Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

History > Famous people test 3 > Flashcards

Famous people test 3 Flashcards

1
Q

Puritan leader

A

John Winthrop

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

founder of Rhode Island for peaceful relations with the Native Americans

A

Roger Williams

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

opposed indulgences

A

Martin Luther

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

claimed land in North America for England

A

John Cabot

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

banished from the Mississippi Bay Colony

A

Anne Hutchinson
Rodger Williams

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

saved John Smith

A

Pocahontas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

life studying the Stars

A

Tycho Brahe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Virginia com hired

A

John Smith

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Helped the pilgrims

A

Squanto

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

hosted Bible studies in their home

A

Anne Hutchinson

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

beliefs in separation in church and state

A

Rodger Williams

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

what was the Protestant Reformation

A

To Reform the Catholic church to what the bible says.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Protestant Reformation

A

Martian Lutheran

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

symbolizes the Scientific Revolution

A

Brahe Kelper

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

English Quaker

A

William Penn

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Separatist

A

Rodger Williams

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

what is a Quaker

A

Resolve every thing in peaceful acts and no conflict

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What is a separatist

A

form new denominations after they break off from a church

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

British soldier

A

John Smith

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

founded Jamestown

A

John Smith

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Native American

A

Pocahontas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

travel to New England to be a symbol of savage conversations with Christianity by Virginia company

A

Pocahontas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Theologian and German Monk

A

Martin Luther

24
Q

Made bibles for people to read

A

Martin Luther

25
Q

American colonial Political leader and historian

A

John Winthrop

26
Q

first governor of Massachusetts bay colony

A

John Winthrop

27
Q

English explorer and navigator

A

John Cabot

28
Q

Expedition to claim Canada

A

John Cabot

29
Q

Helped England rise to power

A

John Cabot

30
Q

Puritan colonist

A

Anne Hutchinson

31
Q

Pretax Indian

A

Squanto

32
Q

Helped the pilgrims

A

Squanto

33
Q

Minister and separatist

A

Rodger Williams

34
Q

Why was Pennsylvania founded

A

For religious Freedom

35
Q

German Scientist and teacher astronomer and mathematician

A

Johann Kepler

36
Q

Who proved the heliocentric theory

A

Johann Kepler

37
Q

Who found that tides where caused by the moon

A

Johann Kepler

38
Q

Differences between Pilgrims and puritans

A

Pilgrims came over on the Mayflower, 1,000 Puritans came to Boston. Unlike the Pilgrims, the Puritans had an official charter from the King of England to establish a colony and had not separated from the Church of England.

39
Q

What are puritans beliefs

A

Puritans were English Protestants who believed that the reforms of the Church of England did not go far enough

40
Q

What did the Pilgrims believe

A

maintained that their congregations should separate from the English state church, which led to them being labelled Separatists.

41
Q

Where did the pilgrims land

A

Massachusetts cape cod

42
Q

Where did the puritans land

A

Massachusetts New England

43
Q

Define Banishment

A

To tell them to leave and can’t come back.

44
Q

Defeated the Spanish Armada

A

U.S. Navy

45
Q

Leader of the Great Migration

A

John Winthrop

46
Q

Identified three laws of planetary motion

A

planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun as a focus

a planet covers the same area of space in the same amount of time no matter where it is in its orbit

a planet’s orbital period is proportional to the size of its orbit

47
Q

Astronomer responsible for collecting data Kepler used to prove his ideas

A

Tycho Brahe

48
Q

What year did Pilgrims arrive?

A

1620

49
Q

What year did the Puritans arrive?

A

1630

50
Q

Established heliocentric view of our solar system

A

Nicolaus Copernicus

51
Q

Danish Astronomer who devoted life to mapping the stars

A

Tycho Brahe

52
Q

Father of Modern Science

A

Galileo Galilei

53
Q

Began the Scientific Revolution

A

Nicolaus Copernicus’s

54
Q

Explain difference between heliocentric and geocentric view. Why
is this significant?

A

Challenged previous views

55
Q

Explain the significance of the 95 Theses

A

significantly impacted Western religion by questioning Catholicism and provoking the Protestant Reformation

56
Q

Explain the significance the Scientific Revolution?

A

led to the establishment of several modern sciences.

57
Q

Who was part of the science Revolution

A

Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo
Isaac Newton

History (7 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions