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History Final Exam
chapters 17-20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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