Writers
This person wrote many plays including Hamlet, MacBeth, and Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Explain the difference between a Puritan and a Separatist.
Puritans hoped to stay united with the church and purify it from within. Separatists sought to separate from the church and form their own new one.
This war lasted from 1618 to 1648 and started as a battle between faiths.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
This English explorer successfully navigated a ship all the way around the world, but the Spanish called him a pirate.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
Name 3 of the amazing animals that are native to Australia.
kangaroo, koala, wombat, wallabies, bandicoots, Tasmanian devils, ningauis, dingoes, frill-necked lizards, kookaburras, platypuses, echidnas
Some speculate that Francis Bacon was this person's ghostwriter.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Beginning the Age of Reason, Sir Francis Bacon introduced this method into experimentation to help scientists develop sound theories.
What is the Scientific Method?
This person, known for his cautious and sly advance on his enemies, led the Dutch Revolt.
Who is William the Silent?
This explorer used his charm to woo the queen and gain sponsorship for his expeditions.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
The original people who lived in Australia were called this.
What is Australian Aborigines?
As people tired of the classics, Michel de Montaigne introduced this collection of writings that were personal and transparent.
What are Essays?
This man, a stargazer of the Renaissance, agreed with Copernicus that the planets revolved around the sun, causing him to be excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
This is the name for a fleet of warships.
What is an armada?
What happened as a result of Sir Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth Throckmorton falling in love and getting married?
They were locked up in the Tower of London.
This place was shut down to the outside world for nearly 200 years to preserve its culture from outside influence.
What is Japan?
This novel, written by Cervantes, has been outdone only by the Bible in number of languages translated and copies sold.
What is Don Quixote?
What did Rene Descartes mean when he said, "I think, therefore I am"?
He meant that because he is able to think, he must exist.
How did the English defeat the Spanish Armada?
The English ships were smaller and easier to maneuver, making it easy to fire at them and damage them.
Why was Sir Walter Raleigh executed by James VI?
Because even though he vowed not to touch the Spanish or their territories on his expedition, he and his men violated their promise to the king.
Explain the personality of John Smith, one of the leaders of the difficult founding of Jamestown colony.
He was a fiery redhead who made the rule- don't work, don't eat. Many thought he was cruel, but his leadership helped their survival.
Don Quixote is a novel about an older senile gentleman who believes he is a ________ and every woman is a _____________.
knight; damsel in distress he must save
Legend says that Galileo experimented with his theory of the Law of Falling Bodies by dropping objects from this famous landmark.
What is the Tower of Pisa?
Name 2 things that were decided through the Peace of Westphalia, successfully ending the Thirty Years' War.
1) Calvinists given equal rights to Lutherans.
2) Sweden given control over mouth of three rivers for trade.
3) France allotted portions of land so they wouldn't be overtaken by empire.
This English explorer to Canada died a mysterious death after his crew mutinied against him!
Who is Henry Hudson?
This God-send to the Pilgrims, who spoke almost perfect English, was a Native American who taught the Pilgrims how to hunt and plant crops in the New World.
Who is Squanto?