Cheat sheet

Her ____ began to fade when she returned to the Sorbonne to succeed her husband.

Wretchedness

Marie ___ by leaving Poland and traveling to France to enter the Sorbonne.

A challenged authority

The poisonous gases were not ___ in the air.

Able to float

When she learned that she could not attend the university in Warsaw, she felt___.

Annoyed

Four of the ships sought a passage along a southern ___.

Body of land with water on three sides

The Armada was ___ on one side.

Closed off

The Curies' ____ collaboration helped to unlock the secrets of the atom.

Competitive

_____she remembered their joy together.

Dejectedly

Even though she became fatally ill from working with radium, Marie Curie was never ____.

Disappointment

Magellan lost the favor of the King of Portugal when he became involved in a political "_"

Entanglement

In the spring of 1521, the ships crossed the ___ now called the International Date Line.

Imaginary circle passing through the poles

The sixteenth century was an age of great "_" exploration

Land

Marie had a bright mind and a __personality.

Lighthearted

3. The Pope divided New World lands between Spain and Portugal according to their location on one side or the other of an imaginary geographical line 50 degrees west of Greenwich that extends in a ___ direction

North and south

The two battles left the Spanish fleet ____.

Open to attack

One of Magellan's ships explored the ___ of South America for a passage across the continent.

Physical features

Scientist have used ___water to wash away volcanic ash from the skeletons of victims.

Purified

Sir Francis Drake added wealth to the treasury and diminished Spain's ____.

Unlimited power

The ____ Armada set sail on May 9, 1588.

War like

Scientists analyzed data about Vesuvius in the same way that a zoologist ___ a specimen.

Scientists by cutting apart

____have concluded that the volcanic eruption caused a tidal wave.

Scientists who study atmospheric conditions

Herculaneum and its harbor were buried under ___lava.

Solid

Philip recruited many ___soldiers and sailors.

Strong

The passage was found near 50 degrees S of ___.

The equator