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What was the war of roses?

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Battle between the House of Lancaster and the House of York

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Who united the House of York and the House of Lancaster?

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Henry VII (through marriage) and he created the House of Tudor

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Who started the first Platonic Academy?

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Cosimo de’ Medici

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Who built the Dome of Florence?

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Brunelleschi

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Who sculpted the bronze statue of David?

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Donatello

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Who instructed Isabella as her childhood priest?

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Tomas de Torquemada

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Who ruled over the House of England after the Hundred Years’ War (Lancaster or York)?

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Lancaster

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What business did the Medici family own?

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They were bankers

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Before he became King of Spain, Ferdinand was the prince of?

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Aragon

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Where was Isabella the princess of before she became Queen of Spain?

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Castile

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Who was hired by Isabella to oversee the Spanish Inquisition?

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Tomas de Torquemada

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The Tartar Mongols descended from the great and terrible?

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Genghis Khan

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Ivan the Great built his capital where in Russia?

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The Kremlin

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Who was reported to have King Solomon’s treasure? Many people wanted to round the Cape of Good Hope to find him.

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Prester John

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Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497?

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Vasco de Gama

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Who made friends with King Ferrante of Naples and canceled a pending war?

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Lorenzo de Medici

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When did Columbus sail the ocean blue?

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1492

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Who sponsored Colon’s trip to the new world?

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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

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How many voyages did Colon make and what was he looking for?

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He made four voyages. He was looking for a new way to the West Indies.

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Did Colon treat the Natives well?

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No, he was cruel to the natives.

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What are griots?

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Special men who memorize the history of their people

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Who was a famous ruler of Mali?

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King Mansa Musa. He traveled to Mecca and showed off his wealth.

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Who was Savonarola and where did he live?

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He was a preacher from Florence.

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Who executed Savonarola and why?

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Pope Alexander VI because of his preaching of the Gospel.

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Who was Henry VI?
Feeble king of England after the Hundred Years' War
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Who was Henry Tudor?
Man who united the Houses of York and Lancaster (also known as Henry VII)
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Who was Ivan the Great?
Russian Tsar
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Who was Sophia?
Princess of the Byzantine Empire who married Ivan the Great
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Who was Bartolomeu Dias?
First Portuguese Captain to round the tip of Africa
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Who was Lorenzo Medici
Italian patron of the arts and grandson of Cosimo
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Who was Cosimo de Medici
called "Father of His Country"
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What does San Salvador mean?
Holy Savior
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Who were the Arawak?
gentle natives of the Caribbean Islands
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Who are the Americas named for?
Amerigo Vespucci
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Who posed for the Mona Lisa?
Madonna Elisabetta
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Who wrote backward?
Leonardo da Vinci
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Who was Abbas the Great?
descendant of Ismail
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Who was Ismail?
Man who established Persia as a Shiite nation
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Who was the founder of the Songhai Empire?
Askia Muhammad I
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Who was Mansa Musa
Ruler of Mali who put them on the map for gold
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Who painted "The Creation of Adam" in the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
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Who painted "Praying Hands"?
Durer
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Who wrote in Praise of Folly?
Erasmus
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Who wrote The Prince?
Machiavelli
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What does "Machiavellian" mean?
Tricky, deceitful or dishonest politics
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What are some of Raphael's famous paintings?
Sistine Madonna and The School of Athens
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What church did Ivan the Great become the head of when he married Sophia?
The Eastern Roman Church
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On which of his four voyages was Colon arrested and sent back in chains?
The third voyage
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What were some of Jan van Eycks paintings?
The Arnolfini Marriage
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Who re-wrote the Latin Vulgate?
Erasmus
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Who conquered the Aztecs?
Cortes
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Who conquered the Incas?
Pizarro
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Who sailed around the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
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What is the strait of Magellan?
A passage through South America to the Pacific Ocean
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When did Leonardo da Vinci paint the Mona Lisa?
1503
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When did Martin Luther post his Ninety-five theses?
1517
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Who painted The Tower of Babel?
Bruegel
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Who painted The Ship of Fools?
Jerome Bosch
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Who painted The Last Supper and Pieta?
Leonardo da Vinci
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The Soninke of West Africa made Ghana rich by taxing what two things?
Salt and Gold
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Who did Ghana fall too?
Muslims in 1070
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Who wrote the Art of War?
Erasmus
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Who was hired to work for the city of Florence?
Machiavelli
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Who worked for Cesare Borgia?
Machiavelli
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What was the Byzantine Empire called during the Middle ages?
The Eastern Roman Empire
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What did Russians see themselves as after Ivan married Sophia?
The New Rome
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What did Ivan start in Russia?
Feudalism
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Who was Elam named after?
Noah
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Who thought that Abu Bekr was the rightful successor to Mohammed?
Sunnis

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