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What were the wealthy aristocrats of ancient Rome called?
What is the Patricians
100
Where were there many ports that traded with the East?
What is Italy
100
Which Portuguese prince sponsored voyages of exploration?
What is Henry the Navigator
100
Which Enlightenment thinker taught that life is "brutish." and societies rulers?
What is Thomas Hobbes
100
How did World War I change warfare?
What is global conflict
200
Who became the first Roman emperor?
What is Augustus
200
What was the long-term effect of the Magna Carta?
the development of democratic government
200
What American products became the basis for Spain's wealth?
What is gold and silver
200
Which Renaissance scientist first proposed the heliocentric theory?
What is Nicolas Copernicus
200
What was one of the major results of World War I?
What is the humiliation of Germany
300
What invaders attacked the Roman Empire and weakened it?
What is the Huns, Vandals, and Visigoths
300
What led to increased trade between Europe and Asia?
What is the Crusades
300
What was a caravel?
What is a type of small, light ship
300
In what industry did the industrial revolution begin?
What is the textile manufacturing
300
What event began World War II in Europe?
What is Germany invasion of Poland
400
Why did the aristocrats assassinate Julius Caesar?
They wanted to bring back the Roman Republic
400
In what areas of culture and learning did Muslim make great advances?
What is mathematics and medicine
400
Whose book increased European interest in Asia?
What is Marco Polo
400
What belief helped support the development of absolutism?
What is the divine right of kings
400
What was one reason for the global spread of the Great Depression?
Loans linked banks around the world
500
What spread the new religion of Christianity?
What is the conversion of Constantine I
500
Why did Pope Urban II call for Christians to go on a Crusade?
What is to win back the Holy Land
500
What was the triangular trade?
a trans-Atlantic trade pattern with three stages
500
The Enlightenment inspired what revolution?
What is the French Revolution
500
What happened on June 6, 1944, that changed the course of World War II?
The Allies crossed the English Channel and invaded France.