Conflict and Warfare (Vocabulary Revision)

After the siege of Constantinople in 1204, the Crusaders l_____ the city and transferred its riches to Italy.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Two of Henry VIII’s six wives were e_____ childbirth, and the last one survived.

, two he divorced, one died following

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The Great Fire of London br_____ in a bakery on 2nd September 1666 and wasn’t

extinguished until four days later.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

On 3rd September 1783, a peace tr_____ was signed between the United States and

Britain that ended the American War of Independence.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

In 1805, naval c_____ Horatio Nelson led the British Royal Navy to destroy the

French-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The French army under Napoleon was d_____ at the Battle of Waterloo by the British-led and Prussian armies.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole were nurses who improved the treatment of the w_____ in the Crimean War from 1853–6.

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CCSS.L.5.5C

The C_____ in the United States – fought between the Northern and Southern States – lasted from 1861 to 1865.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Although the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 lasted only 38 minutes, over 500 people, both combatants and c_____ , were killed or injured.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

In December 1914, Pope Benedict XV suggested a temporary break in World War I for the celebration of Christmas. While an official c_____ was refused, many soldiers declared their own unofficial truce.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4