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Juneau

0

a singing poet

bard

The false idea that the Bible does not mean what it says is

modernism

The efforts to take Jerusalem back from the Turks were called

the Crusades .

Norwegian Sea

A

the freed slave who wrote many fables

Aesop

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

Age of Industry

the first emperor of the Roman Empire

Augustus Caesar

Boise

B

Edinburgh

B

North Sea

B

the British colonists ' most important gift to the New World . representative government

Biblical heritage

Phoenix

C

explorer who discovered Australia

Captain Cook

the city Rome fought in the Punic Wars

Carthage

the world's largest lake

Caspian Sea

The false teaching of evolution was made popular by

Charles Darwin

The Roman emperor who first allowed freedom of worship was

Constantine

Belfast

D

Denver

D

Rhine River

D

The capital of Ireland is

Dublin

Danube River

E

Lincoln

E

The capital of Scotland is

Edinburgh

the largest country on the island of Great Britain

England

The world's largest landmass is

Eurasia

the only continent with no large desert

Europe

Dublin

F

Mont Blanc

F

founder of the modern nursing profession

Florence Nightingale

Wales

G

most famous English preacher of the Wesleyan Revival

George Whitefield

The Protestant Reformation began in

Germany

Aegean Sea

H

Atlanta

H

England

H

the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with war elephants

Hannibal

the author of the Illiad and Odyssey

Homer

Frankfort

I

the country known as the " Emerald Isle "

Ireland

the country that is not a part of the United Kingdom

Ireland

Black Sea

J

Thames River

J

man who perfected the steam engine

James Watt

The inventor of the printing press was

Johann Gutenberg

the first explorer to reach North America in modern times

John Cabot

The Lollards were the followers of

John Wycliffe

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

John Wycliffe

the Roman leader who " crossed the Rubicon "

Julius Caesar

Columbus

K

Caspian Sea

L

English Channel

L

Montpelier

L

The capital of England is

London

Volga River

M

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

Magna Carta

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

Margaret Thatcher

The Protestant Reformation was begun by

Martin Luther

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

Miles Coverdale

the highest spot in Europe

Mt. Elbrus

Honolulu

N

Mt. Elbrus

N

The victory of William the Conqueror is known as the

Norman Conquest

The leader of the Roundheads was

Oliver Cromwell

The first great missionary of the Christian church was

Paul

the mountain chain known as the " Backbone of England "

Pennines

The people who came from England to the New World for freedom of worship were the

Pilgrims

The Biblical teaching that God expects all people to work is the

Protestant Work Ethic

Europe's most important inland waterway .

Rhine River

" Father of the Sunday School Movement "

Robert Raikes

the empire England belonged to for 400 years in ancient times

Rome

the largest country in the world

Russia

Monks in monasteries copied and preserved the

Scriptures

the longest river in the British Isles

Shannon

the architect who helped to rebuild London after the great fire

Sir Christopher Wren

the first Englishman to sail around the world

Sir Francis Drake

Queen Elizabeth's fleet defeated the

Spanish Armada

England's principal river

Thames

The queen who promised , " I will be good " was Queen

Victoria

the missionary known as the " Father of Modern Missions "

William Carey

the greatest writer of the Elizabethan Age

William Shakespeare

Prime Minister of England during World War II

Winston Churchill

the Greek word meaning " marketplace . "

agora

invention that helped the Romans build strong , lasting structures

concrete

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

democracy

Great Britain is the ? largest island in the world

eighth


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