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

The Great Fear

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The French term for large social classes

Estates

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What’s the smallest country in the world?

The Vatican

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Church members who teach and convert others to their religion

Missionaries

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Leader of the Pueblo Revolt

Pope'

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An assembly of Representatives from all three Estates. 

Estates General

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

King Louis XVI (16th)

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

English, 200,000 words

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Spanish explorers of the 1500's, who got their name from the Spanish word for "Conquerors"

Conquistadors

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This Explorer Set out in 1540 in search of the Seven Cities

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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

The Old Regime

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France's Queen during the 1770's and 1780's, who became known as "Madame Deficit" because she spent so much money on gowns, jewels, gambling, and gifts.

Marie Antoinette 

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What is the largest bird in the world by wingspan?

Wandering Albatross

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A compromise between Spain and Portugal, which gave Portugal a claim to Brazil, but Spain got the rest of the Americas

Treaty of Tordesillas

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A famous naval Capitan who circumnavigated the globe in 1577

Sir Francis Drake

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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

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Bonus Question!

Who made up each of the Three Estates of the Old Regime?

First Estate: Clergy

Second Estate: Nobility

Third Estate: Everyone else

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What occasion corresponds with the longest day of the year?

The summer solstice

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A Caribbean settler who sailed with Columbus in 1493, explored Puerto Rico, and became Puerto Rico's Governor

Juan Ponce De Leon

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Bonus Question!

What were the three G's that motivated Spanish Explorers?

God, Gold, and Glory

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

The National Assembly

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Bonus Question!

What was the purpose of the storming of the Bastille?

To search for and seize gunpowder and weapons

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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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A Conquistador who landed in the Gulf of Mexico in 1513, with the goal of conquering the Aztec Empire

Hernan Cortes

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Bonus Question!

Why was the Pueblo Revolt fought?

For Pueblos to try and take back their traditional ways of life.

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