World History I
World History II
VA/US History
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100

The development of skills in a specific kind of work

Specialization

100

A wave of senseless panic that swept through France at the outset of the French Revolution

The Great Fear

100

Church members who teach and convert others to a religion

Missionaries

100

A way of trading goods and services without money

Barter

100

What’s the smallest country in the world?

The Vatican

200

Skilled workers who make goods by hand

Artisans

200

An assembly of Representatives from all three Estates.

Estates General

200

Spanish Explorers from the 1500’s who wanted to find wealth, spread Christianity, and win fame

Conquistador

200

The period of time in which people began using bronze, instead of copper or stone, to fashion tools and weapons

The Bronze Age

200

Which language has the most words (according to dictionary entries)

English, 200,000 words

300

A long-lasting pattern of organization in a community

Institution

300

The 1770's social and political system that divided the people of France into three large social classes

The Old Regime

300

The compromise between Portugal and Spain that gave Portugal a claim over Brazil, and Spain got the rest of the Americas

The Treaty of Tordesillas

300

France's King during the 1770's and 1780's, whose extravagant spending created massive debt for the country

King Louis XVI (16th)

300

What is the largest bird in the world by wingspan?

Wandering Albatross

400

Professional record keepers

Scribes

400

A pledge that Third Estate delegates took on an indoor tennis court, stating that they would remain in the room until a new constitution had been drawn up.

The Tennis Court Oath

400

A conquistador, who in 1519 landed in the Gulf of Mexico with the goal of conquering the Aztec Empire 

Hernan Cortez

400

The French term for large social classes

Estates

400

What occasion corresponds with the longest day of the year?

The summer solstice

500

A Sumerian form of writing, involving carving words into a clay tablet with a wedge shaped stylus

Cuneiform

500

The name that Third Estate delegates who passed laws and reforms for the sake of the French people gave themselves

The National Assembly

500

A Caribbean settler who had sailed with Columbus in 1493, and who explored and became the governor of Puerto Rico.

Juan Ponce De Leon

500

Leader of the Pueblo Revolt

Pope'

500

Which branch of the U.S. armed forces used the slogan, “It’s not just a job, it’s an adventure”?

The Navy

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