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Test 12 Flashcards

1
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The Mycenaeans left a wooden horse outside the city of

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Troy

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2
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Any singing poet is called a

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bard

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3
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Ancient Greece’s most famous singing poet

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Homer

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4
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Aesop was famous for writing

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fables

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5
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The Greeks borrowed the ___ from the phoenicians

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alphabet

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6
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Starting at the North Pole, list the 5 climate zones in order.

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  1. Frigid
  2. Temperate
  3. Torrid
  4. Temperate
  5. Frigid
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7
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long racing track

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stadium

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8
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center of the Greek city

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acropolis

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9
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place where men practiced sports

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gymnasium

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10
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usually the largest gathering place

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theater

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11
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marketplace

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agora

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12
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the word that comes from the two Greek words meaning “people” and “rule” is

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democracy

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13
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the word that means “lover of wisdom”

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philosopher

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14
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ancient Greece’s most famous scientist

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Archimedes

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15
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the philosopher concerned with “What is the best way to live?”

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Socrates

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16
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the government owned the people in the city-state of

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Sparta

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17
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the citizens practiced democracy in the city-state of

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Athens

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18
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the city-state that was the first to become powerful

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Sparta

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19
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the language of the Romans

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Latin

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20
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the phrase that is a nickname for Rome

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“The City of the Seven Hills”

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21
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What structures did the Romans build to transport water?

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aqueducts

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22
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What were Roman citizens from wealthy and important families called?

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patricians

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23
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What were Roman citizens born of common families called?

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plebians

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24
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A point on a mountain beyond which trees cannot grow

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timber

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25
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high mountains have a(n) ___ climate

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highlands or alpine

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26
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There is snow on mountains all year long above the ___ line

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snow

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27
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another name for the torrid zone

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Tropics

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28
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the name for the underground passages and rooms used by the early Christians

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catacombs

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29
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the name given to the 1000-year period after the fall of Rome

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Middle Ages

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30
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What word describes the air in a tropical rain forest?

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Humid

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31
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Europe’s most important inland waterway

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Rhine River

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32
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the only continent with no large desert

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Europe

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33
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the world’s largest lake

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Caspian Sea

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34
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first great missionary of the christian church

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Paul

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35
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evil Roman emperor who made Christianity illegal

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Nero

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36
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Christians who are willing to give their lives for their faith

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Martyrs

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37
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first man to translate the entire Bible into English

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John Wycliffe

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38
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Bohemian Christian burned at the stake for preaching that only God can forgive sin

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John Huss

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39
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the eighth-largest island in the world

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Great Britain

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40
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document signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch to the laws of the land

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Magna Carta

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41
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man who first printed the entire Bible in English

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Miles Coverdale

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42
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great naval force that was destroyed by Queen Elizabeth’s fleets

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Spanish Armada

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43
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first Englishman to sail around the world

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Sir Francis Drake

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44
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famous English writer of many plays, including Romeo and Juliet

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Shakespeare

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45
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the people who wanted to purify the Church of England

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Puritans

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46
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the leader of the Roundheads

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Oliver Cromwell

47
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the Puritan writer who wrote Pilgrim’s Progress

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John Bunyan

48
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the English scientist who discovered the law of gravity

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Sir Isaac Newton

49
Q

the Authorized Version of the Bible translated in 1611 was sponsored by

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King James I

50
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the Greek word meaning “marketplace”

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agora

51
Q

a singing poet

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bard

52
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the freed slave who wrote many fables

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Aesop

53
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the word that comes from two words meaning “people” and “rule”

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democracy

54
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the author of the Illiad and Odyssey

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Homer

55
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invention that helped the romans build strong, lasting structures

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concrete

56
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the city Rome fought in the Punic Wars

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Carthage

57
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the first emperor of the Roman Empire

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Augustus Caesar

58
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the Roman leader who “crossed the Rubicon”

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Julius Caesar

59
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the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with war elephant

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Hannibal

60
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the first great missionary of the Christian church

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Paul

61
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the Roman emperor who first allowed freedom of worship

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Constantine

62
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monks in monasteries copied and preserved the

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Scriptures

63
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the efforts to take Jerusalem back from the Turks

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the Crusades

64
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the Lollards were followers of

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John Wycliffe

65
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the inventor of the printing press

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Johann Gutenberg

66
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the Protestant Reformation began in

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Germany

67
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the Protestant Reformation was begun by

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Martin Luther

68
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the man who produced the first translation of the entire Bible in English

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John Wycliffe

69
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the first explorer to reach North America in modern times

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John Cabot

70
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the first Englishman to sail around the world

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Sir Francis Drake

71
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the greatest writer of the Elizabethan Age

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William Shakespeare

72
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the architect who helped to rebuild London after the great fire

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Sir Christopher Wren

73
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the capital of Scotland

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Edinburgh

74
Q

the capital of Ireland

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Dublin

75
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the capital of England

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London

76
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the capital of Northern Ireland

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Belfast

77
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the capital of Wales

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Cardiff

78
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most famous English preacher of the Wesleyan Revival

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George Whitefield

79
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“Father of the Sunday School Movement”

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Robert RAikes

80
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founder of the modern nursing profession

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Florence Nightingale

81
Q

man who perfected the steam engine

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James Watt

82
Q

explorer who discovered Australia

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Captain cook

83
Q

Prime Minister of England during World War II

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Winston Churchill

84
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Prime Minister who worked to return Great Britain to the Protestant work ethic

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Margaret Thatcher

85
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the country that is not a part of the United Kingdom

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Ireland

86
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the mountain chain known as the “Backbone of England”

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Pennines

87
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England’s principal river

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Thames

88
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the largest country on the island of Great Britain

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England

89
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the country known as the “Emerald Isle”

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Ireland

90
Q

the longest river in the British Isles

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Shannon

91
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the empire England belonged to for 400 years in ancient times

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Rome

92
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the British colonists’ most important gift to the New World

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Biblical heritage

93
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the document signed in 1215 that established the tradition that the monarch is limited by law

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Magna Carta

94
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the time when machinery began to do the work formerly done by men and animals

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Age of Industry

95
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the man who produced the first printed version of the English Bible

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Miles Coverdale

96
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the missionary known as the “Father of Modern Missions”

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William Carey

97
Q

the world’s largest landmass

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Eurasia

98
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Great Britain is the ___ largest island in the world

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8th

99
Q

the victory of William the Conqueror is known as the

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Norman Conquest

100
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Queen Elizabeth’s fleet defeated the

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Spanish Armada

101
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the people who came from England to the New World for freedom of worship

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Pilgrims

102
Q

the leader of the roundheads

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Oliver Cromwell

103
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the Biblical teaching that God expects all people to work

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Protestant Work Ethic

104
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the queen who promised, “I will be good”

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Queen Victoria

105
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the false idea that the Bible does not mean what it says

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modernism

106
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the false teaching of evolution was made popular by

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Charles Darwin

107
Q

the largest country in the world

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Russia

108
Q

the highest spot in Europe

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Mt. Elbrus

109
Q

the only continent with no large desert

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Europe

110
Q

the world’s largest lake

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Caspian Sea

111
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Europe’s most important inland waterway

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Rhine River

112
Q

Study the state capitals and know where they are located on the maps

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:)

113
Q

Study the map of Great Britain.

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:)

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