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Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

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Michelangelo

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Who was the great statesman of ancient Athens?

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Pericles

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Who was the “Morning Star of the Reformation”?

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John Wycliffe

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Who was the founder of Islam?

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Mohammed

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Who led war elephants against Rome?

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Hannibal

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Who was the great empire builder in Africa?

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Mansa Musa

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An Egyptian pharaoh

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Tutankhamen

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Who was the early church father and Christian martyr?

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Tertullian

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Who was the Danish king of England?

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Canute

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Who created an ancient law code in Babylon?

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Hammurabi

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_______ became an Egyptian center of life.

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Cairo

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Who is remembered as the “Father of Modern Science”?

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Isaac Newton

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Who was called “Bloody Mary” for her vicious persecutions of English Protestants?

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Mary Tudor

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Who was the builder of the world’s first empire?

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Nimrod

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Babar established the ______ Empire in India.

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Mogul

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The Council of Nicaea ________ the teachings of Arianism.

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rejected

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17
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Shinto is the oldest surviving religion of ______.

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Japan

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18
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Empress Theodora was very influential in ________ famous law code.

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Justinian’s

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19
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Who is best remembered for his work “Praying Hands”?

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Albrecht Durer

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20
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Who won the Punic Wars?

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Rome

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Mount _______ is the highest mountain in Africa.

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Kilimanjaro

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22
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Who discovered Brazil while exploring for the Portuguese?

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Pedro Cabral

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Hernando Cortes is known for conquering the ______ Indians of Mexico.

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Aztec

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Who was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians?

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Nero

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25
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The Greek gods supposedly lived on Mt. _______ in northern Greece.

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Olympus

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26
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Who wrote “Don Quixote”?

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Miguel de Cervantes

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Who proposed the heliocentric view of the universe?

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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28
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Who was the “Father of Dutch Liberties”?

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William of Orange

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29
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Who discovered three laws of planetary motion?

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Johannes Kepler

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Who was the child genius who wrote “The Magic Flute”?

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Who was the great musician who wrote “Moonlight Sonata”?

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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Who was a Lutheran warrior-king?

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Gustavus Adolphus

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Who wrote all music “to the glory of God”?

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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Who was the great Dutch painter?

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Rembrandt van Rijn

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Who was the 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

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Who invented the movable-type printing press c. 1440?

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Johann 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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Ignatius Loyola

41
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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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William Shakespeare

43
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What is China’s longest-ruling dynasty?

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Chou

44
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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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John Foxe

46
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Who was one of Egypt’s female pharaohs?

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Hatshepsut

47
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Who was Richelieu?

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powerful cardinal

48
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What English monarch began the English Reformation?

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Henry VIII

49
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Whom did Martin Luther debate at the University of Leipzig?

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Johann Eck

50
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Who was the first medieval pope?

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Gregory

51
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What was the first Protestant confession of faith?

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Augsburg

52
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Which empire was ruled by Nebuchadnezzar?

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Babylonian

53
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Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?

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Vasco de Balboa

54
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Who produced the first printed edition of the New Testament in the original Greek?

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Desiderius Erasmus

55
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In what country did John Knox lead the Protestants?

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Scotland

56
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What is the longest river in the world?

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Nile

57
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What Greek conqueror spread Hellenic culture throughout all of his conquered lands?

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Alexander

58
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Who established the great Persian empire?

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Cyrus

59
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What Roman emperor was the first to make a profession of conversion?

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Constantine

60
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Who won the Peloponnesian War?

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Sparta

61
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The rich of Rome are called _____.

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patricians

62
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What is a work that has stood the test of time?

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classic

63
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Combining Greek philosophy with Roman theology is called _______.

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scholasticism

64
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French Protestants were called ______.

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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
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rule by the many

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democracy

67
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beautiful Greek temple

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Parthenon

68
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Moors driven from Spain

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Reconquista

69
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What is 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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Who is the Greek “Father of History”?

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Herodotus

72
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Who wrote the oldest surviving hymn?

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Clement

73
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A worshiper of many gods is called a _______.

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polytheist

74
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Julius Caesar defeated _______ in Rome’s second civil war.

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Pompey

75
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The great Frankish king ______ was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” on Christmas Day, A.D. 800.

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Charlemagne

76
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The Bible sometimes calls _______ “the Plain of Shinar.”

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Mesopotamia

77
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Martin Luther posted the Ninety-five Theses on October 31, _____, beginning the Protestant Reformation.

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1517

78
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The Puritan clergyman ______ was instrumental in forming the Royal Society.

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John Wilkins

79
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The Peace of _______ ended the Thirty Years’ War.

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Westphalia

80
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King ______ of England signed the Magna Carta in 1215.

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John

81
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Noah’s sons included Ham, Japheth, and _____.

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Shem

82
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What was the great ancient civilization in Africa’s interior?

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Cush

83
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Who started the largest continental empire in history?

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Genghis Khan

84
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Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer, and ________ were all Protestant leaders during the reign of Edward VI.

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Nicholas Ridley

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Who wrote the best-known choral piece in the world?

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George Frederick Handel

86
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Who was an early light of the Reformation in the land of Bohemia?

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John Huss

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The Edict of ______ was made by Henry IV to grant toleration to the Huguenots.

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Nantes

88
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What is the way of life of a group of people?

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culture

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The great composer _______ is called the “Father of the English Hymn.”

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Isaac Watts

90
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What famous battle was won by William the Conqueror in 1066?

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Hastings

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