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History Test 12

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital of Ireland?

(a)  

2.

What is the capital of England?

(a)  

3.

What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

(a)  

4.

What is the capital of Wales?

(a)  

5.

What is the capital of Scotland?

(a)  

6.

Who said, “I will be good?”

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Mary of Orange

c)

King James I

d)

King George III

7.

the Greek word meaning "marketplace"

a)

acropolis

b)

agora

c)

atrium

d)

stadium

8.

a singing poet

a)

bard

b)

monk

c)

serf

d)

philosopher

9.

a freed slave who wrote many fables

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Homer

c)

Bunyan

d)

Aesop

10.

the word that comes from two words meaning "people" and "rule"

a)

acropolis

b)

democracy

c)

phalanx

d)

philosophy

11.

the author of the Illiad and Odyssey

a)

Aesop

b)

Homer

c)

Milton

d)

Shakespear

12.

invention that helped the Romans build strong, lasting structures

a)

bronze

b)

steam engine

c)

concrete

d)

marble

13.

the city Rome fought in the Punic Wars

a)

Carthage

b)

London

c)

Cardiff

d)

Troy

14.

the first emperor in the Roman Empire

a)

Mark Antony

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Alfred the Great

d)

Augustus Caesar

15.

the Roman leader who "crossed the Rubicon"

a)

Augustus Caesar

b)

Hannibal

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

William the Conqueror

16.

the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with war elephants

a)

Hannibal

b)

Alfred the Great

c)

William the Conqueror

d)

Mark Antony

17.

The first great missionary of the Christian church was

(a)  

18.

The Roman emperor who first allowed freedom of worship was

(a)  

19.

Monks in monasteries copied and preserved the

(a)  

20.

The efforts to take Jerusalem back from the Turks were called the

(a)  

21.

The Lollards were the followers of

(a)  

22.

The inventor of the printing press was

(a)  

23.

The Protestant Reformation began in

(a)  

24.

The Protestant Reformation was begun by

(a)  

25.

The man who produced the first translation of the entire Bible in English

a)

John Cabot

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

John Wycliffe

d)

Sir Francis Drake

26.

The first explorer to reach North America in modern times

a)

Sir Christopher Wren

b)

John Cabot

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Sir Walter Raleigh

27.

The first Englishman to sail around the world

a)

John Cabot

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Sir Francis Drake

d)

John Wycliffe

28.

the greatest writer of the Elizabethan Age

a)

Sir Christopher Wren

b)

John Wycliffe

c)

Sir Walter Raleigh

d)

William Shakespeare

29.

The most famous English preacher of the Wesleyan Revival

a)

James Watt

b)

George Whitfield

c)

Robert Raikes

d)

Captain Cook

30.

"Father of the Sunday School Movement"

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Sir Walter Raleigh

d)

Robert Raikes

31.

founder of the modern nursing profession

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Captain Cook

d)

James Watt

32.

Man who perfected the steam

engine

a)

James Watt

b)

Robert Raikes

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

George Whitfield

33.

Explorer who discovered Australia

a)

Robert Raikes

b)

Florence Noghtingale

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Captain Cook

34.

Prime Minister of England during World War II

a)

Winston Chrurchill

b)

Robert Raikes

c)

Margaret Thatcher

d)

James Watt

35.

Prime Minister who worked to return Great Britain to the Protestant work

ethic.

a)

James Watt

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Margaret Thatcher

d)

Florence Nightingale

36.

The country that is not a part of the United Kingdom

a)

Ireland

b)

Northern Ireland

c)

Scotland

d)

Wales

37.

The mountain chain known as the “Backbone of England”

a)

Alps

b)

Apennines

c)

Himalayas

d)

Pennines

38.

England’s principal river

a)

Shannon

b)

Thames

c)

Rubicon

d)

Rhine

39.

The largest country on the island of Great Britain

a)

Scotland

b)

Ireland

c)

England

d)

Wales

40.

The country known as the “Emerald Isle”

a)

England

b)

Scotland

c)

Ireland

d)

Wales

41.

The longest River in the British isles

a)

Thames

b)

Shannon

c)

Nile

d)

Volga

42.

The empire England belonged to for 400 years in ancient times

a)

Egypt

b)

Persia

c)

Greece

d)

Rome

43.

The British colonists’ most important gift to the New World

a)

Biblical heritage

b)

Trade

c)

Representative government

d)

British monarchy

44.

The document signed in 1215 that established the tradition that the monarch is limited by law

a)

Constitution

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Declaration of Independence

45.

The time when machinery began to do work formerly done by men and animals

a)

Elizabethan Age

b)

the Commonwealth

c)

Age of Industry

d)

Protestant Reformation

46.

The man who produced the first printed version of the English Bible

a)

William Tyndale

b)

Miles Coverdale

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

John Wycliffe

47.

The missionary known as the "Father of Modern Missions"

a)

William Carey

b)

Robert Raikes

c)

William Booth

d)

George Muller

48.

The world's largest landmass

(a)  

49.

Great Britain is the (a)   largest island in the world.

50.

The victory of William the Conqueror is known as the (a)   Conquest

51.

Queen Elizabeth's fleet defeated the (a)   .

52.

The people who came from England to the New World for freedom of worship were the (a)   .

53.

The leader of the Roundheads was (a)   .

54.

The Biblical teaching that God expects all people to work is the (a)   .

55.

The queen who promised "I will be good" was Queen (a)   .

56.

The false idea that the Bible does not mean what it says is (a)   .

57.

The false teaching of evolution was made popular by (a)   .

58.

The largest country in the world

(a)  

59.

The highest spot Europe

(a)  

60.

The only continent with no large desert

(a)  

61.

The world's largest lake

(a)  

62.

Europe's most important inland waterway

(a)