quiz 1 , Chapter 1, pp. 4-10

Question 1

What name was given to the “rebirth” of learning that took place in Europe in the early 1300s?

Answer 1

Renaissance

Question 2

Who attacked false doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church by nailing his Ninety-five Theses to the church door in Wittenburg, Germany, in 1517?

Answer 2

Martin Luther

Question 3

What very important invention, introduced to Europe about 1440, made possible the printing of the Bible?

Answer 3

movable-type printing press

Question 4

Who was the first to realize that what Columbus had discovered was a new continent?

Answer 4

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 5

Name the king and queen who sponsored Columbus’s voyage.

Answer 5

Ferdinand and Isabella

Question 6

What important movement in Europe ensured that the people who colonized North America would be heavily influenced by the Word of God?

Answer 6

the Protestant Reformation

Question 7

sailed all the way around Africa to India

Answer 7

Vasco da Gama

Question 8

Viking who landed on the shores of North America around A.D. 1000

Answer 8

Leif Ericson

Question 9

sent out several ships to explore the western coast of Africa

Answer 9

Prince Henry the Navigator

Question 10

first European to travel the length of Asia

Answer 10

Marco Polo