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Who were the cousins who fought over the throne of England?

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The Yorks and the Lancastrians

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What were these wars called?

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War of the Roses

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Who was the substitute King who ruled while the true king was unable to rule?

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Protector

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What was Henry VI most interested in?

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Reading and Praying

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Why wasn’t Henry able to rule England when he grew up?

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He went mad

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Whom did Henry’s family ask to become the substitute King?

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The duke of York

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What did Edward IV do that upset the English nobles?

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He married a woman and gave too much power to her family

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After Edward IV’s death, who became the regent for his young son?

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His brother

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When Edward V became King, why did he have such a short reign?

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His uncle took over and declared himself king

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Who became the next king after Edward V?

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Richard III

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Who won the battle of Bosworth Field?

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Henry Tudor

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What happened to Edward V and his brother?

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No one knows for sure

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T/F Edward IV was a member of the York family.

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True

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T/F Henry VI was killed while he was in prison.

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True

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T/F Richard III was one of the most popular English kings.

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False

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T/F The Tower of London was a jail built by Richard III.

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False

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T/F Being heir to the throne was dangerous during the Middle Ages.

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True

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Why were the civil wars in England called the Wars of Roses?

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The civil wars for the English throne were called the Wars of the Roses because the Yorks had a white rose on their banners and the Lancastrians had a red rose on their banner.

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Spain was divided into 3 kingdoms. What were the names of the two large kingdoms?

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Castile and Aragon

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What was the name of the smaller kingdom on the western coast of Spain?

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Portugal

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Who combined their two kingdoms into one large kingdom of Spain?

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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Prince Henry of Portugal became known as Henry the ___________.

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Navigator

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What did King Enrique promise the famous fighter Pedro Giron if Pedro would send men for the king’s army?

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His sister’s hand in marriage

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What happened to Pedro Giron?

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He died of stomach pains

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When King Enrique wanted his sister to marry the King of Portugal, what did he do?
Sent a message to another prince
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What was the last kingdom of Spain to be under Muslim rule?
Granada
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How long did it take the rulers of Spain to drive the Moors out of his kingdom?
10 years
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After the Moors were gone, what did the rulers of Spain do?
They made it illegal to practice any religion other than Christianity
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What did Prince Henry want to do?
He wanted to make the Portuguese into great sailors and explorers
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What kinds of goods did the merchants from Africa have to trade?
Ivory, gold and salt
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What kinds of goods did the merchants from India have to trade?
Pepper, cloves and nutmeg
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T/F Spices were important in the Middle Ages because there were no refrigerators to keep meat from going bad.
True
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T/F An astrolabe is an instrument with a magnetic needle that always points north.
False
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T/F The Portuguese were excited about sailing through unfamiliar waters.
False
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T/F Prince Henry discovered a new route to trade with India.
False
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Why were the Portuguese so interested in building and sailing boats?
long coastline and wanted to trade with other countries.
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Why did African Muslims attack the cities of Ghana?
kings of Ghana refused to convert to Islam.
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Who brought Islam religion to the kingdom of Mali?
Traders
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How did the famous kings of Mali attract the attention of the people?
Mali kings did a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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The kingdom of Songhay was famous for its?
Great size.
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Who was Leo Africanus?
A traveler who wrote a book about his travels to Africa.
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Who invaded the kingdom of Songhay?
Morocco
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Why was Africa called the Dark Continent?
almost no one had explored its interior.
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Why did the Kings of Mali build schools?
so people could learn to read.
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When travelers in the desert could not find water, what would they sometimes do?
kill camels and squeeze water from their stomachs to survive.
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How did the people of Mali show respect for their king?
groveling in front of him.
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It was difficult to travel into southern Africa because?
The Sahara Desert
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West Africa had kingdoms with what four things?
Gold, trade, learning, and strong kings.
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The Europeans called Ghana the Land of?
Gold.
50
The most famous of all Mali kings was?
Mansa Musa.
51
Timbuktu was a city of?
Learning and trade.
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Name three kingdoms of West Africa.
Ghana, Mali, Songhay.
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Babur the Tiger descended from who?
Descended from Genghis Khan
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The Mogul Dynasty was founded by _____ the Conqueror.
Babur the Tiger.
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Moghul comes from ___________.
Mongol.
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What dynasty ruled India during its Golden Age?
Gupta Dynasty.
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Who was Chandragupta?
The first king who began to unite smaller kingdoms in India.
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Who was Akbar and what did he do?
Grandson of Babur, known for marrying a Hindu princess and having an empire that covered half of India.
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Why were the Sultan's war elephants defeated?
they were slow and ponderous.
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How did Akbar's popularity ensure?
By making sure that the laws were followed.
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What was the size of Akbar's empire?
Covered half of India.
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What was Babur's rule known for?
Being a fair and just ruler.
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Who was Birbal?
In many Indian stories, the emperor is guided by his state minister, Birbal.
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What was the relationship between Emperor Akbar and Birbal in Indian stories?
The emperor is not too stubborn to listen to Birbal in most stories.
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How did the Garden of Scattered Flowers grow?
What had water wheels pulled by buffalo, beds of beautiful flowers, cypress trees, fruit trees, and marble benches.
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What allowed machines to work without ever having to stop?
Steam power.
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An ________ made sure that factory workers spent all of their time working hard.
Overseer.
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English factories that produced cloth were called _____
Mills.
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_______ ___ ____ led the underground army that opposed the rise of factories.
General Ned Ludd.
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Factories were built in the United States near ______, ___ ____.
Boston, New York.
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Why was factory-made cloth cheaper than hand-made cloth?
Machines in factories could make cloth faster than people could by hand.
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When weavers who worked at home could no longer get people to buy their cloth, what did they do?
They were forced to go work in the factories.
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How was a factory worker paid?
He was paid by the hour.
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When the British government made laws to improve factory working conditions, who protested?
Rich factory owners.
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True or False: Before factories became common, most people worked at home along with their whole families.
True
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True or False: Workers in factories sometimes had to pay fines for looking out of windows, speaking to each other, or taking more than 15 minutes to eat a meal.
True
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True or False: Thomas Jefferson thought that factories would be good for the country.
False
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True or False: Factory owners built nice houses near the factories for their workers.
False
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How was work in the factories different from work in the home?
In the factories, workers did only one task over and over again. In the home, a worker did all of the jobs, from beginning to end.
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The bridge of land that links North America and South America together is called _____________.
Central America.
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The Mayans lived on the ________________ peninsula, which lies between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Yucatan.
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Tenochtitlan was a great city built by the ________________.
Aztecs.
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Humayan Capac was a great king of the ________________.
Incas.
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The Incas lived in an area that is today called _______________.
Peru.
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Who lived in the Mayan cities?
Kings and noblemen.
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What did the Mayan kings do to look 'godlike'?
Paint their faces, file their teeth and have pointed heads and crossed eyes.
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What did the Mayan king have to do before battle?
Shed his own blood.
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Why did the Aztecs decide to build a city in the middle of a lake?
They thought the sun god told them to build there.
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How did the Aztecs find their food?
They grew crops on top of the lake.
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What new kind of food did the Aztecs learn how to make?
Chocolate.
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What kinds of goods did the Incas trade?
Cloth, pottery, and jewelry.
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Why was the Incan empire so weak when the Spanish explorers arrived?
The kingdom divided, and the two rulers were fighting with each other.
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T/F The empires in the Americas fought with each other, just like the empires in Europe and Asia.
True
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T/F The Mayans limited the power of the King, just as the nations in Europe did.
False
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T/F The Aztecs were well-liked by their neighboring tribes.
False
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T/F According to legend, Manco Capac was the son of the Incan sun god.
True
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T/F The Incan governors sent messages to each other using knots on a rope.
True
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Why did the Mayan cities crumble away into the jungle?
cities grew so big that the ground around them couldn't grow enough food to support all the city people. Hurricanes and earthquakes also wrecked many houses and temples. Many of the Mayan people were tired of their cruel and violent kings.

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