Test 6 Chapters 1-16

Question 1

The Crusades revived interest in trade with the ______________.

Answer 1

Orient

Question 2

Hugh Capet’s rule marked the beginning of the __________ nation.

Answer 2

French

Question 3

John ____________ was known as the “Morning Star of the Reformation.”

Answer 3

Wycliffe

Question 4

Sumerians divided by the number ____.

Answer 4

60

Question 5

_________________ rallied England to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588.

Answer 5

Elizabeth !

Question 6

Vasco de Balboa discovered the ______________ Ocean.

Answer 6

Pacific

Question 7

Christopher Columbus’s voyages were sponsored by the king and queen of _______________.

Answer 7

Spain

Question 8

Over ____________ people saw the resurrected Christ.

Answer 8

500

Question 9

Hieroglyphics refers to _____________ writing.

Answer 9

Egyptian

Question 10

Jamestown was the first permanent ____________ settlement in the New World.

Answer 10

English

Question 11

Scottish preacher

Answer 11

John Knox

Question 12

Viking explorer

Answer 12

Leif Ericson

Question 13

defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours

Answer 13

Charles Martel

Question 14

reformer in Zurich

Answer 14

Ulrich Zwingli

Question 15

discovered Florida

Answer 15

Ponce de Leon

Question 16

famous Greek philosopher

Answer 16

Aristotle

Question 17

man for whom America is named

Answer 17

Vespucci

Question 18

Pharaoh’s chief assistant

Answer 18

Joseph

Question 19

great Athenian statesman

Answer 19

Pericles

Question 20

led the building of the Tower of Babel

Answer 20

Nimrod

Question 21

Greek conqueror of Persia

Answer 21

Alexander

Question 22

founder of Islam

Answer 22

Mohammed

Question 23

wrote History of the Peloponnesian War

Answer 23

Thucydides

Question 24

great Frankish king

Answer 24

Charlemagne

Question 25

father of the nation of Israel

Answer 25

Abraham

Question 26

A group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit is called a ___________.

Answer 26

nation

Question 27

Who was Confucius?

Answer 27

Chinese philosopher

Question 28

What agreement ended the Thirty Years' War?

Answer 28

Peace of Westphalia

Question 29

What edict, issued by Constantine, granted Christians the freedom to worship?

Answer 29

Edict of Milan

Question 30

Who founded the China Inland Mission?

Answer 30

J. Hudson Taylor

Question 31

When was the King James version of the Bible completed?

Answer 31

1611

Question 32

The belief in a continuous of rebirth is _______.

Answer 32

reincarnation

Question 33

Which crusade captured Asia Minor and Jerusalem?

Answer 33

First

Question 34

The credited with creating the Iliand and the Odyssey is ___________.

Answer 34

Homer

Question 35

What king, when offered whatever he wanted from God, asked for wisdom?

Answer 35

Solomon

Question 36

founders of Rome

Answer 36

Latins

Question 37

sea-traders near Israel

Answer 37

Phoenicians

Question 38

followers of Wycliffe

Answer 38

Lollards

Question 39

lived of Crete

Answer 39

Minoans

Question 40

Arab nomads

Answer 40

Bedouins

Question 41

Which ancient empire was founded by Hammurabi?

Answer 41

Babylonian

Question 42

Who built the "hanging gardens" for his wife?

Answer 42

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 43

The Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec Indians was ______________.

Answer 43

Hernando Cortes

Question 44

Who was the first great king of England?

Answer 44

Alfred

Question 45

The Roman emperor who was first to persecute Christians was _________.

Answer 45

Nero

Question 46

The French explorer ____________ founded Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in the New World.

Answer 46

Samuel de Champlain

Question 47

The country that developed the caste system was ____________.

Answer 47

India

Question 48

The river whose name means "arrow" is the ________ River.

Answer 48

Tigris

Question 49

Who probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being in history?

Answer 49

Philip II

Question 50

Who is considered the greatest English author of all time?

Answer 50

Shakespeare

Question 51

What European landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, starting the settlement of the New World?

Answer 51

Christopher Columbus

Question 52

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

Answer 52

Johann Gutenberg

Question 53

In what year did the Protestant Reformation begin?

Answer 53

1517

Question 54

What Hebrew was the chief adviser to Nebuchadnezzar?

Answer 54

Daniel

Question 55

Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia?

Answer 55

Marco Polo

Question 56

Who is the god of the Muslims?

Answer 56

Allah

Question 57

What Carthaginian general marched elephants across the Alps to attack Rome?

Answer 57

Hannibal

Question 58

What is the world's longest fortification?

Answer 58

The Great Wall of China

Question 59

Name the Greek city-state whose citizens constantly trained for war.

Answer 59

Sparta

Question 60

Which philosophy puts man in place of or above God?

Answer 60

humanism