History Test:
Story of the World: Volume
2: Middle Ages
Test 11
Matching: Match
each name or term to its meaning or importance (write the letter next to the
name).
1. Renaissance A. scientific study of the stars
2. scientific
method B. the fleet that lost to the English
navy,
leaving
England the strongest power on the
oceans
3. de Soto and
Coronado C. English playwrite, author of Hamlet and
Macbeth
4. Elizabeth I D. act done to shorten time Catholics
thought
they’d be in purgatory; later
sold,
provoking the Refomration
5. astronomy E. Protestant statement of faith
6. logic F. lawmaking or legislative body of the
English
government
7. tragedy G. Queen of England for 45 years, starting
in
1558
8. Sir Walter
Raleigh H. The southern tip of Africa
9. William
Shakespeare I. meeting of Catholic bishops in 1545
to
explain Church teaching
10. printing
press J. wooden platforms for drying fish
11. Terre-Neuve K. group on Roanoke Island in what is now North
Carolina that disappeared
12. Protestant
Reformation L. the science of using reason to
determine
the
truth of an argument
13. Council of
Trent M. Newfoundland
14. flakes N. French explorer in Canada
15. Jacques
Cartier O. cone-shaped hut made of animal skins
over
timbers
16. The Lost
Colony P. Spanish explorers of what is now the
United
States, one explored the Mississippi
River,
one found the Grand Canyon
17. The Spanish
Armada Q.
Explorer for England in Canada
18. John Cabot R. Father of astronomy, he revived the
idea
that
the Earth revolved around the sun, and
influenced
Galileo
19. parliament S. a time of revival of learning; means
rebirth
20. indulgence T. machine that quickly copies books
21. Copernicus U. method of learning about the physical
world
using observation and experiment
22. Augsberg
Confession V. Used experiment to discover that
gravity
` pulls
matter at the same rate; One of
the
first
to use telescopes
23. wigwam W. Englishman who tried to colonize
America
for Elizabeth I
24. Straits of
Magellan X. at the southern end of South America
25. Cape of
Good Hope Y. a play with an unhappy ending,
particularly
the downfall of the major
character
26. Galileo
Galilei Z. The movement, begun by Martin Luther,
John
Calvin, and others, to protest against
the
authority of the Catholic Church and and
reform
Christian practices
Essay Section 1:
Middle school pick one;
high school pick 2
1. Tell the
story of Galileo.
2. Describe the
career of Sir Walter Raleigh.
3. Explain how
Copernicus' theories were different from what was believed during his lifetime.
4. Write a
summary of the Middle Ages, with a great deal of detail. If you choose this essay, it will count
as two essays, assuming you are thorough and accurate.
Essay Section 2:
Middle school, pick one;
high school, pick 2.
1. Galileo and
Copernicus were groundbreaking scientists. Explain what each studied and how, and explain what made
them extraordinary. Do you think
there are still great scientific discoveries to be made? Which areas of study do you think show
the most promise?
2. Which is
your favorite Shakespeare play, and why?
3. Write a
brief fiction story speculating about what happened to the Lost Colony. Include enough historical detail to
show you understand this time in history and the events surrounding
colonization of the Americas.
4. If you had
been an explorer from the Age of Discovery, where would you have explored? Why?
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