Question 1

Cahokia

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Is the area of an ancient indigenous city (c. 600–1400 CE) located in the American Bottom

Question 2

Christopher Columbus

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Known as 'the man who discovered America', Columbus was in fact trying to find a westward sea passage to the Orient when he landed in the New World in 1492. This unintentional discovery was to change the course of world history.

Question 3

Johan Gutenberg (1398-1468)

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invented the printing press in the 1450's, and the first book to ever be printed was a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany

Question 4

Columbian Exchange

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a dramatically widespread exchange of animal, plants, culture (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. It was one of the most significant events concerning ecology, agriculture, and culture in all o

Question 5

Walter Raleigh

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(c. 1552 – 29 October 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England.

Question 6

Francisco Pizzaro

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(1471 or 1476 – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.

Question 7

Roanoke

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Dare County, present-day North Carolina, United States was a late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement in what later became the Virginia Colony

Question 8

Queen Elizabeth I

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(7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the sixth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter

Question 9

Mayflower Compact

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agreement created in 1620 by the passengers on the Mayflower that established the first local government system in the New World (U.S. History)

Question 10

Marco Polo

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(1254-1324) Italian merchant and explorer from Venice, one of the first European explorers to travel across Asia

Question 11

Huguenots

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member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France (during the 16th and 17th centuries); French Protestant

Question 12

John Locke

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(1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist (author of "Essay Concerning Human Understanding")

Question 13

Henry VII

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(28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor.

Question 14

Inca

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the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.[3] The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century.

Question 15

Johan Cabot

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c. 1450 – c. 1499) was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America is commonly held to have been the first European encounter with the continent of North America since the Norse Vikings in the eleventh century. The off

Question 16

Prince Henry the Navigator

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(Porto, 4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460) was an infante of the Kingdom of Portugal and an important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire.

Question 17

Hernando de Soto

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Was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was the first European documented to have crossed the Mississippi River.
* southeastern United States search

Question 18

Francisco Vazquez de Cornado

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was a Spanish conquistador, who visited New Mexico and other parts of what are now the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542. Coronado had hoped to conquer the mythical Seven Cities of Gold.

Question 19

Humphrey Gilbert

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(c. 1539 – 9 September 1583)[1] of Devon in England was a half-brother (through his mother) of Sir Walter Raleigh.[1] Adventurer, explorer, member of parliament, and soldier, he served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth[1] and was a pioneer of English co

Question 20

Nathaniel Bacon

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(January 2, 1647; October 26, 1676) was a colonist of the Virginia Colony, famous as the instigator of Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, which collapsed when Bacon himself died from dysentery.[1]

Question 21

Bering Strait(Theory)

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been the subject of scientific speculation that humans migrated from Asia to North America across a land bridge at a time when lower ocean levels–perhaps a result of glaciers locking up vast amounts of water–exposed a ridge beneath the ocean

Question 22

Amerigo Vespucci

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(March 9, 1454 – February 22, 1512) was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer. The Americas are generally believed to have derived their name from the feminized Latin version of his first name.[1][2] Contents [hide]

Question 23

Juance de Leon

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1474 – July 1521)[3] was a Spanish explorer. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown. He led the first European expedition to Florida, which he named. He is associated with the legend of the Fountain of Youth, repu

Question 24

Mayflower

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the ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (which would become the capital of Plymouth Colony), in 1620.

Question 25

Mayan Empire

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a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period (c.

Question 26

Mercantilism

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the economic doctrine in which government control of foreign trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the prosperity and military security of the state. In particular, it demands a positive balance of trade.

Question 27

Virginia Company of London

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collectively to a pair of English joint stock companies chartered by James I on 10 April 1606[1][2][3] with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America.

Question 28

Indentured Servants

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refers to the historical practice of contracting to work for a fixed period of time, typically three to seven years, in exchange for transportation, food, clothing, lodging and other necessities during the term of indenture.

Question 29

Maryland Toleration Act of 1649

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was a law mandating religious tolerance for trinitarian Christians. Passed on April 21, 1649 by the assembly of the Maryland colony, it was the second law requiring religious tolerance in the British North American colonies and created the first legal lim

Question 30

George Calvert

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1st Baron Baltimore, 8th Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland (1579 – 15 April 1632) was an English politician and coloniser. He achieved domestic political success as a Member of Parliament and later Secretary of State under King James I, though he lost

Question 31

Bacon's Rebellion

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was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony in North America, led by a 29-year-old planter, Nathaniel Bacon.

About a thousand Virginians rose (including former indentured servants, poor whites and poor blacks) because they resented Virginia Governor

Question 32

Enlightenment

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Enlightenment

Question 33

Henry Hudson

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(c. 1560/70s[3] – 1611?) was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century

Question 34

Roger Williams

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(c. 1603 – between January and March 1683) was an English Protestant theologian who was an early proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. In 1636, he began the colony of Providence Plantation, which provided a refuge for reli

Question 35

Anne Hutchinson (1591–1643)

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was one of the most prominent women in colonial America, noted for her strong religious convictions, and for her stand against the staunch religious orthodoxy of 17th century Massachusetts.

Question 36

William Penn

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(1644-1718) founder of the state of Pennsylvania (famous for his peaceful dealings with the Indians and planning the city of Philadelphia)

Question 37

Navigation Acts

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were a series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England (after 1707 Great Britain) and its colonies, which started in 1651. At their outset, they were a factor in the Anglo-Dutch Wars. Later, they were one of several s

Question 38

Glorious Revolution

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also called the Revolution of 1688, is the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange).

Question 39

Treaty of Paris (1763)

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the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.[1] The Treaty was made possible by the British victory over France and

Question 40

Albany Congress

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The Conference of Albany" or "The Conference in Albany", was a meeting of representatives from seven of the thirteen British North American colonies in 1754

Question 41

Salutary Neglect

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an undocumented, though long-lasting, British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, meant to keep the American colonies obedient to Great Britain. Prime Minister Robert Walpole stated that "If no restrictions were placed on the colo

Question 42

Columbian Exchange

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a dramatically widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations (including slaves), communicable disease, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres (Old World and New World).

Question 43

Privy Council

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council of the King; private council

Question 44

John Eliot

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(c. 1604 – 21 May 1690) was a Puritan missionary to the American Indians. His efforts earned him the designation “the Indian apostle.”

Question 45

Treaty of Hartford

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applies to three historic agreements negotiated at Hartford, Connecticut. The 1638 treaty divided the spoils of the Pequot War. The 1650 treaty defined a border between the Dutch Nieuw Amsterdam and English settlers in Connecticut. In the 1786 treaty New

Question 46

Pequot War

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war in 1637 between white settlers and Pequot Indians in Connecticut which resulted in the almost total decimation of the Pequot tribe (U.S. History)

Question 47

Divine Right

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king's right to rule (granted by God). The theory came to the fore in England under the reign of James I of England (1603–1625, also James VI of Scotland 1567–1625). Louis XIV of France (1643–1715), though Catholic, strongly promoted the theory as well.

Question 48

Protestant Reformation

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a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches

Question 49

Norsemen

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group of people as a whole who spoke what is now called the Old Norse language belonging to the North Germanic branch of Indo-European languages, especially Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Swedish and Danish in their earlier forms.

Question 50

Vikings

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is customarily used to refer to the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, and settled in wide areas of Europe and the North Atlantic islands from the late eighth to the mid-eleventh century

Question 51

Robert de LaSalle

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French explorer (1643–87) who journeyed from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico (1681–82), claiming Louisiana for France. On a subsequent expedition to locate and fortify the mouth of the Mississippi river, his followers mutinied and he was murdered. .

Question 52

French & Indian War

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the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of tha

Question 53

New France

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The French colonies of North America which ran from the St Lawrence river to the mouth of the Mississippi. The first settlement was established in 1534 by Jacques Cartier. Nearly all of it fell to the British in 1763. (N) History Today ...

Question 54

Fort Necessity

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Fort Necessity National Battlefield is a National Battlefield Site preserving elements of the Battle of Fort Necessity in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Battle of Fort Necessity occurred on July 3, 1754 and was an early battle of the Fre

Question 55

Church of England

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Anglican Church, official Church of England (Catholic in origin but independent from the Pope and influenced by Protestantism)

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