African History
Which hymn did John Newton write?
Amazing Grace
What disease was spread by rats?
the Plague
The Reformation in England resulted in the formation of a new church. What was it?
Church of England
Who painted this?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who was king during the English Civil Wars?
Charles I
Ghana and Mali became wealthy kingdoms because of their trade in what two resources?
Salt and gold
Poor peasants who had no rights and were required to stay on their manor were called ___________.
serfs
Who financed Columbus' voyage to the New World? Give the name and the country they were from.
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Who sculpted this?
Michelangelo
Who became the Lord Protectorate during the Commonwealth period?
Oliver Cromwell
Which member of the British Parliament is credited with ending the slave trade?
William Wilberforce
What is the name of the social and economic system that arose during the Middle Ages because there was no longer a larger system of government in place?
feudalism
What was the fate of Henry VIII's wives?
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived
Florence, Italy
Although making up a relatively small segment of the population, this very vocal religious sect wanted a simple church service and plain church buildings.
Puritans
Apartheid
The Crusades were both military campaigns and religious pilgrimages to which city?
Jerusalem
Who was Queen Elizabeth I's mother?
Anne Boleyn
Who did the British defeat in 1588?
The Spanish Armada
Isaac Newton have us how many laws of motion?
3
Who was imprisoned for 27 years and then became president of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
Eleanor of Aquitaine was the mother to two British kings. Name them.
John and Richard
Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
Perspective
Who first looked to the heavens with a telescope?
Galileo