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Painted the Sistine chapel

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Michelangelo

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Great statesman of ancient Athens

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Pericles

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“Morning star of the Reformation”

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John Wycliffe

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Founder of Islam

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Mohammed

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Led war elephants against Rome

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Hannibal

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Great empire builder of Africa

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Mansa Musa

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Egyptian Pharaoh

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Tutankhamen

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Early church father and Christian martyr

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Tertullian

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Danish king of England

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Canute

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Created an ancient law code in Babylon

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Hammurabi

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ZIMBABWE became an Egyptian center of life.

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False. Cairo

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GALILEO GALILEI is remembered as the “Father of Modern Science”.

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False. Isaac Newton

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MARY STUART was called “Bloody Mary” for her vicious persecution of English Protestants

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False. Mary Tudor

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NIMROD was the builder of the world’s first empire.

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True

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Babar established the MOGUL empire in India.

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True

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The Council of Nicaea ACCEPTED the teaching of Arianism

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Rejected

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Shinto is the oldest surviving religion of EGYPT.

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False. Japan

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Empress Theodora was very influential in JUSTINIAN’s famous law code.

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True

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ALBRECHT DÜRER is best remembered for his work Praying Hands.

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True

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20
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CARTHAGE won the Punic Wars

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Rome

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Mount KENYA is the highest mountain in Africa.

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False. Kilimanjaro

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PEDRO CABRAL discovered Brazil while exploring for the Portuguese.

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True

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Hernando Cortés is known for conquering the AZTEC Indians of Mexico.

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True

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DIOCLETIAN was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians.

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False. Nero

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The Greek gods supposedly lived on Mt. OLYMPUS in northern Greece.

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True

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26
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Wrote Don Quixote

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Miguel de Cervantes

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27
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Proposed the heliocentric view of the universe

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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28
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“Father of Dutch Liberties”

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William of Orange

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29
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Discovered three laws of planetary motion

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Johann Kepler

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30
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Child genius who wrote The Magic Flute

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Mozart

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31
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Great musician who wrote Moonlight Sonata

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Beethoven

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32
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Lutheran warrior-king

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Gustavus Adolphus

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33
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Wrote all music “to the glory of God”

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Bach

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34
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Great Dutch painter

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Rembrandt van Rijn

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35
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French Protestant leader

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Gaspard de Coligny

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36
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What is the piece of land in feudalism called?

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Fief

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37
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What was the most infamous day of the French religious wars?

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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

38
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Who invented the moveable type printing press c. 1440?

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Gutenberg

39
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Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

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Homer

40
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Who founded the Society of Jesus?

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Loyola

41
Q

What was Sumerian writing called?

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Cuneiform

42
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Who is perhaps the greatest English author of all time?

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Shakespeare

43
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What is China’s longest-ruling dynasty?

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Chou

44
Q

In what year was the Spanish Armada defeated by England?

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1588

45
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Who wrote The Book of Martyrs?

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Foxe

46
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Who was one if Egypt's female pharaohs?
Akhenaton
Hatshepsut
Tutankhamen
Mentuhotep
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Hatshepsut

47
Q 
Who was Richelieu?
Protestant leader
Powerful cardinal
Classical musician
French explorer
A

Powerful cardinal

48
Q 
What English monarch began the English Reformation? 
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Mary I
Elizabeth I
A

Henry VIII

49
Q 
Whom did Martin Luther debate at the University of Leipzig?
Johann Tetzel
Pope Leo
Kurt Von Bora
Johann Eck
A

Johann Eck

50
Q 
Who was the first medieval pope?
Gregory
Innocent
Hildebrand
Nicholas
A

Gregory

51
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What was the first Protestant confession of faith?
Augsburg
Westphalia
Nicene
Apostles
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Augsburg

52
Q 
Which empire was ruled by Nebuchadnezzar?
Phoenician
Assyrian 
Babylonian 
Persian
A

Babylonian

53
Q 
Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Hernando de Soto
Ferdinand Magellan 
Vasco de Balboa
Francisco Pizarro
A

Balboa

54
Q 
Who produced the first printed edition of the New Testament in the original Greek? 
William Tyndale 
Desiderius Erasmus
John Calvin
Johann Reuchlin
A

Erasmus

55
Q 
In what country did John Knox lead the Protestants?
England
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
A

Scotland

56
Q 
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
Amazon
Danube
Huang He
A

Nile

57
Q 
What Greek conqueror spread Hellenic culture throughout all of his conquered lands? 
Ptolemy
Alexander
Philip I
Pericles
A

Alexander

58
Q 
Who established the great Persian empire?
Cyrus
Xerxes
Nabopolassar 
Hammurabi
A

Cyrus

59
Q 
What Roman emperor was the first to make a profession of conversion?
Justinian
Theodosius
Constantine
Vespasian
A

Constantine

60
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Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Ionia
Athens
Corinth
Sparta
A

Sparta

61
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The rich of Rome

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Patricians

62
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A work that had stood the test of time

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Classic

63
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Combining Greek philosophy with Roman theology

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Scholasticism

64
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French Protestants

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Huguenots

65
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Court of the Roman church established to try “heretics”

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Inquisition

66
Q

Rule by many

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Democracy

67
Q

Beautiful Greek temple

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Parthenon

68
Q

Moors driven from Spain

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Reconquista

69
Q

Worn on armor for identification

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Heraldry

70
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Israel’s government before the kings

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Theocracy

71
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T/F

Herodotus is the Greek “Father of History”

A

True

72
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T/F

Simon of Cyrene wrote the oldest surviving hymn

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False

73
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T/F

A worshiper of many gods is called a polytheist.

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True

74
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T/F

Julius Caesar defeated Sulla in Rome’s first civil war.

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False

75
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T/F

The Bible sometimes calls Egypt “the Plain of Shinar”.

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False

76
Q

The great Frankish king _______ was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” on Christmas Day, a.d. 800.

A

Charlemagne

77
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Martin Luther posted 95 Theses on October 31, _____, beginning the Protestant Reformation.

A

1517

78
Q

The Puritan clergymen ______ was instrumental in forming the Royal Society.

A

John Wilkins

79
Q

The Peace of ______ ended the Thirty Years’ War.

A

Peace of Westphalia

80
Q

King ______ of England signed the Magna Carta in 1215.

A

John

81
Q 
Noah's sons included all of the following except
Ham
Japheth
Shem
Seth
A

Seth

82
Q 
What was the great ancient civilization in Africa's interior?
Cush
Mali
Songhai
Aksum
A

Cush

83
Q 
Who started the largest continental empire in history?
Confucius
Genghis Khan
Marco Polo
Herodotus
A

Genghis Khan

84
Q 
Which if the following was not a Protestant leader during the reign of Edward VI?
John Hawkins
Thomas Cranmer
Hugh Latimer
Nicholas Ridley
A

John Hawkins

85
Q 
Who wrote the best-known choral piece in the world?
Mozart
Beethoven 
Handel
Watts
A

Handel

86
Q 
Who was an early light of the Reformation in the land of Bohemia? 
Tyndale
Huss
Simons
Wallenstein
A

John Huss

87
Q 
The Edict of \_\_\_\_\_\_ was made by Henry IV to grant toleration to the Huguenots.
Milan
Augsburg
Worms
Nantes
A

Nantes

88
Q 
What is the way of life of a group of people?
Culture
Nation
Civilization 
Empire
A

Culture

89
Q 
The great composer of \_\_\_\_\_\_ is called the "Father of the English Hymn".
Isaac Watts
John Wilkins
Francis Drake
Fran's Joseph Haydn
A

Isaac Watts

90
Q 
What famous battle was won by William the Conqueror in 1066?
Bosworth Field
Agincourt
Hastings
Lützen
A

Hastings

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