SS end of year review

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what was the final result of the Crusades?

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Christian Crusaders ruled the Holy Land and kept the area Christian for over 400 years

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How did the “Dark Ages” get its name?

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The Dark Ages got its name from writers in the Renaissance period

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What effect did the Magna Carta have in history?

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limited the power of the king

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How did the geography of Africa influence the development of early African kingdoms and empires?

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trade routes were created linking new areas

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Why did the varying cultures of Native Americans have different types of homes?

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homes were built from the natural resources nearby

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Native Americans in the Southwest developed agriculture. The Inuit created the kayak and used their cold environment to their advantage. Which statement BEST summarizes these facts?

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Native Americans adapted to their environment and developed diverse cultures before the Europeans arrived.

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which statement best explains why the invention of the printing press had a significant impact during the Renaissance? Options: it led wealthy families to shift financial support to writers, it enabled scholars to publish new scientific theories, it allowed merchants to switch from gold to paper currency, it encouraged people to lose interest in religion

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it enabled scholars to publish new scientific theories

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Which effect did the invention of the printing press have on Europe during the Renaissance?

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the exchange and practice of new scientific theories

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which phrase identifies one major result of the Age of Exploration?

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a long period of migration of people from Europe to the Americas

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which of the following was a main reason explorers came to the New World? Options: explorers were looking for gold, other riches, and fame, and hoped to bring wealth to their mother country, explorers wanted to learn more about the Native Americans natural way of life and bring that way of life back to their mother country, explorers were primarily concerned with finding new medicines in the New World so they could heal diseases back home, explorers were looking to follow the religious practices of the Native Americans and ways to preserve the land as the Native Americans did

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explorers were looking for gold, other riches, and fame, and hoped to bring wealth to their mother country