Semester Exam Flashcards
(90 cards)
1
Q
Painted the Sistine chapel
A
Michelangelo
2
Q
Great statesman of ancient Athens
A
Pericles
3
Q
“Morning star of the Reformation”
A
John Wycliffe
4
Q
Founder of Islam
A
Mohammed
5
Q
Led war elephants against Rome
A
Hannibal
6
Q
Great empire builder of Africa
A
Mansa Musa
7
Q
Egyptian Pharaoh
A
Tutankhamen
8
Q
Early church father and Christian martyr
A
Tertullian
9
Q
Danish king of England
A
Canute
10
Q
Created an ancient law code in Babylon
A
Hammurabi
11
Q
ZIMBABWE became an Egyptian center of life.
A
False. Cairo
12
Q
GALILEO GALILEI is remembered as the “Father of Modern Science”.
A
False. Isaac Newton
13
Q
MARY STUART was called “Bloody Mary” for her vicious persecution of English Protestants
A
False. Mary Tudor
14
Q
NIMROD was the builder of the world’s first empire.
A
True
15
Q
Babar established the MOGUL empire in India.
A
True
16
Q
The Council of Nicaea ACCEPTED the teaching of Arianism
A
Rejected
17
Q
Shinto is the oldest surviving religion of EGYPT.
A
False. Japan
18
Q
Empress Theodora was very influential in JUSTINIAN’s famous law code.
A
True
19
Q
ALBRECHT DÜRER is best remembered for his work Praying Hands.
A
True
20
Q
CARTHAGE won the Punic Wars
A
Rome
21
Q
Mount KENYA is the highest mountain in Africa.
A
False. Kilimanjaro
22
Q
PEDRO CABRAL discovered Brazil while exploring for the Portuguese.
A
True
23
Q
Hernando Cortés is known for conquering the AZTEC Indians of Mexico.
A
True
24
Q
DIOCLETIAN was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians.
A
False. Nero
25
The Greek gods supposedly lived on Mt. OLYMPUS in northern Greece.
True
26
Wrote Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
27
Proposed the heliocentric view of the universe
Nicolaus Copernicus
28
"Father of Dutch Liberties"
William of Orange
29
Discovered three laws of planetary motion
Johann Kepler
30
Child genius who wrote The Magic Flute
Mozart
31
Great musician who wrote Moonlight Sonata
Beethoven
32
Lutheran warrior-king
Gustavus Adolphus
33
Wrote all music "to the glory of God"
Bach
34
Great Dutch painter
Rembrandt van Rijn
35
French Protestant leader
Gaspard de Coligny
36
What is the piece of land in feudalism called?
Fief
37
What was the most infamous day of the French religious wars?
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
38
Who invented the moveable type printing press c. 1440?
Gutenberg
39
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
40
Who founded the Society of Jesus?
Loyola
41
What was Sumerian writing called?
Cuneiform
42
Who is perhaps the greatest English author of all time?
Shakespeare
43
What is China's longest-ruling dynasty?
Chou
44
In what year was the Spanish Armada defeated by England?
1588
45
Who wrote The Book of Martyrs?
Foxe
46
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Who was one if Egypt's female pharaohs?
Akhenaton
Hatshepsut
Tutankhamen
Mentuhotep
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Hatshepsut
47
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Who was Richelieu?
Protestant leader
Powerful cardinal
Classical musician
French explorer
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Powerful cardinal
48
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What English monarch began the English Reformation?
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Mary I
Elizabeth I
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Henry VIII
49
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Whom did Martin Luther debate at the University of Leipzig?
Johann Tetzel
Pope Leo
Kurt Von Bora
Johann Eck
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Johann Eck
50
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Who was the first medieval pope?
Gregory
Innocent
Hildebrand
Nicholas
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Gregory
51
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What was the first Protestant confession of faith?
Augsburg
Westphalia
Nicene
Apostles
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Augsburg
52
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Which empire was ruled by Nebuchadnezzar?
Phoenician
Assyrian
Babylonian
Persian
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Babylonian
53
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Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Hernando de Soto
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco de Balboa
Francisco Pizarro
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Balboa
54
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Who produced the first printed edition of the New Testament in the original Greek?
William Tyndale
Desiderius Erasmus
John Calvin
Johann Reuchlin
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Erasmus
55
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In what country did John Knox lead the Protestants?
England
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
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Scotland
56
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What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
Amazon
Danube
Huang He
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Nile
57
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What Greek conqueror spread Hellenic culture throughout all of his conquered lands?
Ptolemy
Alexander
Philip I
Pericles
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Alexander
58
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Who established the great Persian empire?
Cyrus
Xerxes
Nabopolassar
Hammurabi
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Cyrus
59
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What Roman emperor was the first to make a profession of conversion?
Justinian
Theodosius
Constantine
Vespasian
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Constantine
60
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Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Ionia
Athens
Corinth
Sparta
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Sparta
61
The rich of Rome
Patricians
62
A work that had stood the test of time
Classic
63
Combining Greek philosophy with Roman theology
Scholasticism
64
French Protestants
Huguenots
65
Court of the Roman church established to try "heretics"
Inquisition
66
Rule by many
Democracy
67
Beautiful Greek temple
Parthenon
68
Moors driven from Spain
Reconquista
69
Worn on armor for identification
Heraldry
70
Israel's government before the kings
Theocracy
71
T/F
| Herodotus is the Greek "Father of History"
True
72
T/F
| Simon of Cyrene wrote the oldest surviving hymn
False
73
T/F
| A worshiper of many gods is called a polytheist.
True
74
T/F
| Julius Caesar defeated Sulla in Rome's first civil war.
False
75
T/F
| The Bible sometimes calls Egypt "the Plain of Shinar".
False
76
The great Frankish king _______ was crowned "Emperor of the Romans" on Christmas Day, a.d. 800.
Charlemagne
77
Martin Luther posted 95 Theses on October 31, _____, beginning the Protestant Reformation.
1517
78
The Puritan clergymen ______ was instrumental in forming the Royal Society.
John Wilkins
79
The Peace of ______ ended the Thirty Years' War.
Peace of Westphalia
80
King ______ of England signed the Magna Carta in 1215.
John
81
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Noah's sons included all of the following except
Ham
Japheth
Shem
Seth
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Seth
82
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What was the great ancient civilization in Africa's interior?
Cush
Mali
Songhai
Aksum
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Cush
83
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Who started the largest continental empire in history?
Confucius
Genghis Khan
Marco Polo
Herodotus
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Genghis Khan
84
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Which if the following was not a Protestant leader during the reign of Edward VI?
John Hawkins
Thomas Cranmer
Hugh Latimer
Nicholas Ridley
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John Hawkins
85
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Who wrote the best-known choral piece in the world?
Mozart
Beethoven
Handel
Watts
```
Handel
86
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Who was an early light of the Reformation in the land of Bohemia?
Tyndale
Huss
Simons
Wallenstein
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John Huss
87
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The Edict of ______ was made by Henry IV to grant toleration to the Huguenots.
Milan
Augsburg
Worms
Nantes
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Nantes
88
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What is the way of life of a group of people?
Culture
Nation
Civilization
Empire
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Culture
89
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The great composer of ______ is called the "Father of the English Hymn".
Isaac Watts
John Wilkins
Francis Drake
Fran's Joseph Haydn
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Isaac Watts
90
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What famous battle was won by William the Conqueror in 1066?
Bosworth Field
Agincourt
Hastings
Lützen
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Hastings
