Test 9 (Nine-Weeks Exam) Flashcards

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Who preached “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?

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D. L. Moody

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The popular allegory Pilgrim’s Progress was written by whom?

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John Bunyan

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Who invented the seed drill?

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Jethro Tull

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Which amendment outlawed slavery in the United States?

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13th

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What powerful French king called himself the “Sun King”?

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Louis XIV

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The scientist who discovered the universal law of gravitation

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Isaac Newton

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Who wrote the famous oratorio Messiah?

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Handel

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Adoniram Judson was a famous ____ from America.

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missionary

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The English preacher ____ was America’s best-known evangelist during the Great Awakening.

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George Whitefield

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Who was the Austrian “Prince of Diplomats” at the Congress of Vienna?

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Prince von Metternich

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Lord Nelson defeated Napoleon at the Battle of ___.

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Trafalgar

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Who was perhaps the greatest writer the world has ever known?

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William Shakespeare

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The Wright brothers are remembered for developing the ___.

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airplane

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Where did Napoleon meet his final defeat?

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Waterloo

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Who paid most of the taxes in pre-revolutionary France?

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peasants

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developed the steam locomotive

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George Stephenson

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invented the telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell

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developed the steel plow

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John Deere

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produced the Model T

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Henry Ford

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developed the internal combustion engine

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Gottlieb Daimler

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invented the steam engine

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James Watt

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perfected the steamship

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Robert Fulton

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invented the telegraph

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developed the reaper

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Cyrus McCormick

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invented the spinning jenny
James Hargreaves
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discovered the three laws of planetary motion
Johannes Kepler
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teaches that God expects all men to work
Protestant Work Ethic
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church founded by John Wesley
Methodist
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Minstrels were professional ____ who wandered from town to town to perform their work
musicians
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French Calvinist Protestants were called ___
Huguenots
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Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh were painters of the ___ movement, which stressed movement through light and color
Impressionist
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The Pilgrims called their non-Separatist friends the ___
Strangers
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John ____ wrote Paradise Lost, the greatest poem in the English language
Milton
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to keep the nobles occupied, _____ built the beautiful Palace of Versailles
Louis XIV
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Charles Darwin published his theories of evolution in the book ____
The Origin of Species
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Where did the Pilgrims first settle in the New World?
Plymouth
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Who is the "Father of the English Hymn"?
Isaac Watts
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Name the French castle-stronghold stormed during the French Revolution.
Bastille
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What was the first permanent scientific society of the Modern Age?
Royal Society
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Who was appointed commander-in-chief of the continental Army?
George Washington
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Who wrote the Fifth Symphony?
Ludwig van Beethoven
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What invention by Eli Whitney revolutionized agriculture in the Southern United States?
cotton gin
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What country took the lead during the Industrial Revolution?
England
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Name Albrecht Durer's most famous drawing.
Praying Hands
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What American President guided the Union through America's Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
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practical application of science to industry
technology
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belief that the stars, not God, rule the destinies of men
astrology
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gave early government to the Pilgrim settlers
Mayflower Compact
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French version of parliament
Estates-General
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a work of excellence that has stood the test of time
classic
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middle class of France
bourgeoisie
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ended the American War for Independence
Treaty of Paris
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granted toleration to the Huguenots of France
Edict of Nantes
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work was done in homes or small private shops
domestic system
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sun-centered view of the universe
heliocentric
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Study these locations from Geography Project 10.
``` Seine River Paris Bay of Biscay Geneva Belgium Corsica Switzerland Monaco English Channel Pyrenees Mountains ```