5th Grade History Study Guide
Test Date: __________________
Chap. 12; Geog. Atlas Map A6 ; Geog. Facts 13
Be able to label the following on a map of United States:
Washington, Minnesota, Alabama, California, Pennsylvania, Colorado, New York, South Carolina
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Gutenberg invented the printing press.
Paul was the first great missionary of the Christian church.
Wycliffe was the first man to translate the Bible.
Nero was a Roman Emperor who made it a crime to be a Christian.
Polycarp was an early Christian martyr that refused to blaspheme God.
Huss was burned at the stake for preaching that only Christ forgives sin.
Constantine was the Roman Emperor who gave Christians freedom to worship.
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The Alps are Europe’s largest mountain system.
Russia is the largest country in the world.
M. Elbrus is the highest point in Europe.
The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest lake.
The Rhine River is Europe’s most important inland waterway.
Europe is the only continent without a desert.
Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps.
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A gladiator is an armed man who fought other men in the Colosseum for sport.
The pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Catacombs are underground cemeteries beneath the city of Rome.
A special court set up to try and punish heretics.
The Colosseum was a huge outdoor arena in Rome.
Martyrs are Christians who were willing to give up their lives rather than deny the Lord.
Constantinople was the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire built by Constantine.
The Vandals and the Visigoths were the tribes that invaded Rome.
During the Middle Ages, the land owned by a lord was called a manor.
The fall of Rome was the event that began the Middle Ages.
The Protestant Reformation began in Germany.
Knights were trained warriors who promised to help the lord fight his enemies.
The printing press was the most important invention in the history of the world.
A long trip taken for religious purposes is known as a pilgrimage.
The Crusades were the efforts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks.
Monks are men who lived in monasteries and copied the Scriptures by hand.
The Ninety-Five Theses were nailed to the door by Martin Luther.
Peasants were the people who worked the lord’s land.
Discussion Question on the back!!
Discussion Question:
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 Be able to write a paragraph about a tropical rain forest. Include at least four facts.
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