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History Final Exam
chapters 17-20
Question | Answer |
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Who preached "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"? | Jonathan Edwards |
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 was ______________. | Isaac Newton |
Who wrote the famous oratorio "Messiah"? | Handel |
Adoniram Judson was a famous ____________ from America. | missionary |
Who was the English preacher who 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 |
IMPORTANT: Where did Napoleon meet his FINAL defeat? | Waterloo |
Who paid most of the taxes in pre-revolutionary France? | peasants |
Who developed the steam locomotive? | George Stephenson |
Who invented the telephone? | Alexander Graham Bell |
Who developed the steel plow? | John Deere |
Who produced the Model T? | Henry Ford |
Who developed the internal combustion engine? | Gottlieb Daimler |
Who invented the steam engine? | James Watt |
Who perfected the steamship? | Robert Fulton |
Who invented the telegraph? | Samuel Morse |
Who developed the reaper? | Cyrus McCormick |
Who invented the spinning jenny? | James Hargreaves |
who discovered the three laws of planetary motion? | Johannes Kepler |
The _______________ Work Ethic teaches that God expects all men to work. | Protestant |
What church was founded by John Wesley? | Methodist |
Minstrels were professional ______________ who wandered from town to town to perform their work. | musicians |
French Calvinist Protestants were also called _______________. | Huguenots |
Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh were painters of the __________________ movement, which stressed movement through light and color. | Impressionist |
What did Pilgrims call their non-Seperatist friends? | Strangers |
Who wrote "Paradise Lost, the greatest poem in the English language? | John Milton |
Who built the Palace of Versailles, to keep the nobles occupied? | Louis XIV |
Who wrote the book "The Origin of Species" to publish his theories of evolution? | Charles Darwin |
Where did the Pilgrims first settle in the New World? | Plymouth |
Who is the "Father of the English Hymn"? | Isaac Watts |
What was the name of 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 |
What was Albrecht Durer's most famous drawing? | Praying Hands |
What American President guided the Union through America's Civil War? | Abraham Lincoln |
The practical application of science to industry. | technology |
The belief that the stars, not God, rule the destinies of men. | astrology |
What 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 |