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boyars
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nobles
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Parliament
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English lawmaking body
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Qur'an/Koran
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Islamic holy book
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excommunication
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bans from church memberships
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Loess
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Fine windblown yellow soil
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Phoenicians Settled Along
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Med. Coast.
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Nika Revolt
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tried to overthrow Justinian
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Hijrah
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When Muhammad went to Medina
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Primogeniture
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Inheritance from father to eldest son
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Legalism
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School of Chinese philosophy that dealt with politics.
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Chinese Civilization
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Huang He Valley. (East Asia)
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Manor System
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Economic system of Middle Ages- farming estates with lord and peasants
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Autocracy
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Government in which the ruler holds absolute power.
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5 Pillars
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Basis of Islamic faith(Charity, Daily Prayer, Hajj, Ramadan)
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William the Conqueror
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Duke of Normandy- overthrew the English throne
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Ivan lll
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the great- 1st ruler of independent Russia
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Hajj
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The annual trip to Mecca that should be made at least one time during your lifetime(5 Pillars)
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Fief
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Grant of land given to vassal from a lord
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Scholastics
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Midieval philosophers
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Euclid
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Developed geometry
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umayyads
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led sunni muslims
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Jesus
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Founded Christian religion
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Mesolithic
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Middle Stone Age
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Phalanx
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Greek military formation
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taoism
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chinese philosophy "the way"
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confucius
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552-479BC-china's greatest thinker-5 basic relationships
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Huns
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Nomadic people from Asia
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The Academy
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Formed by Plato
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parallel
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lines of latitude-parallel to equator
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moscow
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e orthodox moved capital here
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st patrick
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brought christianity to ireland
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upanishads
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famous hindu collection of hymns-explains vedas
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Mummification
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Practice of preserving dead bodies.
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Hippocrates
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Know for medicine- Hippocratic Oath
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What is D-day
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June 6th, 1944
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lascaux
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1940-french cave paintings found by boys looking for dog
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Li Si
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founder of chinese legalism-strong armed rule
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literacy
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the ability to read and write
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Sunni
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followers of Umayyad family after split in Islam-most Muslims are this
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Augustine
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early Father of the Church
wrote Epistles
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altamira
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1875-french cave with prehistoric cave paintings
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old stone age
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aka-paleolithic age-2 million-10,000 yrs ago-hunter/gathers
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ganges river
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one of india's largest rivers
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Reconquest
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struggle of Spanish Christian kingdoms to retake Muslim areas of Spain
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Five Pillars of Islam
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Muslim moral code
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Triumvirate
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Political alliance of 3 rulers: Pompey, Caesar, Crassus
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Cuneiform
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Wedge shaped writing of ancient Sumerians
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Culture
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Beliefs, knowledge, and patterns of living that a group acquire by living together
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Plato
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Socrates student- wrote The Republic- The Academy
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East germany was democratic or communist?
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communist
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Medina
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Mohammed and followers flew here after being run from Mecca
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feudalism
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political system in which nobles owe loyalty to king and use kings land
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Visigoths
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Germanic tribe-hid from Huns in Roman empire-wouldn't leave
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fossil fuel
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oil,coal,natural gas fuels formed by decayed organic material
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buddhism
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religion born from hinduism founded by siddhartha gautama
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herodotus
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greek "father of history" wrote about persian wars
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civilization
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advanced level of culture with gov't, religion,division of labor,class structure,writing
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Stoicism
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individual should accept life and live virtuously-stoa-porch
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Gupta Empire
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last great Hindu Empire in India
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Hunter-Gathers
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Early people who lived by hunting animals and gathering plants for food.
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What treaty was signed to end WWI?
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Versailles
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Diocletian
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Leader of Rome who split the Roman Empire because it had gotten too big
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The Republic
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Written by Plato- idea of perfect society
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What year did the war in Europe star?
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1914
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What plan was institued to rebuild Europe after WWII?
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Marshall Plan
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pope gregory VII
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said all rulers should obey the pope
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What ship was sank in the Havana Harbor that led to the Spanish American War?
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USS Maine
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gross domestic product (GDP)
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value of goods and services produced inisde a country in 1 year
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What were the causes of WWII?
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Instability, economic devastation in Europe, rise of Fascism
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What was formed at the end of WWII to create a body for the nations of the world to try to prevent future global wars?
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United Nations
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How did the Korean War end?
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In a stalemate, nobody won or lost
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messiah
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jewish savior
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clovis
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481 frankish ruler
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Twelve
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Tables- Roman Laws
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Neolithic
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New Stone Age
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charlemagne
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768 king of franks
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middle kingdom
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2040BC-capital thebes-trading expeditions
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euphrates
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1700 miles-located in iraq
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Hannibal
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General of Carthage's army
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Alexander
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taught by aristotle-leader-created Hellenistic culture
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hopewell
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N American mound-building-Ohio River Valley--5th C BC
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Nara
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Japanese capital-built in 710-only real Japanese city at time
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hebrews
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1800-1500BC lived in caanan-old testement
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zoroastrianism
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official religion of persian empire-good (ahura mazda) v. evil (ahriman)
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Arch
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Curved structure over an opening.
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Parthenon
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temple built to honor Athena
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Who was Japan's dictator?
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Hideki Tojo
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jihad
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Islamic holy war-die in one=instant ticket to Paradise
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socrates
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greece's greatest thinker said "know thyself" put to death for not believeing in the gods
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revolution
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obit of an object in space
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Tribune
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Officials elected by Rome's popular assemblies
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Pharaoh
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Title of rulers of ancient Egypt.
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Bessie Smith
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Was a Harlem Renaissance blues singer
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humus
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soil made of decaving plants and animals
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developing countries
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poor country with subsistence farming, little manufacturing
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earthquake
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shock waves or vibrations caused by movement along fault line
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toltecs
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dominated C American society for 200 years-capital=Tula
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sophocles
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greek writer of antigone and oedipus rex
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continental shelf
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most shalloe part of ocean-slopes gently away from coast
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fold
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bending of rock layers below the surface
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confederacy
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loose alliance of groups for specific reason (n american indians)
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Constantine
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Ruler of the Roman empire in West
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Division of Labor
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Characteristics of civilizations in which different people perform different jobs.
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Who was the Soviet Unions dictator?
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Joseph Stalin
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Roman Catholic Church
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hdq in rome-led by Patriarch-christian church in W Europe
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nile river
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longest in qorld (4000m) flows S-N located in egypt
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Punic Wars
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Wars between Rome and Carthage- Rome won
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States in the midwest?
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Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota
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What was the holocaust?
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anti-semitism, systematic killing of all Jews,
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Federal Reserve
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The ____ ____ failed to prevent the collapse of the banking system which triggered th Great Depression.
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alexander the great
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one of greatest military leaders in history-expanded greek empire
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biosphere
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part of earth in which all animals and plants exist
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How did the Vietnam war end?
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a cease fire agreement
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totalitarian government
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gov't where only one or a few decide best for all
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How did the United States get Cuba to remove the missles?
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a blockade
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What is the teory that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would also fall?
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The Domino Theory
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-One fourth of workers were without jobs-Banks and businesses failed- People were hungry and homeless-Farmers incomes fell
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describes the impact of the Great Depression on Americans
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