Deck 2: Historical Figures and Events Related to the Reformation, Exploration, and Geography

Question 1

Martin Luther was connected with ………………

A)crusades
B)science
C)renaissance
D)reformation

Answer 1

reformation

Question 2

………….is regarded as the "Morning star of the Reformation".

A)racine
B)robert fulton
C)thomas newcomen
D)john wycliff

Answer 2

john wycliff

Question 3

'The Lollards' grew in numbers in ………….

A)belgium
B)geneva
C)u.s.a.
D)england

Answer 3

england

Question 4

The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund invited …………to attend a general church council at Constance where he was burned at the stake in 1415.

A)wyclife
B)thomas newcomen
C)shakespeare
D)john huss

Question 5

Luther wrote his 95 Thesis and nailing them to the door of the Castle Church of …………on October 31, 1517.

A)cambridge
B)edinburg
C)oxford
D)wittenberg

Question 6

Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) led a revolt against the Catholic Church in ………….

A)england
B)holland
C)germany
D)switzerland

Question 7

…………….introduced Calvinism in Scotland

A)racine
B)thomas newcomen
C)john knox
D)moliere

Question 8

John Knox introduced Calvinism in Scotland, where it was called ……………………….

A)presbyterianism
B)puritans
C)round heads
D)huguenots

Question 9

In 1534 the King ……………..induced Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy which substituted the king for the Pope as head of the Church in England.

A)henry viii
B)henry iv
C)henry v
D)edward vi

Question 10

The most significant agency of the Catholic reform was ………….

A)the society of jesus
B)calvinism
C)puritanism
D)socialist society

Question 11

The Society of Jesus was founded by ……………

A)st. ignatius loyola
B)robert fulton
C)martin luther
D)john calvin

Question 12

The Edict of Nantes was issued by King Henry IV in 1598 restored peace in …………

A)france
B)germany
C)britain
D)poland

Question 13

Who defeated the Spanish Armada?

A)elizabeth i
B)victoria
C)charles x
D)queen anne

Question 14

Who questioned the sale of indulgences in 1517 by the agents of Pope X?

A)jaques cartier
B)martin luther
C)thomas newcomen
D)queen anne

Question 15

The ……………aroused a spirit of adventure as well as a great deal of curiosity among the Europeans.

A)french revolution
B)renaissance
C)american revolution
D)reformation

Question 16

……………was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453

A)gerusalem
B)constantinople
C)western roman empire
D)italy

Question 17

The ………….had fostered a spirit of inquiry that had revolutionized geographical ideas.

A)reformation
B)renaissance
C)english revolution
D)american revolution

Question 18

Prince Henry, commonly called Henry the navigator, was a great patron of navigation in ………………

A)france
B)portugal
C)poland
D)spain

Question 19

Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator sailed around the cape up the east coast of Africa, across the Indian Ocean and landed at …………..

A)cochi
B)calicut
C)bombay
D)cape of good hope

Question 20

After Prince Henry's death ……………….crossed the Equator in 1472.

A)lopo gonsalves
B)diego cao
C)columbus
D)john cabot

Question 21

In 1488, a brave captain named ………….sailed up to Africa's southern most tips which he named the "Cape of Storms".

A)bartholomew diaz
B)thomas newcomen
C)columbus
D)robert fulton

Question 22

John of Plano Carpini was sent to the court of the Great Khan in Mongolia in ……………..

A)1145
B)1245
C)1257
D)1269

Question 23

The Polo brothers reach the court of Kublai Khan in China in…………

A)1250
B)1256
C)1260
D)1268

Question 24

……….Bartholomeu Dias reaches the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa.

A)1468
B)1477
C)1488
D)1498