Dates Quiz Era 2 Flashcards

1
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First African slaves are brought to the Americas.

A

1502

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2
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Height of the Aztec Empire

A

1480s

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3
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Bartholomew Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope

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1488

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4
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Columbus and Reconquista of Spain (Reconquista is the centralization of holdings in Spain. Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile and together they conquered Granada in 1492)

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1492

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5
Q

Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation

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1517

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6
Q

Cortez conquers the Aztecs

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1521

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7
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First unsuccessful Ottoman seige (under Suleiman) of Vienna

A

1529

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8
Q

Pizarro conquers the Inca

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1533

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9
Q

Silver is discovered at Potosi

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1545

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10
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First galleon sails from Mexico to Manila - starting the first big upswing in global trade

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1571

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11
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Battle of Lepanto where the Ottoman Navy is defeated

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1571

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12
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Second unsuccessful Ottoman seige (under Mehmet IV) of Vienna

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1683

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13
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Cape Colony (modern day Cape Town) founded by Dutch

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1653

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14
Q

Thirty Years War

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1618 through 1648

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15
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Battle of Sekigahara - Tokugawa Ieyasu and his forces defeat Toyotomi, establishing Tokugawa Shogunate

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1600

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16
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Ottomans conquere Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire falls

A

1453

17
Q

Guttenburg Printing Press in Europe

A

1450s

18
Q

Foundation of Jamestown

A

1607

19
Q

End of Ming Dynasty and beginning of Qing Dynasty

A

1644

20
Q

Glorious Revolution ends a century of political dispute in England and English Bill of Rights is signed by William and Mary

A

1689

21
Q

Spanish Armada is defeated by England’s navy

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1588

22
Q

First Africans arrive in Virginia (modern day U.S.)

A

1619

23
Q

Shakespeare writes Hamlet

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1601

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