prince Henry the navigator

82
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saild all the way to southern tip of Africa, the cape of good hope

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Bartolomeu dias

83
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rounded the cape of good hope, first to reach as far east by sea

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Vasco de gama

84
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an Italian explorer who planned to conquer the “indies”

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Christopher columbus

85
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tribe on San salvador

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arawak

86
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tribe whom the carribeans get their name from

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carib

87
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the most important civilization in south america

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the incas

88
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capital city

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cuzco

89
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the most powerful empire in the western hemisphere at the beginning of the age of exploration

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the aztecs

90
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capital city built on an island in a lake

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tenochtitlan

91
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conquerors who eagerly explored the new world in hopes of bringing glory to Spain and spreading romanism

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Spanish conquistadors

92
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first spanish explorer to land on North America mainland

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Ponce de leon

93
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crossed the isthmus of Panama and discover the Pacific ocean

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Vasco de balboa

94
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a Portuguese sailor who went on a 3-year voyage around the world

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Ferdinand magellan

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