People Part 1
Greatest writer of the Elizabethan Age
William Shakespeare
Explorere who discovered Australia
Captain Cook
mountain chain known as the "Backbone of England"
Pennines
John Wycliffe
First Emperor of the Roman Empire
Augustus Caesar
produced the first translation of the entire Bible in English
John Wycliffe
founder of the modern nursing profession
Florence Nightingale
Great Britain is the ________ largest island in the world.
Eighth
Inventor of the printing press
Johann Gutenberg
agora
Architect who helped rebuild London after the great fire
Sir Christopher Wren
man who perfected the steam engine
James Watt
Worlds largest landmass
Eurasia
What country did the Protestant Reformation begin and who started it?
Germany & Martin Luther
Author of the Illiad and Odyssey
Homer
most famous English preacher of the Wesleyan Revival
George Whitefield
1. "Father of the Sunday School Movement"
2. "Father of Modern Missions"
2. William Carey
1. Country known as the "Emerald Isle"
2. Country that is NOT part of Great Britain
1. Ireland
2. Ireland
Leader of the Roundheads
Oliver Cromwell
Word that comes from two words meaning "people" and "rule"
Democracy
1. First Englishman to sail around the world
2. first explorer to reach North America in modern times
2. John Cabot
1. Prime Minister of England during World War 2
2. Prime Minister who worked to return Great Britain to the Protestant work ethic (girl power)
1. Winston Churchill
2. Margaret Thatcher
1. England's principal river
2. Longest river in the British Isles
1. Thames
2. Shannon
The victory of William the Conqueror is known as the ________ Conquest
Norman
1. the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with war elephants
2. the city Rome fought in the Roman Empire
1.Hannibal
2. Carthage