Not a Fairy Tale
What did the illustrations Beatrix Potter painted for her books portray?
the lakes, mountains, forests, and other settings she loved in the Lake District
What country is the headquarters for today’s flower industry?
the Netherlands
Many soldiers who were in the battle suffered problems with what part of their body for the rest of their lives?
their feet
What did President Truman order in response to the Soviet’s’ blockade of West Berlin?
the Berlin Airlift
Is faith “giving God a try”?
No
Why did Beatrix Potter want to own land in the Lake District?
to be able to preserve it from commercial development
By the early 1500s the tulip was the honored flower in what empire?
Ottoman
How did the battle get its name?
The German attack caused a bulge in the Allied line
What did Winston Churchill call the line of countries that the Soviet Union had taken over during and after World War II?
Iron Curtain
James says faith without works is what?
dead
What was Beatrix Potter’s first published book?
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
For what two activities (besides growing) did people use tulips?
For medicine and for eating them
How did the weather help the Allies attack German positions?
The skies cleared and the Allied planes attacked German positions
What is the term for the money that Germany had been forced to pay the victorious nations after World War I?
Reparations
How does faith influence how you see Creation?
It influences whether you see Creation as the handiwork of God or the result of chaos
What is Britain’s largest and longest lake?
Lake Windermere
In some cases tulips became what in financial transactions?
medium of exchange
Why did Hitler’s choose the German attack in the Ardennes Forest?
The Ardennes is a heavily forested, hilly region, which Hitler thought would hide the German advance. The high plateau has numerous valleys which make tank movement difficult.
What was the American policy for keeping the Soviet influence only where it already existed?
Containment
Who is the prime example of faith in the Bible, as stated in this chapter?
Abraham
In what literary movement did the Lake District play a prominent role?
Romanticism
In what mountain ranges did the tulip originate? (if you can’t pronounce the names of the mountains, you must at least know the countries they’re in!)
the Tien Shan Mountains of China and the Pamir Mountains of Russia
Outside of what town did German soldiers and American prisoners of war observe Christmas Eve together?
Bastogne
The Marshall Plan did not directly fight Communism, but what did it do?
It strengthened the nations of Europe, which helped Europe achieve economic and political stability, and this helped Europe to resist Communism
The important aspect of faith is not the strength of one’s faith but what?
The object of faith