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World History Study Guide from 1648 (view source)
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|[[Age of Exploration]]
|[[Age of Exploration]]
|(1450-1650) A time period when nation-states in Europe (mainly England, France, Portugal and Spain) embarked on expeditions to distant lands. The American continents were discovered during this period.
|(1450-1650) A time period when nation-states in Europe (mainly England, France, Portugal and Spain) embarked on expeditions to distant lands. The American continents were discovered during this period.
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|[[balance of power]]
|[[balance of power]]
|[[Big Bang]]
|[[Big Bang]]
|The theory that developed in the early 20th century that the universe was created by an explosion.
|The theory that developed in the early 20th century that the universe was created by an explosion.
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|[[Georges Danton|Georges Jacques Danton]]
|(1759–1794) Famous Jacobin during the French Revolution who joined and fully supported it until he saw the reign of terror and started to change his mind. Danton was subsequently executed.
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|[[caravel]]
|[[caravel]]
|[[Charles Dickens]]
|[[Charles Dickens]]
|(1812-1870) Greatest English novelist of the Victorian period, who sympathized with the poor. Author of many iconic novels and characters whom we admire to this day.
|(1812-1870) Greatest English novelist of the Victorian period, who sympathized with the poor. Author of many iconic novels and characters whom we admire to this day.
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|[[Christopher Columbus]]
|[[Christopher Columbus]]
|[[David Livingstone]]
|[[David Livingstone]]
|Scotsman who explored central Africa in the late 1860s to find the source of the Nile.
|Scotsman who explored central Africa in the late 1860s to find the source of the Nile.
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|[[Albert Einstein]]
|(1879-1955) physicist best known for his work on the theory of relativity.
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|[[England]]
|[[England]]
|[[Forbidden City]]
|[[Forbidden City]]
|Imperial palace located in Beijing, China, which was used for twenty-four emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
|Imperial palace located in Beijing, China, which was used for twenty-four emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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|[[Glorious Revolution]]
|[[Glorious Revolution]]
|a type of painting that didn't focus on the detail but on the feeling and impressions.
|a type of painting that didn't focus on the detail but on the feeling and impressions.
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|[[Isaac Newton]]
|[[Franz Kafka]]
|(1643-1727) the Englishman who, inspired by daily readings of the Bible, developed calculus and discovered the invisible force of gravity
|Author and attorney with a troubled life that wrote several classics stories, including the short story The Metamorphosis (1915).
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|[[The Enlightenment]]
|[[The Enlightenment]]
|[[Louisiana Purchase]]
|[[Louisiana Purchase]]
|Tract of land that Napoleon sold to America for a very low price in 1803. Was the transfer of the western half of the Mississippi Valley from Spain and France to the United States.
|Tract of land that Napoleon sold to America for a very low price in 1803. Was the transfer of the western half of the Mississippi Valley from Spain and France to the United States.
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|[[Isaac Newton]]
|(1643-1727) the Englishman who, inspired by daily readings of the Bible, developed calculus and discovered the invisible force of gravity
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|[[Voltaire]]
|[[Voltaire]]