British History
How many wives did King Henry VIII have?
Bonus (200 points): What happened to each of them?
6
Bonus: Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived
What year did Christopher Columbus set sail?
Bonus: Where did he think he had landed?
1492
Bonus: India
What did the Catholic church sell that made Martin Luther angry?
Indulgences (forgiveness of sins)
Which Russian ruler travelled around Western Europe looking for ideas to improve Russia?
Peter the Great
What is the name of the British company that invaded India?
The East India Company
What is the Elizabethan Age?
The time when Elizabeth reigned and England had a "golden age" of poetry, drama (Shakespeare was alive during this time) and prosperity.
Who were the pilgrims?
Bonus (400 points): What was the name of the ship that they sailed on?
SOTW Vol. 3 Chapter 6 (look only as a last resort!)
They were Separatists who wanted to "purify" the Church of England and sailed to the Americas for religious freedom
Bonus: The Mayflower
What was the Protestant Reformation?
From 1517-1648 in Europe, people tried to reform (change for the better) the Catholic Church.
Name a Renaissance artist
Michelangelo, Leonardo di Vinci, Raphael
Which country isolated itself from the rest of the world after missionaries showed up on its shores?
Japan
Who is the British playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Hamlet, and Macbeth?
What was the route called that slaves travelled coming from Africa?
The Middle Passage
King Louis XIV, the Sun King, was king of which country?
France
What scientist was jailed because he published works saying that the Earth revolved around the Sun?
Galileo Galilei
Which British scientist came up with the Laws of Motion?
Sir Isaac Newton
Which other monarch (king or queen) was killed because they were suspected of plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth I?
Bonus (500 points): Name the monarch's son who became king after Queen Elizabeth I's death?
Mary, Queen of Scots
Bonus: King James I (king of Scotland and England)
What is the name of one of the first American colonies where everyone disappeared (most likely died), that is referred to as "The Lost Colony"? (Hint: Page 365 in SOTW Vol. 2 -- only look as a last resort!)
Roanoke
What was the Renaissance?
Bonus (500 points): What made the Renaissance possible?
A period of learning and art after the Middle Ages in Europe. People studied Greek and Roman culture and art once more. It began in Italy in the 1300s.
Bonus: The fact that countries started forming armies to defend themselves from invaders. Since they didn't have to worry so much about surviving, they could focus on art and culture.
Who is this: He was a Frenchman who heard the ideas of Luther and took hold of them. He had to flee to Geneva out of Catholic France. He wrote about Protestant ideas and was influential in the Reformation.
John Calvin
What is the name of the fierce warriors that lived in present-day Mexico and believed they were being visited by gods when the Europeans first arrived?
The Aztecs
Who are Queen Mary I's parents?
Bonus: What is she known as today and why?
King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
Bonus: She is known as Bloody Mary because she killed many Protestants (she was a Catholic)
What was the name of the waterway explorers were trying to find that they hoped would lead through the Americas to the Pacific Ocean? (It doesn't exist...)
The Northwest Passage
What did Martin Luther post to the door at the Church of Wittenberg that listed grievances against the Catholic church?
The 95 Theses
Who invented the printing press?
Bonus (200 points): why was this invention important?
Johannes Gutenberg
Bonus: Information could now be spread quickly and accurately. Literature and the Bible could now be spread to everyone in large numbers. Information could be built upon since there was now a foundation of works by scientists, historians, and others.
Who funded Christopher Columbus's trip to sail to India?
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain