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The religious teachers, judges, and priests of the Celtic people were called

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Druids

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The earliest inhabitants of England were the

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Celts

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The infamous stone structure is called

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Stonehenge

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English traveling poets

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Scops

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The greatest Saxon poem is

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Beowulf

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The missionary that brought Catholicism to England

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Augustine

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In what year did Augustine bring Catholicism to England?

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664

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Who was this first Archbishop of Canterbury?

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Augustine

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Glue most influential church office in England

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Archbishop

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Who originated the ideas of AD/BC

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The Venerable Bede

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The Vikings that took over most of England in the mid-800

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The Danes

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The only place the Danes did not conquer was

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Wessex

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England’s first great King

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Alfred the GREAT

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Alfred the Great kept a running record of Current events called

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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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Who took control of England after Alfred’s death?

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Canute the Dane

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King John’s successor was

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Henry the third

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Who overthrew Henry III

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Simon de Montfort

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Who initiated the first official meeting of parliament

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Simon de Montfort

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In what year was the first meeting of parliament held

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1265

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Who is Simon de Montfort successor

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Edward I

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Who set up the model parliament

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King Edward I

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Who is the first king of the modern French nation

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Hugh Capet

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In what year was Hugh Capet made king

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987

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Hugh Capet started what line of Kings

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The Capetian line of Kings

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What tiny part of France did Hugh Capet actually control
Ile-de-France
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Where was Hugh Capet's capital
Paris
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During who's ringing where the Capetians ready to challenge the Noble's power
Louis VI
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Which king was known as Philip Augustus
Philip II
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Philip II meant on which Crusade
The third Crusade/the king's Crusade
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Who was the hoinstophin king that went on the Kings Crusade
King Frederick Barbarosa
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Which of the three Kings on the Kings Crusade fell in a river and drowned
King Frederick Barbarosa
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Phillips II's grandson was named
Louis IX
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What was Louis IX's nickname
St. Louis
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At the end of his reign was France the most powerful country in Europe
Louis IX
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What was Philip IV nickname
Philip the fair
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In what year did the moors invade Spain
711
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In what year were the moors driven out of Spain
1492
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Spanish national hero
El Sid
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The first king of portuga
Alfonso Henriques
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Who sailed around the cape of good hope
Bartolomeu Dias
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Who was the first person to sail to the Far East by sea
Vasco de Gama
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On what day did Columbus land in the new world
October 12, 1492
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On what island did Columbus land
San Salvador
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Columbus was the governor of what colony
Santo Domingo
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The first Indians Columbus came in contact with were the
Arawaks
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What Group of Indians built the first great empire in the Western Hemisphere
The Mayas
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The most important Indian civilization in South America were
The Incas
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Most powerful native American Empire at the beginning at the age of exploration along to the
Aztecs
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What Spanish explore made the first Spanish landing on the North American mainland
Ponce de León
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Who discovered the Pacific ocean
Vasco de Balboa
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In what year did Ferdinand Magellan embark on his three-year voyage around the world
1519
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Who embarked on the first voyage around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
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Who is the Spanish explorer who conquered Mexico
Hernando Cortes
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What famous Indian tribe did Hernando Cortes conquer
The Aztecs
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Who conquered the Incas of Peru
Francisco Pizarro
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Who explored the southwestern United States and discovered the Grand Canyon
Francisco Coronado
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Who explore the southeastern United States and discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando De Soto
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Who explored the coast of California
Juan Cabrillo
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In what year was the line of demarcation established
1493
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What divided the world between Portuguese land and Spanish land
The line of demarcation
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Who discovered Brazil
Pedro Cabral
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Who explored the eastern coast of North America for Italy
Giovanni de Verrazano
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Who discovered the St. Lawrence River
Jacques Cartier
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In what year did John Cabot explore the eastern coast of North America
1497
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Who is the first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland
John Cabot

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