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History Midterm PCS
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History
10th Grade
01/14/2013

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Term
what year did the modern age begin?
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1500
Term
what marked a major turning point in European and American History? What year was it?
Definition
defeat of the Spanish Armada; 1588
Term
What was the official religion of Switzerland?
Definition
Calvinism
Term
What document was signed in 1689 to protect the rights of English citizens?
Definition
English Bill of Rights
Term
What idea separated Lutheranism from Catholicism?
Definition
salvation is dependent only on faith in God
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What two sacraments were kept by Protestants?
Definition
Baptism and Communion
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What is the advantage of Luther's translation of the bible?
Definition
The bible became available in a language that more people could understand
Term
What was denounced in Luther's 95 thesis?
Definition
sale of indulgences
Term
What century is known as the "great century of missions"?
Definition
19th century
Term
list the Tudor monarchs in order.
Definition
Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I
Term
who contributed to science more than anyone else in history?
Definition
Isaac Newton
Term
What was it called when the Stuart dynasty returned to England? Who was the new king?
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Restoration; Charles II
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list the four types of churches that were discussed.
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Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran
Term
Who plotted to take the throne from Elizabeth I?
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Mary Queen of Scots
Term
What theory says the Earth is the center of the universe?
Definition
geocentric
Term
What theory says that the sun is the center of the universe?
Definition
heliocentric
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Who proposed the three laws of planetary motion?
Definition
Johannes Kepler
Term
Which French king built a huge palace near Paris? What was it called?
Definition
Louis XIV; Palace of Versailles
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what was Napoleon's plan to keep countries from trading with England?
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Continental System
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Which French king was executed during the French revolution?
Definition
Louis XVI
Term
What name was given to John Wesley's early group of Methodists?
Definition
Holy Club
Term
What began in 1750 in England?
Definition
Industrial Revolution
Term
What was the main reason that the industrial revolution began in England?
Definition
Wesleyan Revival
Term
What was the changes from farming to raising sheep called?
Definition
Enclosure Movement
Term
Who invented the cotton gin?
Definition
Eli Whitney
Term
Who invented the mobile printing press?
Definition
Gutenberg
Term
what was used to persecute those who rejected Catholicism?
Definition
inquisition
Term
Who founded the Jesuits?
Definition
Loyola
Term
Who published the first Greek New Testament?
Definition
Erasmus
Term
Who founded the Presbyterians?
Definition
John Calvin
Term
Where was John Calvin born?
Definition
France
Term
What document declared Luther a heretic?
Definition
Edict of Worms
Term
What was the meeting that upheld traditional doctrines of the Catholic Church?
Definition
Council of Trent
Term
Who defeated Napoleon and in what battle?
Definition
Duke of Wellington; Waterloo
Term
Who wrote "The institutes of Christian religion"?
Definition
John Calvin
Term
Who wrote "Paradise Lost"?
Definition
John Milton
Term
What Catholic doctrine says that the bread and wine become the actual blood and body of Christ?
Definition
Transubstantiation
Term
Who wrote the English translation of the bible and was burned at the stake for it?
Definition
William Tindale
Term
What led Luther to his discovery of biblical salvation?
Definition
Study of the book of Romans
Term
Who defeated Napoleon at the battle of Trafalgar?
Definition
Lord Nelson
Term
Who is known as the father of the English Hymn?
Definition
Isaac Watts
Term
What were French Protestants called?
Definition
Huguenots
Term
who was the master of oratorio music?
Definition
Handel
Term
Who wrote a famous book of Christian martyrs?
Definition
John Foxe
Term
Who was the Father of the Modern Symphony?
Definition
Haydn
Term
What was it called when thousands of protestants were murdered in Paris?
Definition
St. Batholomew's Day Massacre
Term
What scientist built his own telescope to do studies?
Definition
Galileo
Term
Who developed a cheap way to mass produce steal?
Definition
Henry Bessemer
Term
What book did Andrew Carnegie write?
Definition
Gospel of Wealth
Term
Who wrote nine major symphonies?
Definition
Beethoven
Term
Who invented the miner's safety lamp?
Definition
Sir Humphrey Davy
Term
The Moravians descended from what man?
Definition
John Huss
Term
What is the practical application of science to industry?
Definition
technology
Term
Who wrote "The Messiah"
Definition
Handel
Term
What is the name for the change from agriculture to industry?
Definition
The Industrial Revolution
Term
What style of art was developed for the Catholic Counter-Reformation?
Definition
Baroque
Term
What was Thomas Edison's lab known as?
Definition
The Invention Factory
Term
who held the power in France after the death of Henry IV?
Definition
Cardinal Richelieu
Term
who was known as a musical child prodigy?
Definition
Mozart
Term
Who invented the first steam powered rail car?
Definition
George Stephenson
Term
Who was known as the father of enlightenment?
Definition
Voltaire
Term
who invented the steam engine
Definition
James Watts
Term
who was known as the father of modern conservative thought?
Definition
Edmund Burke
Term
who invented the mechanical reaper?
Definition
Cyrus McCormick
Term
Who was the first prime minister of England?
Definition
Robert Walpole
Term
What proclaimed the words "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death!"?
Definition
Declaration of the Rights of man and citizen
Term
What was the promise to the french assembly to meet until France had written a constitution?
Definition
Tennis-court oath
Term
Who led the Great English Revival?
Definition
John Wesley
Term
What is the name for a vote where people express their will with a yes or no answer?
Definition
Plebiscite
Term
What book did Charles Dickens write about the French revolution?
Definition
Tale of Two cities
Term
What was the spiritual revival in England in the 1700s called?
Definition
Wesleyan revival
Term
Who led the Puritans in the civil war against England?
Definition
Oliver Cromwell
Term
Who was the first king of England?
Definition
Alfred the Great
Term
What English king fought in the crusades?
Definition
Richard I
Term
Who was the first Stuart king of England?
Definition
James I
Term
What was the family that had many European kings and was famous for controlling most of the continent?
Definition
Hapsburgs
Term
who is considered the greatest writer of all time?
Definition
Shakespeare
Term
What returned Europe to it's pre-Napoleonic status?
Definition
Congress of Vienna
Term
who dominated the Committee of Public Safety in France?
Definition
Robespierre
Term
name 3 key differences between the factory system and the domestic system
Definition
work was put out to workers who worked in there own homes, at their own speed and who were very much their own masters. In the factory systems people became wage slaves working for a master, tied to the requirements of the machines.
Term
Why was the factory system better suited for an industrialized country?
Definition
products were created faster and cheaper. This allowed more things to be produced and distributed.
Term
How did industrialism improve people's lives?
Definition
It allowed people to buy things more cheaply because the cost of production was cheaper. It also made everyday tasks and careers more efficient. For instance, the steel plow made farming easier and faster. This allowed farmers to grow more crops. The more crops that were grown, the more people they could feed. Also, the steam engine made it easier to transport products from place, allowing people to live in more places and still get the products they needed
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