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What year did Columbus discover the New World?
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1492
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Which Viking landed in North America c.A.D. 1000?
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Lief Ericson
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Muslims from North Africa were called...
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Moors
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The first European to travel the length of Asia was an Italian merchant named...
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Marco Polo
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The movable-type printing press was invented in the year....by....
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1440, Johann Gutenberg
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The German monk who protested the teachings of the Catholic church and began the Protestant Reformation was...
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Martin Luther
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What did Martin Luther nail to the door of the Wittenburg church?
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The 95 Theses
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In what year did Martin Luther nail his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenburg church?
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1517
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An important Protestant reformer from Switzerland.
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John Calvin
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Who was the Portuguese prince who founded a school of navigation and encouraged exploration in the mid-1400's?
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Which Portuguese explorer reached the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa in 1498?
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Bartholomeu Dias
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Which Portuguese explorer sailed around Africa to India and opened a new all-water route to the East in 1498?
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Vasco da Gama
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Who were the Spanish monarchs who sponsored Columbus'voyage to the New World?
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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Who is the Italian sailor after whom America was named?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Who was the Portuguese explorer who landed on the coast of Brazil and claimed the land for Portugal in 1500?
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Pedro Cabral
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Name the Spanish explorer who embarked on a search for "the fountain of youth" and discovered Florida in the process.
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Ponce de Leon
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Who was the Spanish explorer who crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513?
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Vasco de Balboa
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Who was the Portuguese sailor, hired by the Spanish, who made a 3-year vogage around the world in 1519?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Name the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs of Mexico by 1521.
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Hernando Cortes
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Name the powerful chieftain of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest.
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Montezuma
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Name the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas of Peru by 1533.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Name the Spaniard who explored southern Texas and parts of New Mexico and Arizona between 1528 and 1536.
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Cabeza de Vaca
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Name the Spanish explorer who explored what is today the southwestern United States in 1540 and whose men discovered the Grand Canyon.
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Francisco Coronado
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Who was the Spaniard who explored what is now the southeastern United States in 1540 and discovered the Mississippi River in 1541?
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Hernando de Soto
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Name the Portuguese explorer employed by the Spanish who explored the coast of California in 1542.
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Juan Cabrillo
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Name the Portuguese explorer employed by the Spanish who explored the coast of California in 1542.
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Juan Cabrillo
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Which king of Spain sent the "Invincible Armada: against England in 1588?
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King Philip II
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Who was the Protestant queen of England at the time of the defeat of the Spanish Armada?
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Queen Elizabeth I
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Name the Italian sailor who explored the eastern coast of North America for France in 1524.
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Giovanni da Verrazano
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Which Frenchman led an expedition that discovered the St. Lawrence River in 1534-1535?
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Jacques Cartier
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French Protestants who established Charlesfort on the coast of South Carolina and Fort Caroline on the coast of Florida in the 1560's were...
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The Huguenots
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Called the "Father of New France," he established Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in the New World, in 1608.
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Samuel de Champlain
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A French Jesuit missionary who explored the Central Mississippi River in 1673 was...
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Jacques Marquette
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A French fur trader who explored the central Mississippi River with Marquette was...
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Louis Joliet
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This French explorer claimed the entire Mississippi Valley and named it "Louisiana" in 1682.
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Rober Cavelier de la Salle
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This American Indian tribe did not ally themselves with the French.
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The Iroquois
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In the 1400's, the Iroquois League of Five Nations consisted of...
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The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Cayuga tribes
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A system in which all aspects of life centered on the ownership and use of land was called...
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The feudal system or feudalism
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Efforts of European kings and noblemen to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land and reclaim it for Christendom between A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1300 were called...
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The Crusades
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An effort by Catholics of the Iberian Peninsula to drive the Moors from the region of Granada in southern Spain was called...
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The Reconquista
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Merchants, traders, craftsmen, and men of other professions who were neither extremely rich nor poor became known as ...
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the middle class
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A revival of learning of "rebirth" that occurred in Europe between 1300 and 1600 was known as...
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The Renaissance
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A revival of Biblical Christianity which began in Europe in 1517 was known as...
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The Protestant Reformation
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An imaginary line drawn by the pope in 1493 to end the rivalry between Spain and Portugal over lands in the New World was called...
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The Line of Demarcation
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Spanish conquerers
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Conquistadors
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Called the "King's Highway," it is the oldest road in the United States, first traveled in 1581. It runs between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico.
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El Camino Real
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A Spanish fleet of 130 ships and 30,000 men sent against England in 1588; destroyed in the English Channel.
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The Invincible Armada
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An effort of the Roman church to crush Protestantism and to bring back as many souls as possible into the Catholic fold was known as...
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The Counter-Reformation
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A supposed water route through North America to the Pacific
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The Northwest Passage
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French traders were called...
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voyageurs
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The island, possibly in the Bahamas, where Columbus first landed.
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San Salvador
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The location of the first Spanish landing on the North American Continent was...
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Florida
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The first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States was...
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St. Augustine, Florida
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This city served as the capital of the Spanish colonies in North America.
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Santa Fe
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The name given to the entire Mississippi Valley in honor of King Louis XIV of France was...
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Louisiana
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The first permanent French settlement in the New World was...
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Quebec, Canada
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The best known city of French heritage in America is...
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New Orleans
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