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59 Cards in this Set
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Who translated the entire Bible into English first?
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John Wycliffe
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Name of first explorer to reach North America in modern times.
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John Cabot
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He was first Englishman to sail around the world.
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Sir Francis Drake
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The greatest writer of the Elizabethan Age.
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William Shakespeare
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He helped rebuild the city of London after the devastating fire that destroyed it. He was an architect by trade.
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Sir Christopher Wren
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capital of Scotland
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Edinburgh
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capital of Ireland
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Dublin
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capital of England
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London
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capital of Northern Ireland
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Belfast
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capital of Wales
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Cardiff
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He was the most famous English preacher of the Wesleyan Revival.
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George Whitefield
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This man was called "Father of the Sunday School Movement".
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Robert Raikes
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Prime Minister who worked to return Great Britian to Protestant work ethic.
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Margaret Thatcher
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The steam engine was perfected by this man.
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James Watt
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This explorer is the one that discovered Australia.
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Captain Cook
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This prime minister led England to victory in World War II
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Winston Churchill
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Only continent with no large desert
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Europe
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Name the world's largest landmass
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Eurasia
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Name the missionary known as the "Father of Modern Missions".
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William Carey
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What did the British colonists give as the most important gift to the New World?
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a Biblical heritage
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Name the time period when machinery took over and started to replace animals and men.
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Age of Industry
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The false idea that the Bible does not mean what it says.
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modernism
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This country is the largest on the island of Great Britian.
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England
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The principal (main) river in England
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Thames
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the longest river in the British Isles
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Shannon
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Be able to locate on the map of the British Isles the following locations:
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Belfast, Dublin
Edinburgh, England English Channel, Thames River, Wales |
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The victory of Willliam the Conquerer is known as the ___.
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Norman Conquest
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This document established the tradition that the Monarch was limited by the laws of the lan and was signed in 1215.
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Magna Carta
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He printed the first printed version of the English Bible
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Miles Coverdale
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Queen Elizabeth's fleet defeated the ___.
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Spanish Armada
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Which of these is not part of the United Kingdom--Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, or Scotland?
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Ireland
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the empire England belonged to for 400 year in ancient times
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Rome
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mountain chain known as the "Backbone of England"
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Pennines
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The Biblical teaching that God expects all people to work is the _____.
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Protestant Work Ethic
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The people who came from England to the New World for freedom of worship were the
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Pilgrims
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largest country in the world
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Russia
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highest spot in Europe
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Mt. Elbrus
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world's largest sea
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Caspian Sea
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Europe's most important inland waterway
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Rhine River
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first great missionary of the Christian church
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Paul
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Who begun the Protestant Reformation?
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Martin Luther
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Monks in monasteries copied and preserved ___.
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Scriptures
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Roman emperor who first allowed freedom of worship
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Constantine
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Where did the Protestant Reformation begin?
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Germany
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Who invented the printing press?
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Johann Gutenberg
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What were the efforts to take Jerusalem back from the Turks called?
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Crusades
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The Lollards were followers of ___.
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John Wycliffe
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Greek word meaning "marketplace"
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agora
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the freed slave who wrote many fables
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Aesop
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a singing poet
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bard
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author of the Illiad and Odyssey
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Homer
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the word that comes from two words meaning "people" and "rule"
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democracy
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the city Rome fought in the Punic Wars
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Carthage
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invention that helped the Romans build strong, lasting structures
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concrete
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Roman leader who "crossed the Rubicon"
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Julius Caesar
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first emperor of the Roman Empire
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Augustus Caesar
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the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with war elephants
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Hannibal
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Match these capitals to the state on a map of America:
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Atlanta, Boise, Columbus, Denver, Frankfort, Honolulu,
Juneau, Lincoln, Montpelier, Phoenix |
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Identify these map locations on the map of Europe:
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Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Danube River, Mont Blanc, Mt. Elbrus, Norwegian Sea, North Sea, Rhine River, Volga River
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