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History Test #7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Feudalism | Way of life based on ownership and use of land |
| Heretic | A person who denied Roman Catholic Church teachings |
| Separatists | Wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| Florence Nightingale | Started Modern Nursing Profession |
| Margaret Thatcher | First female prime minister in United Kingdom & Europe |
| Kenneth MacAlpin | First ruler of United Scots |
| The Troubles | Civil war fought in Northern Ireland between Protestants & Catholics |
| Sir Francis Drake | 1st Englishman to sail around the world |
| Robert Walpole | 1st Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| William Booth | Started the Salvation Army |
| Charles Darwin | Developed the theory of evolution |
| Neville Chamberlain | Met with Adolf Hitler before WWII, hoping to avoid another war |
| Parliament | Representative Assembly of England |
| Spanish Armada | One of the greatest naval forces in the world |
| George Whitefield | Most famous preacher in England during Evangelical Review |
| European Union | Created to maintain peace in Europe |
| Strait of Dover | Narrowest part of English Channel |
| William the Conqueror | Invaded England during Norman Conquest (1066) |
| Restoration | Period of King Charles II's reign |
| Elizabeth II | United Kingdom's longest-ruling monarch |
| Anglo-Irish Treaty | Declared Ireland politically separate from United Kingdom |
| 1215 | Magna Carta |
| 1517 | Protestant Reformation |
| 1611 | King James Version of Bible |
| 1792 | Beginning of Modern Missions |
| Edinburgh | Capital of Scotland |
| Cardiff | Capital of Wales |
| Dublin | Capital of Ireland |
| Belfast | Capital of Northern Ireland |