Abeka 5th grade old world history and geography test 11
Europe's largest mountain system
Alps
world's largest lake
Caspian Sea
the huge outdoor arena in Rome
Colosseum
Roman emperor who gave Christians freedom to worship
Constantine
the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire built by Constantine
Constantinople
the efforts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks
Crusades
The only continent with no large desert
Europe
the event that began the Middle Ages
Fall of Rome
Protestant Reformation began in
Germany
The man who invented the printing press
Gutenberg
a Bohemian burned at the stake for preaching that only Christ could forgive sin
Huss
special court set up to try and punish heretics
Inquisition
Ninety-Five Theses was nailed to a church door by who
Martin Luther
highest mountain in the Alps
Mont Blanc
The highest spot in Europe
Mt. Elbrus
Roman emperor who made it a crime to be a Christian
Nero
The first great missionary of the Christian church
Paul
early Christian martyr who refused to blaspheme God
Polycarp
Head of the Roman Catholic Church
Pope
most important invention in the history of the world
Printing press
Europe's most important inland waterway
Rhine River
Largest country in the world
Russia
Tribes that invaded Rome were the Visigoths and
Vandals
the first man to translate the entire Bible into English
Wycliffe
underground cemeteries beneath the city of Rome
catacombs
An armed man who fought other men in the Colosseum for sport
gladiator
Trained warriors who promised to help the lord fight his enemies
knights
the land owned by a lord in the Middle Ages
manor
Christians who were willing to give up their lives rather than deny the Lord
martyrs
Men who lived in monasteries and copied the Scripture by hand were
monks
people who worked the lord's land
peasants
a long trip taken for religious purposes
pilgrimage
