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History Test 11
History Chapter 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apostle Paul | the first great missionary of the Christian church |
| Nero | the Roman emperor who made it a crime to be a Christian |
| Polycarp | an early Christian martyr who refused to blaspheme God |
| Constantine | the Roman emperor who gave Christians freedom to worship |
| Wycliffe | the first man to translate the entire Bible into English |
| Huss | a Bohemian burned at the stake for preaching that only Christ could forgive sin |
| Gutenberg | the man who invented the printing press |
| gladiator | an armed man who fought other men in the Colosseum for sport |
| martyrs | Christians who were willing to give up their lives rather than deny the Lord |
| catacombs | underground cemeteries beneath the city of Rome |
| Colosseum | the huge outdoor arena in Rome |
| Vandals and Visigoths | the tribes that invaded Rome |
| Inquisition | a special court set up to try and punish heretics |
| pope | the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Constantinople | the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire built by Constantine |
| manor | land that was owned by a lord during the Middle Ages |
| knights | trained warriors who promised to help the lord fight his enemies |
| Crusades | the efforts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks |
| fall of Rome | the event that began the Middle Ages |
| monks | men who lived in monasteries and copied the Scripture by hand |
| peasants | people who worked the lord's land |
| pilgrimage | a long trip taken for religious purposes |
| Germany | the country where the Protestant Reformation began |
| printing press | the most important invention in the history of the world |
| Martin Luther | nailed the Ninety-Five Theses to a church door |
| Russia | largest country in the world |
| Caspian Sea | world's largest lake |
| Mont Blanc | highest mountain in the Alps |
| Europe | only continent with no large desert |
| Rhine River | Europe's most important inland waterway |
| Mt. Elbrus | highest spot in Europe |
| Alps | Europe's largest mountain system |
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| New York |