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1
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Luther posted the Ninety-five Theses on October 31 of what year?

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1517

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Joan of Arc, a _______ peasant girl, won several minor battles in the Hundred Years’ War.

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French

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3
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Who were the most important Indian civilization in South America?

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Incas

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4
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Who was a Protestant leader in the Swiss city of Zurich?

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Ulrich Zwingli

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5
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Henry II established the ________ line of kings in England.

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Plantagenet

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The Line of Demarcation divided control of the New World between _______ and Spain.

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Portugal

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Who wrote the important Christian work Institutes of the Christian Religion?

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John Calvin

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8
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William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwin of England in what year?

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1066

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9
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Whose most famous hymn is “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.”

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Martin Luther

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10
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What did the Battle of Bosworth Field end?

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War of the Roses

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11
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Who is considered the first great king of England?

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Alfred

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12
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When did King John sign the Magna Carta?

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1215

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13
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What is the French version of Parliament called?

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Estates-General

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What edict declared Luther a heretic and ordered his works burned?

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Edict of Worms

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Name the scholar of the Northern Renaissance that published the first printed edition of the Greek New Testament.

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Desiderius Erasmus

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What Protestant reformer is most known for his work in Geneva?

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John Calvin

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17
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Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?

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Vasco de Balboa

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Who was the only woman to be both queen of England and queen of France?

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Who invaded Spain in A.D, 711, establishing Cordova as their capital?

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the Moors (Muslims)

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20
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What venetian trader traveled to the Orient and explored the Far East?

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Marco Polo

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21
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Who called the first meeting of Parliament in England?

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Simon de Montfort

22
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Who discovered Brazil?

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Pedro Cabral

23
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Who was the first great king of France?

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Hugh Capet

24
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Who discovered the St. Lawrence River?

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Jacques Cartier

25
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Who was the first European to reach the Far East by sea?

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Vasco de Gama

26
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Whose crew circumnavigated the globe?

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Ferdinand Magellan

27
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Who conquered the Aztecs?

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Hernando Cortes

28
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Who explored for England?

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John Cabot

29
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Who translated the Vulgate into French?

A

Jacques Lefevre d’Etaples

30
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Who discovered Florida?

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Ponce de Leon

31
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The king known for his “Charter of Liberties” was _____ of England.

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Henry I

32
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Crecy, Poitiers, and ________ were victories for the English in the Hundred Years War.

A

Agincourt

33
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The first printed English translation of the New Testament was done by ______.

A

William Tyndale

34
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Which New World civilization was the most powerful at the beginning of the Age of Exploration?

A

Aztec

35
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Who was the first king of Portugal?

A

Henriques

36
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Who was Katharina von Bora?

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Martin Luther’s wife

37
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El Cid was a national hero in _______.

A

Spain

38
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Why did the Crusades help bring about the Age of Exploration?

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New goods brought back from the Orient made Europeans desirous of an all-water route to the East and Oriental ideas in the fields of mathematics and navigation prompted and interest in the East.

39
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Who realized that man is saved by faith in Christ, not by works or man-made systems of grace?

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Martin Luther

40
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The Wars of the Roses were fought between what two houses of England?

A

Lancaster and York

41
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Who was Menno Simons?

A

Anabaptist preacher

42
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Name the great Danish ruler of England who also ruled Denmark and Norway.

A

Canute

43
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Why is the Magna Carta considered to be such an important document to constitutional government?

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It established many precedents of freedom, such as trial by jury and habeas corpus

44
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where Luther hid as Knight George

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Wartburg Castle

45
Q

wandering poets who told epic tales

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scops

46
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William’s record of the census

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Domesday Book

47
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excused a person from penance or purgatory

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indulgences

48
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called for by Edward I

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Model Parliament

49
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site of Luther’s Ninety-five Theses, which sparked the Reformation

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Wittenberg

50
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drove the Moors out of Spain

A

Reconquista

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