Test 9 (Nine-Weeks Exam) Flashcards
Who preached “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?
D. L. Moody
The popular allegory Pilgrim’s Progress was written by whom?
John Bunyan
Who invented the seed drill?
Jethro Tull
Which amendment outlawed slavery in the United States?
13th
What powerful French king called himself the “Sun King”?
Louis XIV
The scientist who discovered the universal law of gravitation
Isaac Newton
Who wrote the famous oratorio Messiah?
Handel
Adoniram Judson was a famous ____ from America.
missionary
The English preacher ____ was America’s best-known evangelist during the Great Awakening.
George Whitefield
Who was the Austrian “Prince of Diplomats” at the Congress of Vienna?
Prince von Metternich
Lord Nelson defeated Napoleon at the Battle of ___.
Trafalgar
Who was perhaps the greatest writer the world has ever known?
William Shakespeare
The Wright brothers are remembered for developing the ___.
airplane
Where did Napoleon meet his final defeat?
Waterloo
Who paid most of the taxes in pre-revolutionary France?
peasants
developed the steam locomotive
George Stephenson
invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
developed the steel plow
John Deere
produced the Model T
Henry Ford
developed the internal combustion engine
Gottlieb Daimler
invented the steam engine
James Watt
perfected the steamship
Robert Fulton
invented the telegraph
Samuel Morse
developed the reaper
Cyrus McCormick
invented the spinning jenny
James Hargreaves
discovered the three laws of planetary motion
Johannes Kepler
teaches that God expects all men to work
Protestant Work Ethic
church founded by John Wesley
Methodist
Minstrels were professional ____ who wandered from town to town to perform their work
musicians
French Calvinist Protestants were called ___
Huguenots
Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh were painters of the ___ movement, which stressed movement through light and color
Impressionist
The Pilgrims called their non-Separatist friends the ___
Strangers
John ____ wrote Paradise Lost, the greatest poem in the English language
Milton
to keep the nobles occupied, _____ built the beautiful Palace of Versailles
Louis XIV
Charles Darwin published his theories of evolution in the book ____
The Origin of Species
Where did the Pilgrims first settle in the New World?
Plymouth
Who is the “Father of the English Hymn”?
Isaac Watts
Name the French castle-stronghold stormed during the French Revolution.
Bastille
What was the first permanent scientific society of the Modern Age?
Royal Society
Who was appointed commander-in-chief of the continental Army?
George Washington
Who wrote the Fifth Symphony?
Ludwig van Beethoven
What invention by Eli Whitney revolutionized agriculture in the Southern United States?
cotton gin
What country took the lead during the Industrial Revolution?
England
Name Albrecht Durer’s most famous drawing.
Praying Hands
What American President guided the Union through America’s Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
practical application of science to industry
technology
belief that the stars, not God, rule the destinies of men
astrology
gave early government to the Pilgrim settlers
Mayflower Compact
French version of parliament
Estates-General
a work of excellence that has stood the test of time
classic
middle class of France
bourgeoisie
ended the American War for Independence
Treaty of Paris
granted toleration to the Huguenots of France
Edict of Nantes
work was done in homes or small private shops
domestic system
sun-centered view of the universe
heliocentric
Study these locations from Geography Project 10.
Seine River Paris Bay of Biscay Geneva Belgium Corsica Switzerland Monaco English Channel Pyrenees Mountains
