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SOL leaders Flashcards

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moses

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led jews out of egypt in the exodus

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michelangelo

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renaissance artist

painted sistine chapel and sculpted la pieta and david

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erasmus

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most famous christian humanist

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leonardo da vinci

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Renaissance artist, painted the Mona Lisa and the last supper

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johannes gutenberg

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invented the printing press

helped renaissance ideas spread

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john calvin

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god predestines certain people that go to heaven

predestination

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jesuits

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catholic order that proselytized for all over the world for catholic church.

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elizabeth the first

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combined catholic and protestant to come up with anglican church

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henry VIII

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broke away from the Catholic church because of divorce

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magellan

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his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe

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drake

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Paws a pirate who brought gold and riches to England from Spanish and French ships

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12
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cortez

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spanish conquistadors conquered Aztecs

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pizarro

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spanish conquistadors that conquered the Incas

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cartier

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french explorer claimed canada for france

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songhai

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africans-traded salt and gold

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16
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aztecs

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native american civilization

located in Mexico

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Incans

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located in Peru , roads and bridges

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18
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mayans

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Yucatan famous for pyramids

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Louis XIV

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absolute monarch of france

bought a great culture to france , also caused problems by doing away with the edict of edict of nantes versailles

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Sun king

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absolute ruler of Prussia

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Frederick the Great

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Nickname of Louis XIV

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peter the great

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an absolute ruler of Russia, he wanted to westernize Russia.

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Copernicus

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german
used math to prove that earth goes around the sun in an ellipse
Developed the heliocentric theory

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Kepler

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Polish

Discovered planets orbit around the sun, feared the church

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Harvey

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English

blood circulated throughout the body

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Newton

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english

developed calculus and the laws of gravity

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montesquieu

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French-wrote the Spirit of the Laws

believed in separation of power

28
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Mozart

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second great composer of enlightenment

29
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Voltaire

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French, believed in Freedom of Speech separation of church and state

30
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Rousseau

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wrote the social contract and believed that the government includes a separation of powers.

31
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Hobbes

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english- used natural law to say that people need an absolute monarch became they are naturally bad- wrote leviathan

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Locke

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wrote the two treaties on government, believed that people are sovereign, that they should rule themselves. Believed monarchs are not chosen by god. Believed that i was the governments responsibility to protect your LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY.
influenced jefferson

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Bach

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austrian -Great composer, began composing at age 5

34
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Delacroix

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french

painted liberty leading the people and nature scenes

35
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Cervantes

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spanish-novelist-wrote Don Quixote

36
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William and Mary

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rulers of england

after glorious revolution, had less power than parliament

37
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Metternich

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austrian prince
congress of Vienna
balance of power kings power

38
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Charles I

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king of england

wants to be absolute executed after civil war

39
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Cromwell

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Puritan

led english civil war, then became dictator of england

40
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Louis XVI

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french absolute ruler

executed during the reign of terror

41
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Toussaint L Overture

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led slave revolt in Hati, inspired by the French Revolution

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Bolivar

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led revolutions all over latin America

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Cavour

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guerilla warefare, united S.Italy with N.Italy

44
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garibaldi

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advisor to king sardinia-united N.Italy

45
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Bismarck

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Realpolitick-blood and iron-Prussian who created Germany

46
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Whitney

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Cotton gin-clean cotton faster need for slaves grows

47
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Watt

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steam engine

48
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Bessemer

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invented steel

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Smith

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capatilism and laissex faire, wrote wealth of nations profits made people work

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Jenner

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made worlds first vaccinations

51
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Pasteur

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discovered germs/bacteria

52
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Cmdr.Perry

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used US Navy to get Japan to open up trade

53
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Karl Marx

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socialism

wrote communist manifesto-Proletariat and revolt

54
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Archduke Ferdinand

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Prince of Austria Hungary

his death started WW11

55
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Tsar Nicholas II

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totalitarian leader of Italy

56
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Bolsheviks

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radical socialists led by Lenin

57
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Woodrow Wilson

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US president during WW1

58
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Tojo

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totlitarian leader of Japan

59
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FDR

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helped end the cold war by building up US military

60
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Truman

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dropped atomic bomb on Japan, said US will lead the fight against Communism

61
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MacArthur

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US general of the Pacific troops, rebuilt Japan, Korean fought korean war, fired for taking nuclear arms purposes to Congress

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Marshall

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had plan to rebuild World, after ww2, 13 billion dollar investment

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Eisenhower

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Us general, in charge of D-Day later to become president

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Reagan

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US president during ww2 till Yalta

65
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Mao

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led communist in china

66
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chiang

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led nationalists in china

fled to Taiwan after losing

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