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7th World SE
Ch. 1-16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who discovered the St. Lawrence River? | Jacques Cartier |
| Who founded the first permanent French colony in the New World? | Samuel de Champlain |
| Who was the first European to reach the Far East by sea? | Vasco da Gama |
| Who conquered the Inca Indians of Peru? | Francisco Pizarro |
| Who discovered the Pacific Ocean? | Vasco de Balboa |
| River whose name means "that makes fruitful"? | Euphrates |
| King who built the Royal Road? | Darius |
| What revolt began by the peasants of Germany showed they wanted to be free from the tyranny of the church? | Peasants' Revolt |
| The decline of the Middle Ages began when this empire collapsed? | Roman |
| The dates of the Middle Ages were? | A.D. 500 - 1500 |
| This stated that Christ made Peter the head of the Catholic church? | Petrine Theory |
| The Egyptian empire reached its greatest extent under? | Thutmose III |
| The first civilization to use writing after the Flood? | Sumerians |
| Hugh Capet's rule marked the beginning of what nation? | French (France) |
| Christopher Columbus's voyages were sponsored by the king and queen of what country? | Spain |
| What year did the Protestant Reformation begin? | 1517 |
| In what year did Columbus discover America? | 1492 |
| When was the movable type printing press invented? | 1440 |
| When was the KJV bible completed? | 1611 |
| In what year was the Spanish Armada defeated? | 1588 |
| When was the Battle of Hastings? | 1066 |
| The Battle of Hastings was also known as? | Norman's Conquest |
| When was the Magna Carta signed? | 1215 |
| When were the first Olympic games held? | 440 |
| In what year did the Catholic church officially split? | 1054 |
| In what country was the first movable type invented? | China |
| Who probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being in history? | Philip II |
| What religion is a major component of the caste system? | Hinduism |
| What country developed the caste system? | India |
| Who founded the China Inland Mission? | J. Hudson Taylor |
| What peoples defeated the New Babylonian Empire under Belshazzar's rule? | Medes and Persians |
| Who had the entire Bible translated into English for the first time? | John Wycliffe |
| What nation became an important international crossroads for trade? | Indonesia |
| What agreement divided Charlemagne's empire into three parts? | Treaty of Verdun |
| Who was the first Roman Emperor to persecute Christians? | Nero |
| What is the most important of a culture? | man's relationship with God |
| What did the Phoenicians give away as they went on trading ventures? | alphabet |
| Who is credited with creating the Iliad and the Odyssey? | Homer |
| What resulted from the Roman persecution of Christians? | Christianity grew stronger |
| What set the stage for a rebuilt Roman Empire jointly ruled by pope and emperor? | donation of Pepin (Papal States) |
| What Maurya ruler controlled over two thirds of the Indian subcontinents? | Asoka |
| Who declared Martin Luther a heretic at Worms? | Charles V |
| Who was king during the Eleven Year's Tyranny? | Charles I |
| Who was the king during the Glorious Revolution? | William III |
| Who was king during the Model Parliament? | Edward I |
| Who was the first king of England? | Alfred |
| Who was king during the English Reformation? | Henry VIII |
| How do religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Shinto affect the countries that practice them? | hinders progress, destroys personal freedom |
| How did Martin Luther's acts influence the Protestant Reformation? | brought reforms in education, church services and music |
| What is the biggest difference between Islam and Christianity? | Islam rejects Jesus Christ as the Son of God |
| How did God use the Greek and early Roman Empires to prepare the world for Jesus Christ? | development of languages, spreading of gospel, philosophies searched for the truth |
| What prompted the people of England to settle the New World? | desire for individual freedom and responsibility |
| What intellectual movement lifted the darkness of the Middle Ages? | Renaissance |
| What religious organization held to the philosophy that "the end justifies the means"? | Jesuits |
| Which crusade captured Asia Minor and Jerusalem? | First |
| What was the name given to the stone that Jean Francis Champollion used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics? | Rosetta Stone |
| Where did God confuse the languages? | Babel |
| What Austrian family ruled as Holy Roman Emperors for almost 300 years? | Hapsburgs |
| What is the way of life based upon the ownership and use of land? | feudalism |
| What nation was the first to have a complete written account of its history? | Israel |
| What is the oldest surviving religion of Japan? | Shinto |
| Who was the first man to realize that Columbus had discovered a new continent? | Amerigo Vespucci |
| Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia? | Marco Polo |
| What is the world's longest fortification? | Great Wall of China |
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