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Chapter 32: During Queen Elizabeth

Total questions: 84

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of The Faerie Queene?

a)

Geoffrey Chaucer

b)

Edmund Spenser

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

John Milton

2.

What inspired The Faerie Queene?

a)

Ancient Greek plays

b)

The reign and virtues of Queen Elizabeth I

c)

African folktales

d)

A true story

3.

Which monarch did Spenser dedicate The Faerie Queene to?

a)

King James I

b)

Queen Elizabeth I

c)

Queen Victoria

d)

Mary Tudor

4.

What virtue does the Redcrosse Knight represent?

a)

Friendship

b)

Kindness

c)

Holiness

d)

Honesty

5.

What type of poem is The Faerie Queene?

a)

A comedy

b)

A love letter

c)

An epic allegory

d)

A short story

6.

What is Epithalamion?

a)

A sad funeral poem

b)

A wedding poem Spenser wrote for his own marriage

c)

A poem about war

d)

A poem about the weather

7.

What does Una symbolize?

a)

Anger

b)

Pride

c)

Truth and true faith

8.

What rhyme scheme did Spenser invent?

a)

Haiku

b)

Spenserian stanza

c)

Free verse

d)

Limerick

9.

Which creature does the Redcrosse Knight defeat early in Book I?

a)

A troll

b)

A giant

c)

A ghost

d)

A dragon named Error

10.

What did Spenser believe should happen to Ireland?

a)

It should be left alone

b)

It should be controlled and made more English

c)

It should rule England

d)

He had no opinion

11.

Which major dynasty ruled Austria?

a)

Tudor

b)

Habsburg

c)

Romanov

d)

Valois

12.

What religion were the Habsburg rulers?

a)

Protestant

b)

Roman Catholic

c)

Buddhist

d)

Jewish

13.

How did the Habsburgs treat Protestants?

a)

They welcomed them

b)

They discriminated against them

c)

They ignored them

d)

They made them kings

14.

How did they treat many Jewish communities?

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15.

What does “non-contiguous” mean?

a)

All land touches each other

b)

The land areas are separated and not connected

c)

It is all on an island

d)

It is underwater

16.

Along which sea did Brandenburg–Prussia unite territories?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

Dead Sea

17.

Which family ruled Brandenburg–Prussia?

a)

Tudor

b)

Romanov

c)

Hohenzollern

d)

Medici

18.

Military and financial reforms made the state stronger.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What was the largest country in Europe (by land area) around 1600?

a)

France

b)

Austria

c)

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

d)

Portugal

20.

What made its government unusual?

a)

The king made every decision alone

b)

Nobles could vote and block decisions

c)

Priests ruled everything

d)

The army chose the king

21.

How did Brandenburg–Prussia treat Jews?

a)

They welcomed all Jews

b)

They banned them from all cities

c)

They expelled many but kept some for business and trade

d)

They made them join the army

22.

What was the capital of the Ottoman Empire?

a)

Rome

b)

Paris

c)

Constantinople (Istanbul)

d)

Vienna

23.

Who did Pope Clement VIII form a Christian Alliance with to fight against the Turks in 1595?

a)

Sigismund (The Prince of Transylvania) and Rudolph II

b)

The Frog Prince and the Pea

c)

Dancer and Prancer and Dracula

d)

Comet and Cupid III

24.

What other name is used for the Ottoman Empire?

a)

Byzantine Empire

b)

Turkish Empire

c)

Persian Empire

d)

Roman Empire

25.

When did the Ottoman Empire capture Constantinople?

a)

1299

b)

1453

c)

1096

d)

1591

26.

Who led the Ottoman Empire during its rise to power?

a)

Michael the Brave

b)

Suleiman the Magnificent

c)

Charlemagne

d)

Pope Urban II

27.

What was the name of the war fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Hapsburg Dynasty?

a)

Long War

b)

Fifteen Years War

c)

Long War or Fifteen Years War

28.

What was the goal of the Ottoman Empire in the Long War?

a)

To convert Europe to Islam

b)

To seize Vienna and expand territory

c)

To ally with the Pope

d)

To colonize the Americas

29.

The region that was central to the conflict between the Ottomans and Habsburgs was:

a)

The Balkans

b)

Scandinavia

c)

North Africa

d)

Persia

30.

Who led a campaign against the Turks in 1594?

a)

Suleiman

b)

Michael the Brave of Wallachia

c)

Bruno

31.

Who joined the alliance against the Turks that was already composed of support from Pope Clement VIII, Sigismund (Prince of Transylvania) and Rudolph II?

a)

Aron Voda of Maldovia

b)

Michael the Brave of Wallachia

c)

Both Aron Voda of Maldovia and Michael the Brave of Wallachia

32.

Michael the Brave and the Wallachians had success, reached Adrionople and came very close to Constantinople. They even won the key, bloody Battle of Calugareni against the Ottoman Turks. However, they were soon forced to flee. Why?

a)

They lacked the resources to continue on and had to wait for more help from the Transylvanians and the Austrians

b)

They decided to change sides

c)

They had too many resources and didn’t know what to do with them all.

d)

The Transylvanians, Austrians and Wallachians couldn’t agree on a united strategy

33.

The Battle of Mezokeresztes in late 1596 was almost a victory for the Christian forces (Transylvania and Hapsburg). Sigismund Bathory (the Prince of Transylvania) took part on that battle but Michael the Brave did not. The Christians thought they had won a victory but ended up losing. Why?

a)

The Ottoman Turks had Mongolian allies that made a surprise attack at the end of the battle

b)

The Christians were overrun at the last moment by Ottoman elephants

c)

They got arrogant and looted Ottoman possessions when they were caught by surprise by the Ottomans

34.

After The Battle of Mezokeresztes, the Turks realized that the Christian weapons were better. Nevertheless, neither side could completely dominate the other. Finally in 1599, Michael the Brave had to withdraw from fighting. Why?

a)

Michael the Brave felt bad about shedding so much Turkish blood

b)

He had some major health problems that took him to his sick bed

35.

Which country is associated with?

a)

France

b)

Royal Hungary and the Danube River

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

36.

Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Hungary and Transylvania, rebelled against the Habsburgs with the help of the Ottoman empire. Why?

a)

They wanted freedom for themselves from the Habsburgs and peace with the Ottoman Turks

b)

They wanted to take over and become the rulers of all of the Habsburg kingdom

c)

They were forced to fight by the Ottoman Turks

37.

What Treaty finally ended the Long War or the Fifteen Years War and made peace between the Christian Habsburgs and the Ottomans?

a)

The Peace of Westphalia

b)

The Peace of Augsburg

c)

The Peace of Zsitvatorok

38.

John Sigismund and Sigismund Bathoy are different people. Which one was the leader of Brandenberg-Prussia and which one was a leader of Hungary and Transylvania?

a)

John Sigismund ruled Hungary and Transylvania while Sigismund Bathoy ruled Brandenberg-Prussia

b)

John Sigismund ruled Brandenberg-Prussia while Sigismund Bathoy ruled Hungary and Transylvania

39.

To what religion did John Sigismund convert during his rule of Brandenberg-Prussia?

a)

Lutheran

b)

Calvinist

c)

Atheist

d)

Catholic

40.

After John Sigismund converted to Calvinism, his wife and most of the people of Brandenburg Prussia followed his example and also converted to Calvinism.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

John Sigismund tried to force his subjects and his wife to convert to Calvinism. The people were not happy about that. So they rebelled against him. Finally, he gave in to their demands and allowed them to have freedom of religion.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

John Sigismund of Brandenberg-Prussia’s father married a woman who was over a lot of territory and together they had a large kingdom. His father also improved the strength of the military to make them a stronger nation. What was John Sigismund’s father’s name?

a)

Frederick the Great

b)

Joachim III Frederick

43.

What caused decline in the 1600s?

a)

They had no army

b)

Weak rulers

c)

They had no trade

d)

A volcano

44.

After Suleman, the leader of the Ottoman Turks, died, his son Salim, the second took over. How would you classify his rule?

a)

Continued the strong leadership of his father

b)

He died one month after he came to power.

c)

He was a drunkard. I did not rule well at all.

45.

How were the rulers that came after Salim the second?

a)

They weren’t much better than him and that led to the decline of the ottoman empire

b)

They were far better than him

46.

What idea did Copernicus propose?

a)

The sun goes around Earth

b)

Earth goes around the sun

c)

The Earth is flat

d)

The moon controls time

47.

Who believed the universe is infinite?

a)

Galileo

b)

Giordano Bruno

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Luther

48.

What did Galileo discover with his telescope?

a)

Stars were drawings

b)

The Milky Way is made of many stars

c)

The sun is green

d)

The Earth is hollow

49.

What is the name of people who supported the reformation?

a)

Protestants

b)

Catholics

50.

Who helped to make Protestantism very acceptable in Switzerland?

a)

Martin Luther

b)

Zwingli

51.

What does that mean?

a)

Our choices will lead us to our consequences in life

b)

Our final destination is predetermined and we can’t do much to change that

52.

What was John Calvin in favor of?

a)

He was for baptism

b)

the Eucharist

c)

believed in sola scriptora (the belief that all spiritual questions can only be found in the Bible)

d)

All of the above

53.

What was John Calvin against?

a)

Transubstantiation (the belief that the bread and wine are literally the body and blood of Christ and not just symbolically)

b)

Images of the saints

c)

The Crucifix (preferred a simpler cross)

d)

All of the above

54.

Why did Calvin believe that people should participate in the Eucharist?

a)

Tradition

b)

As a way to connect with Christ

55.

John Calvin believed that the church and the state should be unified.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

John Calvin helped create strong discipline in the church. He believed that they're needed to be strong punishments for wrongdoings. To do this reformed a group of men to help carry out these punishments and discipline. What was the name of this group?

a)

Consistory

b)

Areopugas

c)

Huguenots

57.

The consistory also gave recommendations to secular courts. But did the secular courts heed what the consistory recommended very often?

a)

No, not very often

b)

Yes, usually

58.

What does “predestination” mean in Calvinism?

a)

Everyone picks their own afterlife

b)

God already knows who will be saved

c)

People all go to heaven

d)

Only kings go to heaven

59.

When did Calvin believe people should be baptized?

a)

Only when very old

b)

As infants

c)

Never

d)

Only during Easter

60.

What were Calvin’s followers in France called?

a)

Lutherans

b)

Puritans

c)

Huguenots

d)

Jesuits

61.

What does the word heresy mean?

a)

The worship of hair floating in the sea

b)

Any beliefs that are considered outside the “truth” and “dangerous”

62.

How did the Catholic league feel about Protestantism in France?

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63.

Henry III of France was Catholic, but the Catholic league didn’t like him. Why not?

a)

Because he was cruel to the protestants.

b)

Because he was not strict enough against the protestants

64.

After the edict of Nantes was issued by Henry the fourth of France, the Catholic league did what?

a)

They grew enraged and fought against Henry III

b)

They began to get smaller and smaller until they were no more

65.

What did this edict say?

a)

Allowed Protestants to worship freely but still made it necessary for the Protestants to pay money to the Catholic church

b)

Prohibited Protestants from practicing their religion

c)

Established Catholicism as the only religion in France

d)

Granted Protestants equal rights with Catholics

66.

Why did Henry III have the De Guise brothers killed?

a)

To celebrate a holiday

b)

Because they were becoming too powerful

c)

Because they were poor

d)

Because they were Protestant

67.

Who killed Henry III in revenge?

a)

A soldier

b)

A nobleman

c)

A fanatical priest

d)

A sailor

68.

What did the Edict of Nantes do?

a)

Made everyone Protestant

b)

Banned Catholic churches

c)

Allowed Protestants to worship freely but still made it necessary for the Protestants to pay money to the Catholic church

d)

Ended all religion

69.

What was Menendez’s main goal that he wanted to accomplish in Florida?

a)

Make lots of trade in the new world to make lots of money for himself and for Spain

b)

Spread the Christian religion to the natives

c)

Help raise the standard of living of the native

70.

What did Amerigo Vespucci realize?

a)

He found Asia

b)

He found a new continent

c)

He found Australia

d)

He found the North Pole

71.

A cartographer is someone who:

a)

Writes poetry

b)

Makes maps

c)

Bakes bread

d)

Teaches music

72.

How did King Ferdinand reward Vespucci for his discovery of the new world, not being part of Asia?

a)

He made him the position of Master Navigator and he instructed others on how to navigate

b)

He made him the Head Submarine Agent which position he kept until the day of his death

c)

He made him the Game Maker

73.

Two cartographers drew a map that contained a different continent than people were accustomed to seeing. What did they call this New World that was named after Amerigo Vespucci?

a)

Columbia

b)

Amerigo

c)

America

d)

Hudson Bay

74.

How did Ivan punish nobles (boyars) after his wife died and he suspected them?

a)

He rewarded them

b)

He moved away from them

c)

He attacked and executed many of them

d)

He forgave them

75.

Who had the greatest calming influence on Ivan the Terrible early in his reign?

a)

His generals

b)

His advisors

c)

His wife, Anastasia

d)

His enemies

76.

Who did Ivan the Terrible defeat in war early in his reign?

a)

The English

b)

The French

77.

What is the largest minority group in Russia today?

a)

The Chinese

b)

The Germans

c)

The Tatars

d)

The Polish

78.

After 13 years of marriage, Ivan’s wife Anastasia died. He suspected that the boyars had poisoned her. What did Ivan the Terrible do to the boyars?

a)

He forgave them and strengthened ties with the nobility

b)

He punished and executed many of them in revenge

c)

He exiled himself immediately to a monastery

d)

He made peace treaties with foreign rulers instead

79.

Why did Ivan the Terrible go into self-exile for two months?

a)

To avoid war with the Mongols

b)

Because he was angry and distrustful of the boyars and wanted people to beg him to come back

c)

To convert to a new religion

d)

Because he wanted to test his people’s loyalty

80.

When people came to beg Ivan the Terrible to return from exile and be their king again, what did he say must happen for him to agree?

a)

He demanded absolute power over the people and the boyars

b)

He asked for forgiveness from the church

c)

He required a new palace to be built for him

d)

He said he would only return if Anastasia was avenged

81.

What was the Oprichniki?

a)

A dance group

b)

A church choir

c)

Ivan’s special police force

d)

A group of doctors

82.

Why was the Oprichniki disbanded?

a)

They became too weak to fight

b)

They became violent and out of control

c)

They moved to another country

d)

They were all too old

83.

Why did Ivan the Terrible kill his son?

a)

His son tried to leave Russia

b)

His son tried to steal money

c)

He struck him in anger during an argument. He was defending his wife.

d)

He did not know his son

84.

Why was Russia weak at the end of Ivan’s rule?

a)

Everyone was wealthy

b)

Trade was perfect

c)

There was chaos and poor leadership

d)

The weather was nice