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5th Grade A-Hist
5th Grade History Ch. 10-13 Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| capital of Scotland | Edinburgh |
| capital of Ireland | Dublin |
| capital of England | London |
| capital of Wales | Cardiff |
| capital of Northern Ireland | Belfast |
| produced the first translation of the entire Bible into English | John Wycliffe |
| first Englishman to sail around the world | Sir Francis Drake |
| first modern explorer to reach North America | John Cabot |
| greatest writer of the Elizabethan Age | William Shakespeare |
| architect that helped rebuild London after the great fire | Sir Christopher Wren |
| inventor of the printing press | Johann Gutenberg |
| first great missionary of the Christian church | Paul |
| Roman emperor who allowed freedom of worship | Constantine |
| lived in monasteries; copied and preserved Scriptures | monks |
| followers of John Wycliffe | Lollards |
| began Protestant Reformation | Martin Luther |
| country where Protestant Reformation began | Germany |
| efforts to take back Jerusalem from the Turks | Crusades |
| country not part of the United Kingdom | Ireland |
| "Backbone of England" | Pennines |
| principal river in England | Thames |
| also known as the "Emerald Isle" | Ireland |
| largest country on the island of Great Britain | England |
| founder of the modern nursing profession | Florence Nightingale |
| England's Prime Minister during WWII | Winston Churchill |
| "Father of the Sunday School Movement" | Robert Raikes |
| perfected the steam engine | James Watt |
| most famous English preacher during the Wesleyan Revival | George Whitfield |
| Prime Minister who worked to return Great Britain to the Protestant work ethic | Margaret Thatcher |
| largest country in the world | Russia |
| Europe's most important inland waterway | Rhine River |
| only continenet with no large desert | Europe |
| highest spot in Europe | Mt. Elbrus |
| world's largest lake | Caspian Sea |
| false idea that the Bible does not mean what it says | modernism |
| leader who promised "I will be good" | Queen Victoria |
| made popular the false idea of evoltion | Charles Darwin |
| underwater tunnel connecting France and Great Britain | Chunnel |
| famous Protestant reformer from Scotland | John Knox |
| river that London is located on | Thames River |
| leader of the Roundheads | Oliver Cromwell |
| wanted to purify the Church of England | Puritans |
| document that limited the English monarch to the laws of the land | Magna Carta |
| eighth largest island in the world | Great Britain |
| naval force that was destroyed by Queen Elisabeth's fleets | Spanish Armada |
| book that changed England | Bible |
| plain covered with thick grass | savanna |
| "Father of Modern Missions" | William Carey |
| followers were called Hussites | John Huss |
| The Lollards | John Wycliffe |
| invented the printing press | Johann Gutenberg |
| he made it a crime to be a Christian during his reign | Nero |
| famous English explorer | Captain Cook |
| founded "The Lost Colony" at Roanoke Island, NC | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| longest river in the British Isles | Shannon |
| document signed in 1215 - monarch is limited by law | Magna Carta |