Test 6 Flashcards
Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Who was the great statesman of ancient Athens?
Pericles
Who was the “Morning Star of the Reformation”?
John Wycliffe
Who was the founder of Islam?
Mohammed
Who led war elephants against Rome?
Hannibal
Who was the great empire builder in Africa?
Mansa Musa
An Egyptian pharaoh
Tutankhamen
Who was the early church father and Christian martyr?
Tertullian
Who was the Danish king of England?
Canute
Who created an ancient law code in Babylon?
Hammurabi
_______ became an Egyptian center of life.
Cairo
Who is remembered as the “Father of Modern Science”?
Isaac Newton
Who was called “Bloody Mary” for her vicious persecutions of English Protestants?
Mary Tudor
Who was the builder of the world’s first empire?
Nimrod
Babar established the ______ Empire in India.
Mogul
The Council of Nicaea ________ the teachings of Arianism.
rejected
Shinto is the oldest surviving religion of ______.
Japan
Empress Theodora was very influential in ________ famous law code.
Justinian’s
Who is best remembered for his work “Praying Hands”?
Albrecht Durer
Who won the Punic Wars?
Rome
Mount _______ is the highest mountain in Africa.
Kilimanjaro
Who discovered Brazil while exploring for the Portuguese?
Pedro Cabral
Hernando Cortes is known for conquering the ______ Indians of Mexico.
Aztec
Who was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians?
Nero
The Greek gods supposedly lived on Mt. _______ in northern Greece.
Olympus
Who wrote “Don Quixote”?
Miguel de Cervantes
Who proposed the heliocentric view of the universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who was the “Father of Dutch Liberties”?
William of Orange
Who discovered three laws of planetary motion?
Johannes Kepler
Who was the child genius who wrote “The Magic Flute”?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Who was the great musician who wrote “Moonlight Sonata”?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Who was a Lutheran warrior-king?
Gustavus Adolphus
Who wrote all music “to the glory of God”?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Who was the great Dutch painter?
Rembrandt van Rijn
Who was the French Protestant leader?
Gaspard de Coligny
What is the piece of land in feudalism called?
fief
What was the most infamous day of the French religious wars?
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
Who invented the movable-type printing press c. 1440?
Johann Gutenberg
Who wrote the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey”?
Homer
Who founded the Society of Jesus?
Ignatius Loyola
What was Sumerian writing called?
cuneiform
Who is perhaps the greatest English author of all time?
William Shakespeare
What is China’s longest-ruling dynasty?
Chou
In what year was the Spanish Armada defeated by England?
1588
Who wrote “The Book of Martyrs”?
John Foxe
Who was one of Egypt’s female pharaohs?
Hatshepsut
Who was Richelieu?
powerful cardinal
What English monarch began the English Reformation?
Henry VIII
Whom did Martin Luther debate at the University of Leipzig?
Johann Eck
Who was the first medieval pope?
Gregory
What was the first Protestant confession of faith?
Augsburg
Which empire was ruled by Nebuchadnezzar?
Babylonian
Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco de Balboa
Who produced the first printed edition of the New Testament in the original Greek?
Desiderius Erasmus
In what country did John Knox lead the Protestants?
Scotland
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
What Greek conqueror spread Hellenic culture throughout all of his conquered lands?
Alexander
Who established the great Persian empire?
Cyrus
What Roman emperor was the first to make a profession of conversion?
Constantine
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
The rich of Rome are called _____.
patricians
What is a work that has stood the test of time?
classic
Combining Greek philosophy with Roman theology is called _______.
scholasticism
French Protestants were called ______.
Huguenots
court of the Roman church established to try “heretics”
Inquisition
rule by the many
democracy
beautiful Greek temple
Parthenon
Moors driven from Spain
Reconquista
What is worn on armor for identification?
heraldry
Israel’s government before the kings
theocracy
Who is the Greek “Father of History”?
Herodotus
Who wrote the oldest surviving hymn?
Clement
A worshiper of many gods is called a _______.
polytheist
Julius Caesar defeated _______ in Rome’s second civil war.
Pompey
The great Frankish king ______ was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” on Christmas Day, A.D. 800.
Charlemagne
The Bible sometimes calls _______ “the Plain of Shinar.”
Mesopotamia
Martin Luther posted the Ninety-five Theses on October 31, _____, beginning the Protestant Reformation.
1517
The Puritan clergyman ______ was instrumental in forming the Royal Society.
John Wilkins
The Peace of _______ ended the Thirty Years’ War.
Westphalia
King ______ of England signed the Magna Carta in 1215.
John
Noah’s sons included Ham, Japheth, and _____.
Shem
What was the great ancient civilization in Africa’s interior?
Cush
Who started the largest continental empire in history?
Genghis Khan
Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer, and ________ were all Protestant leaders during the reign of Edward VI.
Nicholas Ridley
Who wrote the best-known choral piece in the world?
George Frederick Handel
Who was an early light of the Reformation in the land of Bohemia?
John Huss
The Edict of ______ was made by Henry IV to grant toleration to the Huguenots.
Nantes
What is the way of life of a group of people?
culture
The great composer _______ is called the “Father of the English Hymn.”
Isaac Watts
What famous battle was won by William the Conqueror in 1066?
Hastings
