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Week 24-28 Flashcards

1
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What island was James Cook’s first voyage to?

A

Tahiti

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2
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Who sent Cook to Tahiti?

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The Royal Socioty of London

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3
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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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4
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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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5
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What did Cook name the hospitable part of Australia?

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New South Wales

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6
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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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7
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Where did Cook go on his second voyage?

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Past the Antarctic Circle

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8
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What masses did Cook call “ice isles”?

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Iceburgs

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9
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What did Cook call icebergs?

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Ice isles/islands

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10
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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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11
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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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12
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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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13
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Which island chain did Cook tour off of Alaska?

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The Aleutian Islands

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14
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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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15
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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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17
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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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21
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When did the First Fleet land at Botany Bay (year)?

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1788

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22
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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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24
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What cove did Governor Philip start the penal colony at?

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Sydney Cove

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25
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What was the mediveal-era classes called that France used before the French Revolution?

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The Estates of the Relm

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26
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What was the estate that represented the clergy?

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The First Estate

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27
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What was the estate that represented the nobility?

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The Second Estate

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28
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What was the estate that represented all others bestides clergy and nobility?

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The Thirst Estate

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29
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What king was in desperate need to pay off government debts?

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King Louis XVI

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30
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What group of people did King Louis sumoun to help him solve his national debt issue?

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The Estates-General

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31
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Where did the Estates-General meet?

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The Palace of Versailles

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32
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Which estate descided to have its own personal meetings

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The Third Estate

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33
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What was the first French Legislature, made from the Third Estate meetings?

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The National Assembly

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34
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The National Assembly was the first out of how many legilatures of France in the next 15 years?

A

Six, 6

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35
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Which guardhouse did Paris revolutionaries storm?

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Bastille

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36
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What day did revolutionaries storm Bastille

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July 14th

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37
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What is July 14th remebered as for Frenchmen?

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Bastille Day

38
Q

What march occured in the October of 1789?

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The Women’s March

39
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Where was the Women’s March to?

A

Versailles

40
Q

Which palace was the king forceable moved into after the Womens March on Verailles?

A

Tuileries Palace

41
Q

What new legislature deprived the king of his office?

A

The National Convention

42
Q

What proclimation did the National Convention issue?

A

The Abdition of the Moncarcy

43
Q

The day the Abdition of the Monarchy was issued was the first day of what Republic?

A

The First French Republic

44
Q

What was the pouplar invention to behead the Frenchpeople, that was used on the king?

A

The guillotine

45
Q

Who killed Jean-Paul Marat?

A

Charlotte Corday

46
Q

Who did Charlotte Corday assasinate?

A

Jean-Paul Marat

47
Q

What was the law that came from Jean-Paul Marat’s death?

A

The Law of Suspects

48
Q

Jean-Paul Marat’s death was the trigger for what traumatice event?

A

The Reign of Terror

49
Q

Where was Napoleon born?

A

The Italian island of Corsica

50
Q

Where did Napoleon first show his capabilites?

A

Ecole Militaire

51
Q

Soon after what event did Napoleon get a chance to prove himself?

A

The French Revolution

52
Q

In what Seige did Napoleon prove himself?

A

The Seige of Toulon

53
Q

What was the date that Napoleon defended the National Convention against rebels in Paris?

A

13 Vendémiaire, Year IV

54
Q

Who did Napoleon defend on 13 Vendémiaire, Year IV?

A

The National Convention

55
Q

Who was the first secretary of the US?

A

Alexandar Hamilton

56
Q

What political party did Hamilton found?

A

The Federalist Party

57
Q

Who was the third US President?

A

Thomas Jefferson

58
Q

What political party did Jefferson found?

A

Democratic-Republican Party

59
Q

What election (year) did the Federalist party severly loose?

A

The Election of 1800

60
Q

In what yer did Napoleon turn to invade Austria?

A

1805

61
Q

What nation did Napoleon invade in 1805?

A

Austria

62
Q

In what Battle did Napoleon capture Vienna?

A

The Battle of Ulm

63
Q

After the Battle of Ulm what city did Napoleon capture?

A

Vienna

64
Q

What combigned army did Napoleon destroy at the Battle of Austerlitz?

A

Russian-Austrian army

65
Q

In what battle did Napoleon defeat the Russian-Austrian army?

A

Battle of Austerlitz

66
Q

The same fall of the Battle of Austerlitz which war did Napoleon win?

A

The War of the Third Coalition

67
Q

What was Napoleons first achievment of 1806?

A

He captured Berlin

68
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What was Napoleon’s second achievment of 1806?

A

He caused the colapse of the Holy Roman Empire

69
Q

What monument stands to represents Napoleon’s sucess?

A

The Arc de Triomphe

70
Q

Who was the renoun Miami chief?

A

Little Turtle

71
Q

What Defeat was the most costly defeat US troops had ever suffered against a native tribe?

A

The St. Clair’s Defeat

72
Q

Who did Washington apoint to train an army professionally agains the natives?

A

General Anthony Wayne

73
Q

What was Anthony Wayne’s army called?

A

The Legion of the United States

74
Q

What was the Legion of the United States first victory?

A

The Battle of Fallen Timbers

75
Q

Which general won most of Ohio?

A

General Wyane

76
Q

What territory was organized after the Ohio territory?

A

The Indiana territory

77
Q

Who tried to unite the Native American tribes against the US?

A

Tucumseh

78
Q

Who was Tecumseh’s nemisis?

A

William Henery Husdson

79
Q

Who did Governor Hudson defeat while Tecumseh was away? (Tecumseh’s brother)

A

Tenskwatawa

80
Q

In what battle did Husdon defeat Tenskwatawa?

A

The Battle of Tippecanoe

81
Q

What was the war of 1812 a stsruggle for?

A

Upper Canada

82
Q

What two Lakes were involed in the war of 1812?

A

Ontario and Eire

83
Q

Who seized Fort Detrot early in the war?

A

Tecumseh

84
Q

What Fort did Tecumseh capture ?

A

Fort Detroit

85
Q

What naval battle did the US win during the war of 1812?

A

The Battle of Lake Erie

86
Q

Because of the loss of the Battle of Lake Erie, what did the natives have to abandon?

A

Tecumseh had to abandon Ft. Detroit

87
Q

Who caught up with the fleeing natives?

A

General Hudson

88
Q

What Battle did Tecumseh die in?

A

The Battle of the Thames

89
Q

Where was Napoleon’s last campaign to?

A

Russia

90
Q

How many troops did Napoleon take to Russia?

A

400,000 - 700,000

91
Q

How many troops survived Napoleon’s Russian campain?

A

20,000 - 40,000

92
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