History Test 9

The printer who invented the movable-type printing press in Europe was _?_

• Alfred the Great
• Johann Gutenberg
• Martin Luther
• Miles Coverdale

The ruler whose time on the throne in England was called the Golden Age was _?_

• Charles I
• Elizabeth I
• Henry VIII
• Oliver Cromwell

In the United Kingdom, the slave trade was ended largely through the efforts of

• Christopher Wren
• George Whitefield
• William Carey
• William Wilberforce

The mountainous area in Germany that has inspired fairy tales and folk stories is the _?_

• Bavarian Alps
• Black Forest
• Matterhorn
• Swiss Alps

The man who started the International Red Cross was _?_

• Henry Hudson
• Jean Henri Dunant
• John Calvin
• Ulrich Zwingli

The southernmost Scandinavian country is _?_.

• Denmark
• Iceland
• Norway
• Sweden

After Russia, the largest country in Europe is _?_.

• Bulgaria
• Poland
• Romania
• Ukraine

The narrow body of water that separates Europe from Africa is the

• Adriatic Sea
• Bay of Biscay
• Strait of Gibraltar
• Tagus River

The man who designed advanced machines and made accurate, scientific drawings of the human body was _?_.

• Galileo Galilei
• John Cabot
• Leonardo de Vinci
• Michelangelo

The French leader who set up a democratic government called the Fifth Republic was _?_.

• Charles de Gaulle
• Jacques Cartier
• King Louis XIV
• Napoleon Bonaparte