People 1
Which people wanted to purify the Church of England?
Puritans
Which word comes from the two words meaning “people” and “rule”?
Democracy
What is the largest country in the world?
Russia
Which English scientist discovered the law of gravity
Sir Isaac Newton
What is the capital city of Ireland?
Dublin
Which invention helped the Romans build strong, lasting structure?
Concrete
Who was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Who was the false teaching of evolution made popular by?
Charles Darwin
Which city did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?
Carthage
Who was the Prime Minister of England during World War II?
Winston Churchill
What is a singing poet?
Bard
What is the world’s largest lake?
Caspian Sea
Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world?
Sir Francis Drake
What is the capital city of England?
London
Which freed slave wrote many famous fables?
Aesop
Who was the founder fo the modern nursing profession?
Florence Nightingale
Who was the missionary known as the “Father of Modern Missions”?
William Carey
Who was the Protestant Reformation begun by?
Martin Luther
Which Prime Minister worked to return Great Britain to the Protestant work ethic?
Margaret Thatcher
What is the meaning of the Greek word “marketplace”?
Agora
What is the world’s largest landmass?
Eurasia
Who was the greatest writer of the Elizabethan Age?
William Shakespeare
What is the capital city of Wales?
Cardiff
Who sponsored the Authorized Version of the Bible translated in 1611?
King James I
Who was the leader of the Roundheads?
Oliver Cromwell
Who was the most famous English preacher of the Wesleyan Revival?
George Whitfield
Who was the first great missionary of the Christian church?
Paul
Which empire did England belong to for 400 years during ancient times?
Rome
What was the time called when machinery began to do the work formerly done by men and animals?
Age of Industry
Where did the Protestant Reformation begin?
Germany
Which Carthaginian general crossed the Alps with war elephants?
Hannibal
What is the capital city of Northern Ireland?
Belfast
Who invented the printing press?
Johann Gutenberg
Who was first emperor of the Roman Empire?
Augustus Caesar
Which man produced the first printed version of the English Bible?
Miles Coverdale
What did the monks in monasteries copy and preserve?
Scriptures
Who were the Lollards followers of?
John Wycliffe
What document was signed in 1215 that established the tradition that the monarch is limited by law?
Magna Carta
What is the eighth largest island of the world?
Great Britain
Which Roman leader “crossed the Rubicon”?
Julius Caesar
What is the capital city of Scotland?
Edinburgh
Which architect helped to rebuild London after the great fire?
Sir Christopher Wren
Which Puritan writer wrote the Pilgrim’s Progress?
John Bunyan
Which queen promised her people, “I will be good.”?
Queen Victoria
Which Roman emperor first allowed freedom of worship?
Constantine
Who was the leader of the Roundheads?
Oliver Cromwell
What was the British colonists’ most important gift to the New World?
Biblical Heritage
What is the only continent with no large desert?
Europe
Which explorer first discovered Australia?
Captain Cook
What is the highest spot in Europe?
Mt. Elbrus
Who did Queen Elizabeth’s fleet defeat?
Spanish Armada
Who is the “Father of the Sunday School Movement”?
Robert Raikes
Which man perfected the steam engine?
James Watt
Which man first produced the first translation of the entire Bible in English?
John Wycliffe
What is the Bible teaching that God expects all people to work?
Protestant Work Ethic
What was the victory of William the Conquerer known as?
Norman Conquest
What is the longest river in the British Isles?
Shannon
What were the efforts to take Jerusalem back from the Turks called?
The Crusades
What is the false idea that the Bible does not mean what it says?
Modernism
What is Europe’s most important inland waterway?
Rhine River