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PVA History Chapt 13
History Chapter 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| man who produced the first translation of the entire Bible in English | John Wycliffe |
| first explorer to reach North America in modern times | John Cabot |
| first Englishman to sail around the world | Sir Francis Drake |
| greatest writer of the Elizabethan Age | William Shakespeare |
| architect who helped to rebuild London after the great fire | Sir Christopher Wren |
| capital of Scotland | Edinburgh |
| capital of Ireland | Dublin |
| capital of England | London |
| capital of norther Ireland | Belfast |
| capital of Wales | Cardiff |
| most famous preacher of the Wesleyan Revival | George Whitfield |
| "Father of the Sunday School Movement" | Robert Raikes |
| founder of the modern nursing profession | Florence Nightingale |
| man who perfected the steam engine | James Watt |
| explorer who discovered Australia | Captain Cook |
| Prime Minister of England during World War II | Winston Churchill |
| Prime Minister who worked to return Great Britain to the Protestant work ethic | Margaret Thatcher |
| countries of the United Kingdom | London, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland |
| mountain chain known as the "Backbone of England" | Pennines |
| England's principal river | Thames |
| largest country on the island of Great Britain | England |
| country known as the "Emerald Isle" | Ireland |
| longest river in the British Isles | Shannon |
| empire England belonged to for 400 years in ancient times | Rome |
| British colonists' most important gift to the New World | Biblical heritage |
| the document signed in 1215 that established the tradition that the monarch is limited by law | Magna Carta |
| the time when machinery began to do the work formerly done by men and animals | Age of Industry |
| the man who produced the first printed version of English Bible | Miles Coverdale |
| missionary known as the "Father of Modern Missions" | William Carey |
| world's largest landmass | Eurasia |
| fourth largest island in the world | Great Britain |
| victory of William the Conqueror | Norman Conquest |
| defeated by Queen Elizabeth's fleet | Spanish Armada |
| people who came from England to the New World for freedom of worship | Pilgrims |
| leader of the Roundheads | Oliver Cromwell |
| Biblical teaching that God expects all people to work | Protestant Work Ethic |
| queen who promised, "I will be good" | Victoria |
| false idea that the Bible does not mean what it says | modernism |
| made the false teaching of evolution popular | Charles Darwin |
| largest country in the world | Russia |
| highest spot in Europe | Mt. Elbrus |
| only continent with no large desert | Europe |
| world's largest lake | Caspian Sea |
| Europe's most important inland waterway | Rhine River |
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