Geography
Tudors
Cortes & Magellan
Discovery of the Americas
20th Century
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Label 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10 and 11
1 - Russia
2 - Finland
3 - Estonia
5 - Latvia
9 - Norway
10 - Sweden
11 - Denmark
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Henry VIII & Henry VII
VIII = Started the Anglican Church
VII = Ended War of Roses
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Aztec god Quetzalcoatl and 1-Reed, the day 9-wind.
Against human sacrifice - Thought to be Cortes
Arrived on April 22, 1519 (1-Reed, the day 9-wind.)
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Mayan, Olmecs, and Incas
Mayans - first civilization to appear in the New World. Irrigation, Astronomers and Mathematicians (C. America)
Olmecs - 1st group to practice human sacrifice
Incas - (northern Ecuador to central Chile), Emperor like a god, 1 boy and 1 girl for human sacrifice
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On October 11, 1959 Pope John XXIII announced the beatification of the first American-born saint. Who was it?
Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton
Mother Elizabeth Anne Seton was born was born in New York in 1774, converted to Catholicism after the death of her husband and founded the American Sisters of Charity. She was beatified by Pope John XXIII on 17th March 1963. She was canonized in 1974.
Mother Cabrini was the first American citizen to be canonized a saint, however she was born in Italy.
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Label states 22, 30 - 34
22 - Louisiana
30 - Mississippi
31 - Alabama
32 - Georgia
33 - Florida
34 - South Carolina
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The Renaissance and Martin Luther
Rebirth (1490 - 1520), Europe had previously rejected Greek culture, spread because of the printing press.
October 1517 - Published 95 Theses. It condemned the selling of indulgences, started the Lutheran Church and the Protestant Reformation
150
What are the Straits of Magellan and when were they found?
What - Some of the stormiest waterways in the world. It took them 38 days to cross 360 miles
When - October 18th, 1520
150
Treaty of Tordesillas
June 7th, 1494 AD
The line of demarcation (an imaginary line) was drawn through the Atlantic Ocean.
Spain received the western lands - Most of North and South America
Brazil received the eastern lands - Brazil
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The world saw its first billionaire in the 20th century. Who was he?
John D. Rockefeller
Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller made his fortune pioneering the American petroleum industry. He was declared a billionaire in 1909. He was also a very generous contributor to worthy causes and gave away over $550 million during his lifetime.
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Label 30, 31, 32, 33, and 36
30 - Bangladesh
32 - Myanmar
33 - Sri Lanka
36 - Laos
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Henry VIII's Wives
- Catherine of Aragon - Divorced
- Anne Boleyn - Executed
- Jane Seymour - Died shortly after childbirth
- Anne of Cleves - Divorced
- Catherine Howard - Executed.
- Catherine Parr - Survived Henry
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What did Bernal Diaz tell us about the Aztec temples?
Why do you think this shows that they worshipped the devil?
Walls built out of human skulls, hearts and faces decorated the statue of Huitzilopochtli, and their practice of cannibalism
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Amerigo Vespucci and Juan Ponce de Leon
Amerigo Vespucci - took credit for discovering the Americas. America gets its namesake from him
Juan Ponce de Leon - Discovered Florida, the Gulf Stream, and the Gulf of Mexico
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In what U.S. state was the first atomic bomb detonated?
New Mexico
Scientists had been hard at work developing the bomb at nearby Los Alamos, New Mexico. The test blast was detonated on July 16, 1945 and code-named "Trinity." This date is considered the beginning of the atomic age.
150
Label 32, 33, 41, 43, 45, 46, and 47
32 - Netherlands
33 - Belgium
41 - Luxembourg
45 - Andorra
47 - Spain
46 - Portugal
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Johannes Gutenberg
Movable printing press in 1440
150
What problems arose in Magellan's journey along South America?
Cartagena started multiple mutinies, the crews lack of faith and fear
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Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama, and Pedro Cabral
Christopher Columbus - New World in Oct 12, 1492 (Bahamas - San Salvador)
Vasco de Gama - All-water route to India, around Africa and the Cape of Good Horn
Padro Cabral - Claimed Brazil for Portugal, Island of the True Cross
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What medical breakthrough occurred in 1955?
Polio vaccine
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Label states 21, 20 -27
21 - Arkansas
20 - Missouri
25 - Illinois
26 - Indiana
27 - Ohio
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Edmund Spencer, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson, and Shakespeare
Spencer - Wrote the Faerie Queen (Epic)
Marlow - Created Iambic Pentameter
Johnson - Created Masques
Shakespeare - Wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets.
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What is Noche Triste, when and why did it occur?
What - lost Tenochtitlan, Cortes fled in the night with his soldiers and were brutally attacked, more then half his army was killed
When - June 30-July 1, 1520
Why - Alvarado ordered the massacre of a number of Aztecs during a festival for the rain gods. - Feared revolt
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Aztecs and Toltecs
Aztecs - Tlacaellel, a successful warrior, controlled the emperor Montezuma I. Worshipped Huitzilopochtli with 50,000 sacrifices a year
Toltecs - Quetzalcoatl banned human sacrifice
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What was the first launched space shuttle named?
Columbia
Columbia completes its first mission in space in 1982. It is the first space shuttle, which allows vehicles to be reused in space missions.
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Label 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23
Hint (I(16)-TUKK-TAP)
17 - Kazakhstan
18 - Uzbekistan
19 - Turkmenistan
20 - Kyrgyzstan
21 - Tajikistan
22 - Afghanistan
23 - Pakistan
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Elizabeth I, Lady Jane Grey, and Mary I
Elizabeth I - Virgin Queen
Lady Jane Grey - 12 Days Queen
Mary I - Bloody Mary
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What problems arose in Magellan's journey in the Pacific Ocean (past the Straits)?
Starvation, hostile native tribes.
Died in the Philippines on April 27, 1521 due to conflict with pagan native tribes
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What is the Neolithic Revolution?
2500 BC - The Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution occurred in the New World
Man grew crops and raised animals, instead of hunting and gathering.
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Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous 'I have a dream ...' speech?
The Lincoln Memorial