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Canaan was called the _____ by the Hebrews.

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promised land

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The Hebrews solidified their beliefs while in _____.

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captivity

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What man did God choose to be the father of the Hebrew nation?

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abraham

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The scattering of the Hebrew people all over the world was called the _____.

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diaspora

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True or False: Egypt was settled on land along the Nile River.

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true

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True or False: King Menes ruled Egypt from his capital at Hyksos.

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false

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True or False: The Egyptians imported tin and mixed it with copper to make bronze for decoration and weapons.

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true

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True or False: Business records were kept by scribes.

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true

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True or False: Egypt was such a powerful nation it was never invaded.

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false

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The Hyksos brought ____ and ____ to Egypt.

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horses, chariots

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List four developments of the Egyptian civilization:

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calendar, irrigation, writing, government

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Egyptian leaders were called what?

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pharaohs

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True or False: No remains of the Babylonians have ever been found.

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false

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True or False: Hammurabi, emperor of Babylonia, codified the laws of his country.

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true

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True or False: Mesopotamia means "land between two rivers."

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true

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True or False: The Great Wall of China was built after the birth of Christ.

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false

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True or False: Flooding on the Yangtze River caused great hardship for the early Chinese.

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false

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True or False: After the Crusades, Chinese demand for European products became very great.

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false

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True or False: The Greeks were unable to raise enough food on their own because of poor soil.

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true

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The author of the Iliad and the Odyssey was ____.

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homer

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Where did much of Greek civilization have its origins?

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crete

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What was one of Alexander the Great's most serious mistakes? a. He left the economy in ruins b. He failed to choose a successor himself. c. He extended his empire past what he was able to rule effectively

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b

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Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?

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athens, sparta

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The plebeians were the ____ classes of Rome.

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lower

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After defeating Antony and Cleopatra, Octavian was granted the title of ____ by the Roman senate.

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augustus

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To make conquered peoples feel like Romans, Rome gave them Roman ____ .

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citizenship

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____ was stabbed to death on the Ides of March, 44 B.C.

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caesar

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The Roman Empire was divided into Eastern and Western empires by the emperor ____.

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diocletian

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Pax Romana means ______.

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roman peace

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When Christ was born during the reign of _____ , Bethlehem was a town in one of the Roman _____ .

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augustus, provinces

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True or False: The story of Rome began with the defeat of Carthage.

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false

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Why did the Roman Empire in the west go into decline?

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constantine died

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True or False: The ancient Chinese were very primitive and had no organized formal education.

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false

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True or False: The religion of most ancient civilizations was polytheistic, which meant they worshipped many gods.

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true

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True or False: The middle class in ancient cultures was the largest group in most countries.

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false

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True or False: Confucius and Buddha both contributed to religious thought in the Far East.

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true

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True or False: Most ancient societies believed in education for boys, but only Egypt made an attempt to educate girls.

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false

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True or False: Latin, the language of the Roman Empire, was the source of many languages that are still spoken today.

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true

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In the year A.D. 800, the pope crowned Charlemagne emperor of the land we now call ______.

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france

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England was attacked time and again by invaders from Scandinavia called ____.

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vikings

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True or False: The breakup up of the Roman Empire was not a major cause of the invasions that swept Western Europe before the Middle Ages.

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false

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Spain is located on the Peninsula.

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iberian

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The Romans and the Germanic tribes combined to defeat the _______.

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huns

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Danish king of England during the medieval ages

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canute

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emperor in France during medieval ages

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charlemagne

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drove the Moors from Spain during the medieval ages

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ferdinand and isabella

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united southern England during the medieval ages

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alfred

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conquered England in 1066 during the medieval ages

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william the conqueror

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The dominant social, economic, and political system in the Middle Ages was the ______ system.

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feudal

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Under the feudal system, the ____ owned all of the land and granted use of the land to _____ in return for their support during times of _____.

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king, nobles, war

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The land granted to a noble by a king is known as a ______.

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fief

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Which group made up the large majority of medieval citizenry?

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peasants

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A noble who received land from the king would be expected to give support in the form of ____,____ , or_____ in return.

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troops, money, equipment

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_____ imposed feudalism on England after 1066.

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william the conqueror

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Who wrote canterbury tales?

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geoffrey chaucer

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Loosely formed learning guilds in the Middle Ages were called:

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universities

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Most of medieval music was composed for the church and sung in:

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latin

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Medieval plays performed in groups were called:

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cycles

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The center of medieval life was the:

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church

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The medieval legend that pictured the poor being championed by a hero who fought for them against the rich was that of:

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robin hood

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True or False: The church was the most powerful unifying institution in the Middle Ages.

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true

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True or False: The Peace of God and the Truce of God forbade all warfare in the Middle Ages.

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false

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True or False:During the period of the Avignon Captivity, the papacy was moved from Rome to France.

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true

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True or False:Until the nineteenth century, Germany and Italy were the only fully unified nations in Western Europe.

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false

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True or False: The Inquisition sought out heretics for punishment.

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true

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True or False: Although the church was a powerful force, the kings of Europe were always more powerful than it was.

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false

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What was the purpose of the Crusades?

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to recapture the Holy Land and Jerusalem

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True or False: The Crusades ultimately failed to keep hold of what they had captured, but they did stimulate trade.

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true

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The Franciscan and Dominican friars had no _______.

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monasteries

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The name of the Holy City captured by the Seljuk Turks was _______.

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jerusalem

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True or False: During the Renaissance, Italy was a very poor nation, with almost no industry or trade.

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false

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Which two countries fought in the Hundred Years' War?

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france, england

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In which Italian city did the Medici family have power?

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florence

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Who led the French to victory in battle and was later burned at the stake by the English?

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joan of arc

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The word Renaissance means what?

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rebirth

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True or False: By the fourteenth century citizens of Spain had more rights than those of any other country in Europe

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false

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True or False: The War of the Roses in England resulted in the Tudor line of English kings.

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true

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True or False: The voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World was financed by the same king and queen who expelled the Moors and Jews from Spain.

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true

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True or False: The Magna Carta limited the power of the monarchs in England since 1215.

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true

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True or False: Spain in the 1400s was a Roman Catholic country.

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true

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Martin Luther was trained as a/an:

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augustinian monk

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The Ninety-Five Theses were:

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proposals

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The papal schism in 1378 produced:

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two popes

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The first Protestant church was formed by followers of:

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john huss

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Followers of Wycliffe were known as:

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lollards

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John Wycliffe was(english, german, italian, or french:

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english

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Martin Luther believed that faith in God would save man and that faith could be attained through:

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reading the bible

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True or False: According to the beliefs of the Anabaptists, all young children should be baptized.

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false

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True or False: John Calvin did not care how people lived their lives so long as they read the Bible.

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false

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True or False: A theocracy is a government based on religious principles.

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true

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True or False: Zurich was a theocracy under Ulrich Zwingli.

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true

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True or False: Calvin believed baptism to be the most important factor in salvation.

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false

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True or False: John Knox established the Presbyterian Church in Scotland.

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true

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Members of the Society of Jesus were called the _______.

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jesuits

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The founder of the Society of Jesus was _____.

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ignatius of loyola

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Henry VIII of England wanted to dissolve his marriage to Catherine of Aragon because she had not:

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had any sons

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After Henry VIII, the Church of England was also called the ______ Church

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anglican

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The Council of Trent in 1545 paved the way for church _____.

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reform

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The major Spanish figure in reform of the Catholic Church was a cardinal named _________.

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ximenez

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In 1534 King Henry VIII had Parliament pass the______ , which made him the head of the Church of England.

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act of supremacy

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True or False: The Index was established in the thirteenth century to deal with heretics.

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false

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True or False: Thousands of Catholics were killed in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day.

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false

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True or False: The Huguenots were French Calvinists

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true

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True or False: The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War.

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true

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True or False: When Spain took over the Netherlands in 1555, mobs spread destruction among the country's Protestant churches.

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false

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What was the theory called that held a king was chosen by God and was responsible to no one but God?

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divine right of kings

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The name of the war in England that brought the Tudors to the throne was the War of the ___

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roses

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___was the English king who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and declared himself head of the Church of England.

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henry vii

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Philip II of Spain sent 130 ships to attack England, this fleet was known as the _____

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spanish armada

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True or False: The Spanish Armada defeated Admiral Howard and the English fleet

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false

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why did Philip II attack England? for england's:

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interference in the netherlands

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why did Philip II attack England? to stop english:

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interference in new world trade

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why did Phillip II attack England? to conquer england and:

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claim the land for Spain

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Guy _____ was a ____ extremist who tried to blow up the king and Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot.

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fawkes, catholic

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Have you studied mix and match on the lessons?

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yes

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The two major goals of Cardinal Richelieu was to make the ___ all-powerful in France and to make ___ supreme in Europe.

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king, france

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In 1598 Henry IV of France gave freedom of worship to the Huguenots by issuing the document known as the ___

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edict of nantes

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The emblem chosen by Louis XIV to represent himself was the __

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sun

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As absolute ruler of France, Louis XIV damaged his country through:

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war, religious intolerance

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Through the system of mercantilism, a nation tried to stockpile ___ which was used to increase its influence.

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money

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True or False: The French and Indian War was won by the French.

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false

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True or False: Sir Francis Drake was the first explorer to land in Nova Scotia.

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false

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True or False: The first successful English settlement in the New World was at Jamestown, Virginia.

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true

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True or False: Verrazano explored the east coast from North Carolina to Newfoundland.

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true

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True or False: King Henry of France was given the name the Navigator.

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false

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True or False: Portugal was a major power during the Age of Exploration.

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true

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True or False: Ferdinand Magellan was responsible for the first voyage around the world.

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true

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True or False: Vasco da Gama found an all-sea route from Europe to India.

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true

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