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100 Drill Questions for Modern Times Flashcards

1
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Who was the powerful merchant family who ruled Florence for 300 years?

A

Medici

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2
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What is the name of the prince from this family who educated the people?

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Lorenzo the Magnificent

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3
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What is an association of persons of the same trade called?

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guild

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4
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When did Constantinople fall to the Turks?

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1453 AD

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5
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Who invented the printing press around the same time Constantinople fell?

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Gutenberg

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Which Portuguese explorer was the first to sail eastward to India?

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Vasco da Gama

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Who was the navigator that discovered the southern tip of Africa?

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Bartholomew Diaz

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8
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What is the name of the southern tip of Africa?

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the Cape of Good Hope

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9
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What did Columbus name the first island he discovered off the coast of America?

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San Salvador

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10
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Name the king and queen of Spain who sponsored Columbus’ voyages.

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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11
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Who was the “knight without fear and without reproach”?

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Chevalier Bayard

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12
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What were the French Protestants called in Europe?

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Huguenots

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13
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What is the channel of water that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans called?

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Strait of Magellan

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Name the Spanish fleet that invaded England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

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Spanish Armada

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15
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What is the Spanish name for “the gilded man” in the legend of hidden gold?

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El Dorado

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16
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What is the name of Henry VIII’s first wife?

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Catherine of Aragon

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17
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Henry VIII divorced his first wife to marry whom?

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Anne Boleyn

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18
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Which cardinal sought to help Henry VIII acquire his divorce?

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Cardinal Wolsey

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19
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Which Turkish sultan conquered Constantinople?

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Suleiman the Magnificent

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20
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What is the name of the document that Martin Luther nailed to the church door?

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Ninety-Five Theses

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21
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What is the name of the movement that was inspired by Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses?

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the Reformation

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22
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Who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe?

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Sir Francis Drake

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23
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When was the globe first circumnavigated by the English?

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1580 AD

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24
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Which queen of England led Britain’s rise in naval power and began colonizing America?

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Elizabeth I

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25
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Which Englishman started several colonies in America, only to be beheaded?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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26
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When was the Jamestown colony settled?

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1607 AD

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27
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Where was the “Lost Colony” located?

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Roanoke Island

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28
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Who was Virginia named after?

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Queen Elizabeth I (the Virgin Queen)

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29
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Which grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella became king of Spain and Emperor of Germany?

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Charles V

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30
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What is the name of the pirate who controlled the Mediterranean for the Turks?

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Barbarossa

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31
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Who is the Spanish explorer who conquered Mexico for Spain?

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Hernando Cortes

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32
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What is the name of the king of Mexico that Cortes defeated?

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Montezuma

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33
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What is a strip of land connecting two larger masses of land called?

A

isthmus

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34
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Name the French decree giving Protestants and Catholics equal rights.

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Edict of Nantes

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35
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Name the theory that says that the sun is at the center of the solar system?

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Copernican System

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36
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What is the Catholic assault upon the French Huguenots in Paris called?

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Massacre of Bartholomew

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37
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What is the member of a church founded on principles of the Reformation called?

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Protestant

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38
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What is the great religious authority of France called?

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the Sorbonne

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39
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Name the religious war fought in Europe between Catholics and Protestants.

A

Thirty Years War

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40
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When did the Thirty Years War take place?

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1618 - 1648 AD

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41
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What is the chief minister appointed by a ruler called?

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prime minister

42
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Who was the mathematician, physicist, and astronomer conviceted of heresy?

A

Galileo

43
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Give the name for one who rules during the minority, absence, or disability of a monarch?

A

regent

44
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When was the Edict of Nantes signed?

A

1598 AD

45
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Who was Louis XIII’s prime minister, responsible for making Louis’ monarchy absolute?

A

Richelieu

46
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Who was the Protestant king who signed the Edict of Nantes?

A

Henry IV of Navarre

47
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Who gave himself the title of Lord Protector of England?

A

Oliver Cromwell

48
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When did the Lord Protector dissolve Parliament?

A

1653 AD

49
Q

Who was the great Bohemian Catholic military leader in the Thirty Years War?

A

Wallenstein

50
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Who was the great Swedish king and Protestant military leader in the Thirty Years War?

A

Gustavus Adolphus

51
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Name the king of England who was removed from the throne and beheaded over a disagreement with Parliament over control.

A

Charles I

52
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When was Galileo convicted of heresy against the church?

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1633 AD

53
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Name the theory which says that all objects with mass are drawn towards each other by a powerful force?

A

Law of Gravitation

54
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Name Isaac Newton’s work that details his laws of motion.

A

Principia

55
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When was Newton’s work on the laws of motion published?

A

1687 AD

56
Q

Name the document signed by William and Mary that resembles the Magna Carta.

A

Declaration of Rights

57
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Who was the Russian czar who modernized Russia, founded St. Petersburg, and built a Russian navy?

A

Peter the Great

58
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When was St. Petersburg founded?

A

1703 AD

59
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Who was the Polish king who stopped the Turk invasion of the German Empire?

A

Sobieski

60
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When was the Declarations of Rights signed?

A

1689 AD

61
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Name the strait that connects the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara.

A

Dardanelles

62
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When was the Seven Years War?

A

1756 - 1763 AD

63
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Who was the Prussian king who made Prussia a great European power?

A

Frederick the Great

64
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Name the war between major European powers that began with an attack on Saxony.

A

Seven Years War

65
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What is the war of independence called that freed America from British rule?

A

Revolutionary War

66
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Who was the Polish hero who helped America in her fight for independence?

A

Kosciusko

67
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What is the rebellion of the American colonists against British taxes called?

A

Boston Tea Party

68
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Who was the English prime minister who spoke for the rights of American colonists?

A

William Pitt

69
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Name the king of England who denied the American colonists their rights under the Declaration of Rights.

A

George III

70
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Who was the commander of the American army in the Revolutionary War?

A

George Washington

71
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Who was the commander of the British troops who surrendered, ending the Revolutionary War?

A

Lord Cornwallis

72
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What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War?

A

battle of Yorktown

73
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Who was the first First Lady of the U.S.?

A

Martha Custis Washington

74
Q

When was the US Constitution signed?

A

1789 AD

75
Q

What is Robespierre’s tyrannical reign of France called?

A

the Reign of Terror

76
Q

When was the French Revolution?

A

1789 - 1799 AD

77
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Who was the French revolutionary who made himself emperor and attempted to conquer the world?

A

Napoleon Bonaparte

78
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Name the French king who was executed in the French Revolution.

A

Louis XVI

79
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What great English naval commander died in the battle of Trafalgar?

A

Lord Horatio Nelson

80
Q

When did the battle of Trafalgar take place?

A

1805 AD

81
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Name the island where Napoleon was exiled before escaping.

A

Elba

82
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What was Napoleon’s last battle?

A

Waterloo

83
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When did Napoleon’s last battle take place?

A

1815 AD

84
Q

How is “Honest Abe”?

A

Abraham Lincoln

85
Q

Who is the “hero of the red shirt”?

A

Garibaldi

86
Q

What is the name of the document that allowed Missouri to be a slave state?

A

Missouri Compromise

87
Q

What are the states called that seceded from the Union?

A

the Confederacy

88
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Name the document that freed the slaves in the states that refused to rejoin the Union.

A

Emancipation Proclamation

89
Q

Who was the sixteenth First Lady of the U.S.?

A

Mary Todd Lincoln

90
Q

When did the American Civil War take place?

A

1861 - 1865 AD

91
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Who was the US president responsible for the abolition of slavery?

A

Abraham Lincoln

92
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Who was the Polish patriot who saw his country conquered and divided between Russia and Prussia?

A

Kosciusko

93
Q

Who was the Italian military and political leader who was central to the unification of Italy?

A

Garibaldi

94
Q

What was the territory called over which the pope had civil as well as religious control?

A

Papal States

95
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Name the Prussian military hero who was central to the unification of Germany?

A

Count von Bismarck

96
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Who was the Prussian king who became the first emperor of unified Germany?

A

William I

97
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Name the Prussian hero who became the first prime minister of unified Germany?

A

Count von Bismarck

98
Q

When were Germany and Italy unified?

A

1871 AD

99
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Name the war between France and Prussia that resulted in the unification of Germany.

A

Franco-Prussian War

100
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Who was the British politician, prime minister, and great parliamentary orator?

A

William Gladstone

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