Abeka World History Semester Exam (ch. 1-16) Questions and Answers 2024 Complete;100%

Battle of Hastings - Answer-Oct. 14, 1066/ where William met Harold's forces at England Punic Wars - Answer-The conflict between Carthage and Rome/ a series of 3 wars between 264-146 BC St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - Answer-Where 100s of Huguenots gathered in Paris to attend Henry of Navarre's wedding, but were attacked by Catholic forces while sleeping/ about 100,000 Huguenots died Reconquista - Answer-The Spanish crusade(s) to take back Spain from the Moors Peloponnesian War - Answer-431-404 BC/ the war between the Greeks and the Persians John Wycliffe - Answer-Gave the English people a Bible form the original Latin Johann Gutenberg - Answer-Invented the moveable type promoting press in about 1440 in Mainz, Germany Richelieu - Answer-Ruled for Marie de Médicis and her young son, King Louis XIII Cyrus - Answer-One of the most remarkable men in world history/ God called him "My shepherd" and "My anointed" Canute the Dane - Answer-The Viking king of England Johannes Kepler - Answer-Discovered the 3 laws of planetary motionHenry VIII - Answer-Was king during the time of Martin Luther's Ninety- five Theses/ one of the worst kings in English history John Huss - Answer-Stressed the Bible as the only true authority for Christians and that only God (not priests) could forgive sins and give salvation Tertullian - Answer-An early church father that was martyred for the faith John Knox - Answer-The outstanding leader of the Scottish Reformation Desiderius Erasmus - Answer-The most famous figure of the Northern Renaissance/ published the first printed English edition of the New Testament in the original Greek Gaspard de Coligny - Answer-A Protestant leader who previously won fame as a military leader Hatshepsut - Answer-A female pharaoh/ possibly Moses' mother Hannibal - Answer-Famous for his elephants he ride into the second Punic War with/ a famed Carthaginian general Homer - Answer-Write The Iliad and The Odyssey William of Orange - Answer-Leader of the repressed Dutch patriots/ "Father of Dutch liberties" Pedro Cabral - Answer-Discovered Brazil Johann Eck - Answer-Debated Luther at Leipzig Alexander the Great - Answer-Conquered the Persian Empire while ruling MacedoniaHammurabi - Answer-Brought most of the Mesopotamia under Babylonian rule and the Old Babylonian Empire was established Miguel de Cervantes - Answer-Write Don Quixote