Geography & Great Events
These four countries make up the British Isles
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland)
Sir Francis Drake, who was the first Englishman to sail around the world, was sent by this monarch:
These people rejected the Church of England
Puritans
What changed during the Age of Industry?
Machines were invented to make work easier and faster
By 1702, England was known for its poverty, drunkenness and crime because they abandoned this:
True or False:
Southern Ireland is included in the United Kingdom.
False.
(Northern Ireland is included in the UK)
In 1588, Queen Elizabeth's fleets of ships defeated this country's fleet:
Spain (Spanish Armada)
Who were these men? (What did they do?)
Sir Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
William Gilbert
William Harvey
Robert Boyle
Edmund Halley
Robert Hooke
Scientists
What is one way that farming changed?
crop rotation
science for increasing milk production
using new farm tools
This disease wiped out many in Europe, especially in the crowded cities
Plague
This book completely transformed England
The bible
When the Puritans went to America, they were called this.
Pilgrims
Miners discovered a cheaper way to change iron into this material
steel
In 1666 this calamity (horrible event; disaster) occured
Great fire of London
This was the most important gift that the British colonists brought to America:
The bible (or biblical heritage)
England became the world's superpower after defeating this country at sea
Spain (1588 Spanish Armada)
This translation of the bible is famous wold-wide.
King James Version
What is the Protestant work ethic?
No work, no eat! Work as if you are working for God, and not for man.
John Wesley rode horseback across England, preaching the word of God, for how many years?
65 years
This document was signed in 1215 and defined the rights that each Englishman possessed
Magna Carta
This famous writer wrote many plays during the Elizabethian Age.
William Shakespeare
Why were they called Puritans?
They wanted to purify the church.
Name one invention of this period
Flying shuttle
Spinning Jenny
Power Loom
Water Frame
Spinning Mule
Steam Engine
Telegraph
This Christian man is credited with ending the African slave trade to the Americas and England
William Wilberforce