Test 12 Flashcards
1
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The Mycenaeans left a wooden horse outside the city of
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Troy
2
Q
Any singing poet is called a
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bard
3
Q
Ancient Greece’s most famous singing poet
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Homer
4
Q
Aesop was famous for writing
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fables
5
Q
The Greeks borrowed the ___ from the phoenicians
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alphabet
6
Q
Starting at the North Pole, list the 5 climate zones in order.
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- Frigid
- Temperate
- Torrid
- Temperate
- Frigid
7
Q
long racing track
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stadium
8
Q
center of the Greek city
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acropolis
9
Q
place where men practiced sports
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gymnasium
10
Q
usually the largest gathering place
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theater
11
Q
marketplace
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agora
12
Q
the word that comes from the two Greek words meaning “people” and “rule” is
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democracy
13
Q
the word that means “lover of wisdom”
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philosopher
14
Q
ancient Greece’s most famous scientist
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Archimedes
15
Q
the philosopher concerned with “What is the best way to live?”
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Socrates
16
Q
the government owned the people in the city-state of
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Sparta
17
Q
the citizens practiced democracy in the city-state of
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Athens
18
Q
the city-state that was the first to become powerful
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Sparta
19
Q
the language of the Romans
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Latin
20
Q
the phrase that is a nickname for Rome
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“The City of the Seven Hills”
21
Q
What structures did the Romans build to transport water?
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aqueducts
22
Q
What were Roman citizens from wealthy and important families called?
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patricians
23
Q
What were Roman citizens born of common families called?
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plebians
24
Q
A point on a mountain beyond which trees cannot grow
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timber
25
high mountains have a(n) ___ climate
highlands or alpine
26
There is snow on mountains all year long above the ___ line
snow
27
another name for the torrid zone
Tropics
28
the name for the underground passages and rooms used by the early Christians
catacombs
29
the name given to the 1000-year period after the fall of Rome
Middle Ages
30
What word describes the air in a tropical rain forest?
Humid
31
Europe's most important inland waterway
Rhine River
32
the only continent with no large desert
Europe
33
the world's largest lake
Caspian Sea
34
first great missionary of the christian church
Paul
35
evil Roman emperor who made Christianity illegal
Nero
36
Christians who are willing to give their lives for their faith
Martyrs
37
first man to translate the entire Bible into English
John Wycliffe
38
Bohemian Christian burned at the stake for preaching that only God can forgive sin
John Huss
39
the eighth-largest island in the world
Great Britain
40
document signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch to the laws of the land
Magna Carta
41
man who first printed the entire Bible in English
Miles Coverdale
42
great naval force that was destroyed by Queen Elizabeth's fleets
Spanish Armada
43
first Englishman to sail around the world
Sir Francis Drake
44
famous English writer of many plays, including Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare
45
the people who wanted to purify the Church of England
Puritans
46
the leader of the Roundheads
Oliver Cromwell
47
the Puritan writer who wrote Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan
48
the English scientist who discovered the law of gravity
Sir Isaac Newton
49
the Authorized Version of the Bible translated in 1611 was sponsored by
King James I
50
the Greek word meaning "marketplace"
agora
51
a singing poet
bard
52
the freed slave who wrote many fables
Aesop
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the word that comes from two words meaning "people" and "rule"
democracy
54
the author of the Illiad and Odyssey
Homer
55
invention that helped the romans build strong, lasting structures
concrete
56
the city Rome fought in the Punic Wars
Carthage
57
the first emperor of the Roman Empire
Augustus Caesar
58
the Roman leader who "crossed the Rubicon"
Julius Caesar
59
the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with war elephant
Hannibal
60
the first great missionary of the Christian church
Paul
61
the Roman emperor who first allowed freedom of worship
Constantine
62
monks in monasteries copied and preserved the
Scriptures
63
the efforts to take Jerusalem back from the Turks
the Crusades
64
the Lollards were followers of
John Wycliffe
65
the inventor of the printing press
Johann Gutenberg
66
the Protestant Reformation began in
Germany
67
the Protestant Reformation was begun by
Martin Luther
68
the man who produced the first translation of the entire Bible in English
John Wycliffe
69
the first explorer to reach North America in modern times
John Cabot
70
the first Englishman to sail around the world
Sir Francis Drake
71
the greatest writer of the Elizabethan Age
William Shakespeare
72
the architect who helped to rebuild London after the great fire
Sir Christopher Wren
73
the capital of Scotland
Edinburgh
74
the capital of Ireland
Dublin
75
the capital of England
London
76
the capital of Northern Ireland
Belfast
77
the capital of Wales
Cardiff
78
most famous English preacher of the Wesleyan Revival
George Whitefield
79
"Father of the Sunday School Movement"
Robert RAikes
80
founder of the modern nursing profession
Florence Nightingale
81
man who perfected the steam engine
James Watt
82
explorer who discovered Australia
Captain cook
83
Prime Minister of England during World War II
Winston Churchill
84
Prime Minister who worked to return Great Britain to the Protestant work ethic
Margaret Thatcher
85
the country that is not a part of the United Kingdom
Ireland
86
the mountain chain known as the "Backbone of England"
Pennines
87
England's principal river
Thames
88
the largest country on the island of Great Britain
England
89
the country known as the "Emerald Isle"
Ireland
90
the longest river in the British Isles
Shannon
91
the empire England belonged to for 400 years in ancient times
Rome
92
the British colonists' most important gift to the New World
Biblical heritage
93
the document signed in 1215 that established the tradition that the monarch is limited by law
Magna Carta
94
the time when machinery began to do the work formerly done by men and animals
Age of Industry
95
the man who produced the first printed version of the English Bible
Miles Coverdale
96
the missionary known as the "Father of Modern Missions"
William Carey
97
the world's largest landmass
Eurasia
98
Great Britain is the ___ largest island in the world
8th
99
the victory of William the Conqueror is known as the
Norman Conquest
100
Queen Elizabeth's fleet defeated the
Spanish Armada
101
the people who came from England to the New World for freedom of worship
Pilgrims
102
the leader of the roundheads
Oliver Cromwell
103
the Biblical teaching that God expects all people to work
Protestant Work Ethic
104
the queen who promised, "I will be good"
Queen Victoria
105
the false idea that the Bible does not mean what it says
modernism
106
the false teaching of evolution was made popular by
Charles Darwin
107
the largest country in the world
Russia
108
the highest spot in Europe
Mt. Elbrus
109
the only continent with no large desert
Europe
110
the world's largest lake
Caspian Sea
111
Europe's most important inland waterway
Rhine River
112
Study the state capitals and know where they are located on the maps
:)
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Study the map of Great Britain.
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