Mid-term Cards Flashcards
Who created an ancient law code in Babylon?
Hammurabi
Who was a Danish king of England?
Canute
Who was an early church father and Christian martyr?
Tertullian
Who was a famous Egyptian Pharaoh?
Tutankhamen
Who was a great empire builder in Africa?
Mansa Musa
Who led war elephants against Rome?
Hannibal
Who was the founder of Islam?
Mohammed
Who was the “Morning Star of the Reformation”?
John Wycliffe
Who was a great statesman of ancient Athens?
Pericles
Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Who is remembered as the “Father of Modern Science”?
Isaac Newton
Who was called “Bloody Mary”?
Mary Tudor
Who was the builder of the world’s first empire?
Nimrod
Who was best remembered for his work called Praying Hands?
Albrecht Durer
Who discovered Brazil while exploring for the Portuguese?
Pedro Cabral
Who was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians?
Nero
Who were French Protestant leaders?
Gaspard de Coligny and Henry Navarre
Who is a great Dutch painter?
Rembrandt von Rijn
Who wrote all his music “to the glory of God”?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Who was the Lutheran warrior-king?
Gustavus Adolphus
What great musician wrote Moonlight Sonata?
Ludwig van Beethoven
What child genius wrote The Magic Flute?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Who discovered three laws of planetary motion?
Johannes Kepler
Who was the “Father of Dutch Liberties”?
William of Orange
Who proposed the heliocentric view of the universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who wrote Don Quixote?
Miguel de Cervantes
Who invented the movable-type printing press in 1440?
Johann Gutenberg
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Who founded the Society of Jesus?
Ignatius Loyola
Who was the greatest English author of all time?
William Shakespeare
Who wrote The Book of Martyrs?
John Foxe
Who was one of Egypt’s female pharaohs?
Hatshepsut
Who was a power Catholic cardinal?
Richelieu
What English monarch began the English Reformation?
Henry VIII
Whom did Martin Luther debate at the University of Leipzig?
Johann Eck
Who produced the first printed edition of the New Testament in the original Greek?
Desiderius Erasmus
Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco de Balboa
Who was the first medieval pope?
Gregory
What Roman emperor was the first to make a profession of conversion?
Constantine
Who established the great Persian empire?
Cyrus
What Greek conqueror spread Hellenic culture throughout all of his conquered lands?
Alexander
Who was the “Father of History”?
Herodotus
Who carried Jesus’ cross?
Simon of Cyrene
Who was a Frankish king that was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” on Christmas Day, A.D. 800?
Charlemagne
Which king of England signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
King John
What Puritan clergyman was instrumental in forming the Royal Society?
John Wilkins
Who are Noah’s sons?
Ham, Shem, and Japheth
Who started the largest continental empire in history?
Genghis Khan
Who were Protestant leaders during the reign of Edward VI?
Hugh Latimer, Thomas Cranmer, and Nicholas Ridley
Who wrote the best-known choral piece in the world?
George Frederick Handel
What composer is called the “Father of the English Hymn”?
Isaac Watts
Who was an early light of the Reformation in the land of Bohemia?
John Huss
Who wrote the oldest surviving hymn?
Clemente
Who was employed by Queen Elizabeth I to build up the English navy?
John Hawkins
What city became an Egyptian center of life?
Cairo
What is the highest mountain in Africa?
Mount Kilimanjaro
In what country did John Knox lead the Protestants?
Scotland
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
What does the Bible describe as the “Plain of Shinar”?
Mesopetamia
What battle was won by William the Conqueror in 1066?
Hastings
What was a great ancient civilization in Africa’s interior?
Cush
Which empire was ruled by Nebuchadnezzar?
Babylonian
What is China’s longest-ruling dynasty?
Chou
Who did Cortes conquer?
Aztec Indians of Mexico
What empire did Babar establish in India?
Mogal Empire
What is the oldest surviving religion of Japan?
Shinto
Who won the Punic Wars?
Rom
Did the Council of Nicaea accept or reject the teachings of Arianism?
Reject
In which law code was Empress Theodora influential?
The Justinian Law Code
Where did the Greek gods supposedly live?
At Mt. Olympus in Greece
What was the most infamous day of the French religious wars?
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
When was the Spanish Armada defeated by England?
1588
What was the first Protestant confession of faith?
Augsburg
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Who defeated whom in Rome’s first civil war?
Sulla beat Marius
When did Martin Luther post the Ninety-five Theses?
October 31, 1517
What ended the Thirty Year’s War?
The Peace of Westphalia
What edict was made by Henry IV to grant toleration to the Huguenots?
The Edict of Nantes
What is a piece of land in feudalism called?
fief
What was Sumerian writing called?
cuneiform
What is the way of life of a group of people?
culture
What is a worshiper of many gods called?
polytheist
What were the rich of Rome called?
patricians
What was Israel’s government before the kings called?
theocracy
What was worn on armor for identification?
heraldry
What was it called when the Moors were driven from Spain?
Reconquista
What was a beautiful Greek temple?
Parthenon
What is “rule by many” called?
democracy
What was the court of the Roman church established to try heretics called?
Inquisition
What is other name for French Protestants?
Huguenots
What was the term which combined Greek philosophy with Roman theology?
scholasticism
What is defined as a work that has stood the test of time?
classic
What were the rich in Rome called?
partricians
What is a piece of land in the feudal system?
Fief
Who wrote “A Mighty Fortress is our God”?
Martin Luther
