Study Guide for Grad Exam Day 1

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Study Guide for Grad ExamDay 1
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Define Crusades.

• Regain holy land from Moslems for Christians.

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Crusades were also called?

• Holy Wars

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Crusades led to growth of _____ and ______

• Towns and Trade

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Define Renaissance.

• Rebirth of learning

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Which happened first. Crusades or Renaissance

• Crusades

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Define Reformation.

• Breaking away from the Roman Catholic church

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What event caused people to leave Europe and come
to America seeking religious freedom

• Reformation

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Columbus Discovered

• America, diseases that killed Indians, and
  discovered new foods and animals

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Conquistadors

• Spanish explorers

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Name first successful settlement in America and
who started it

• ST. Augustine, Fla.
• Spain

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Name first English settlement and who saved it
and what product saved it..

• Jamestown
• John Smith
• Tobacco

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House of Burgesses is the same as

• House of Representatives

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In the French and Indian war it was between_____
vs_____

• French and Indians VS English

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The French and Indian war was fought over the.

• Ohio Valley

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Before the French and Indian War, ..England had
left colonies alone and wanted..

• Colonies to help pay for war.

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Explain The Stamp Act

• Tax on legal documents