defeated the Spanish Armada
Queen Elizabeth
the most important task performed by the monks was copying and preserving ___________
Scripture
"Land of the Midnight Sun", fjords, Oslo
Norway
Poland
Warsaw
world's deepest freshwater lake
Lake Baikal
F
Indian Ocean
L
Polynesia
began the Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
the famous bard of ancient Greece was _______
Homer
John Calvin, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Eiffel Tower, Mont Blanc
France
Austriia
Vienna
the narrow waterway separating Europe from Africa
Strait of Gibraltar
C
Australia
N
Micronesia
probably the greatest English author
William Shakespeare
the series of attempts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks is called the ___________
Crusades
William Tell, neutral republic, landlocked, International Red Cross
Switzerland
Norway
Oslo
the mountains that separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe
Pyreneees
G
New Zealand
A
Papua New Guinea
first to translate the Bible into English
John Wycliffe
the Roman general who "Crossed the Rubicon" was ___________
Julius Caesar
Cortes, Valencia oranges, The Tidelands, matadors
Spain
Switzerland
Bern
the highest peak in Europe
Mt. Elbrus
H
Wellington
M
Melanesia
founded the modern nursing profession
Forence Nightingale
the word that is made from the two Greek words for "people" and "rule" is ____
democracy
Johann Sebastian Bach, Adolf Hitler, "Land of the Reformation," divided after World War II
Germany
Russia
Moscow
the cold, treeless lands north of the Arctic circle
tundra
E
Mt. Kosciusko
O
Pacific Ocean
promised, "I will be good"
Queen Victoria
the first emperor of Rome was _____________
Augustus Caesar
Leonardo da Vinci, Mussolini, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Mt. Vesuvius
Italy
Finland
Helsinki
One of ther waterways that gives Russia access to the Black Sea
Dardanelles
B
Great Dividing Range
J
South Pole
invented the printing press
Johann Gutenberg
the series of wars that Rome fought against Carthage were the ____________
Punic Wars
tulips, windmills, wooden shoes, dikes, low lands
the Netherlands
Italy
Rome
the largest level region in the world
West Siberian Plain
B
Canberra
I
Antarctica
"Land of Fire and Ice" hot spring, geysers, glaciers, tundra
Iceland
Germany
Berlin
the longest river in Europe
Volga
K
Vinson Massif
Jutland, Hans Christian Andersen, Greenland
Denmark