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What island was James Cook’s first voyage to?

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Tahiti

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Who sent Cook to Tahiti?

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The Royal Socioty of London

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What did the Royal Socioty of London want Cook to record in Tahiti?

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The transit of Venus

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What are New Zealand’s two main islands called?

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North Island and South Island

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What did Cook name the hospitable part of Australia?

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New South Wales

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Where/on what did Cook almost loose his ship, leaving Australia?

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The Great Barrier Reef

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Where did Cook go on his second voyage?

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Past the Antarctic Circle

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What masses did Cook call “ice isles”?

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Iceburgs

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What did Cook call icebergs?

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Ice isles/islands

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What was Cook’s original goal to find on his third voyage?

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The elusive Northwest Passage

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Instead of finding the Northwest Passage, what did Cook find?

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The Hawaii Islands

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What group of Islands are the Hawaii Islands part of?

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The Polynesian triangle

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Which island chain did Cook tour off of Alaska?

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The Aleutian Islands

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What strait caused Cook to turn at the end of his Third voyage?

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The Bering Strait

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Where did Cook die?

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Hawaii

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16
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What did New South Wales begin as?

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A penal colony

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Who was the first govenor of New South Wales?

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Aurthur Philip?

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18
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How many ships were in the First Fleet?

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11

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19
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What was the first group of ships starting New South Wales called?

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The First Fleet

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20
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What location did the First Fleet stop at first?

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Botany Bay

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When did the First Fleet land at Botany Bay (year)?

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1788

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What day do the Australian’s call the day the First Fleet landed?

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Australia Day

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23
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What Bay was too shallow for Governor Philip?

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Botany Bay

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What cove did Governor Philip start the penal colony at?

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Sydney Cove

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What was the mediveal-era classes called that France used before the French Revolution?
The Estates of the Relm
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What was the estate that represented the clergy?
The First Estate
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What was the estate that represented the nobility?
The Second Estate
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What was the estate that represented all others bestides clergy and nobility?
The Thirst Estate
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What king was in desperate need to pay off government debts?
King Louis XVI
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What group of people did King Louis sumoun to help him solve his national debt issue?
The Estates-General
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Where did the Estates-General meet?
The Palace of Versailles
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Which estate descided to have its own personal meetings
The Third Estate
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What was the first French Legislature, made from the Third Estate meetings?
The National Assembly
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The National Assembly was the first out of how many legilatures of France in the next 15 years?
Six, 6
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Which guardhouse did Paris revolutionaries storm?
Bastille
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What day did revolutionaries storm Bastille
July 14th
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What is July 14th remebered as for Frenchmen?
Bastille Day
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What march occured in the October of 1789?
The Women's March
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Where was the Women's March to?
Versailles
40
Which palace was the king forceable moved into after the Womens March on Verailles?
Tuileries Palace
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What new legislature deprived the king of his office?
The National Convention
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What proclimation did the National Convention issue?
The Abdition of the Moncarcy
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The day the Abdition of the Monarchy was issued was the first day of what Republic?
The First French Republic
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What was the pouplar invention to behead the Frenchpeople, that was used on the king?
The guillotine
45
Who killed Jean-Paul Marat?
Charlotte Corday
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Who did Charlotte Corday assasinate?
Jean-Paul Marat
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What was the law that came from Jean-Paul Marat's death?
The Law of Suspects
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Jean-Paul Marat's death was the trigger for what traumatice event?
The Reign of Terror
49
Where was Napoleon born?
The Italian island of Corsica
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Where did Napoleon first show his capabilites?
Ecole Militaire
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Soon after what event did Napoleon get a chance to prove himself?
The French Revolution
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In what Seige did Napoleon prove himself?
The Seige of Toulon
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What was the date that Napoleon defended the National Convention against rebels in Paris?
13 Vendémiaire, Year IV
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Who did Napoleon defend on 13 Vendémiaire, Year IV?
The National Convention
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Who was the first secretary of the US?
Alexandar Hamilton
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What political party did Hamilton found?
The Federalist Party
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Who was the third US President?
Thomas Jefferson
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What political party did Jefferson found?
Democratic-Republican Party
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What election (year) did the Federalist party severly loose?
The Election of 1800
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In what yer did Napoleon turn to invade Austria?
1805
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What nation did Napoleon invade in 1805?
Austria
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In what Battle did Napoleon capture Vienna?
The Battle of Ulm
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After the Battle of Ulm what city did Napoleon capture?
Vienna
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What combigned army did Napoleon destroy at the Battle of Austerlitz?
Russian-Austrian army
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In what battle did Napoleon defeat the Russian-Austrian army?
Battle of Austerlitz
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The same fall of the Battle of Austerlitz which war did Napoleon win?
The War of the Third Coalition
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What was Napoleons first achievment of 1806?
He captured Berlin
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What was Napoleon's second achievment of 1806?
He caused the colapse of the Holy Roman Empire
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What monument stands to represents Napoleon's sucess?
The Arc de Triomphe
70
Who was the renoun Miami chief?
Little Turtle
71
What Defeat was the most costly defeat US troops had ever suffered against a native tribe?
The St. Clair's Defeat
72
Who did Washington apoint to train an army professionally agains the natives?
General Anthony Wayne
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What was Anthony Wayne's army called?
The Legion of the United States
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What was the Legion of the United States first victory?
The Battle of Fallen Timbers
75
Which general won most of Ohio?
General Wyane
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What territory was organized after the Ohio territory?
The Indiana territory
77
Who tried to unite the Native American tribes against the US?
Tucumseh
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Who was Tecumseh's nemisis?
William Henery Husdson
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Who did Governor Hudson defeat while Tecumseh was away? (Tecumseh's brother)
Tenskwatawa
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In what battle did Husdon defeat Tenskwatawa?
The Battle of Tippecanoe
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What was the war of 1812 a stsruggle for?
Upper Canada
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What two Lakes were involed in the war of 1812?
Ontario and Eire
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Who seized Fort Detrot early in the war?
Tecumseh
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What Fort did Tecumseh capture ?
Fort Detroit
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What naval battle did the US win during the war of 1812?
The Battle of Lake Erie
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Because of the loss of the Battle of Lake Erie, what did the natives have to abandon?
Tecumseh had to abandon Ft. Detroit
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Who caught up with the fleeing natives?
General Hudson
88
What Battle did Tecumseh die in?
The Battle of the Thames
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Where was Napoleon's last campaign to?
Russia
90
How many troops did Napoleon take to Russia?
400,000 - 700,000
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How many troops survived Napoleon's Russian campain?
20,000 - 40,000
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