Question 1

…………….introduced Calvinism in Scotland

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

Who defeated the Spanish Armada?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

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.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

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