ch 20 Flashcards

(44 cards)

1
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who became the queen of England at only 18 years old

how long did she rule for?

A

Queen Victoria

64 years

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2
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during the Victorian Age, what percent of the earth’s surface belonged to the British Empire?

A

25%

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3
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who was the prince consort of England and was also Victoria’s husband

A

Prince Albert

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4
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“the right to vote”

A

suffrage

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5
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who were the Liberals (middle class of England) mostly represented by?

A

William Gladstone

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6
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who were the Conservatives (upper class of England) mostly represented by?

A

Benjamin Disraeli

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7
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who was known as the “Prince of Preachers”; he was the best-known preacher of Victorian England

A

Charles Spurgeon

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8
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who was the best-known preacher in America during the Victorian Age?

who was his song leader?

A

D. L. Moody

Ira Sankey

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9
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who was a cricket player who surrendered to missions

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C. T. Studd

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10
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who was a missionary to China in the 1800s who founded the China Inland Mission

A

J. Hudson Taylor

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11
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what rebellion hurt the Christian influence in China

A

Boxer Rebellion

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12
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who negotiated a treaty for trade between America and Japan

A

Matthew Perry

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13
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who was the 1st ambassador to Japan who helped bring missionaries

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Townsend Harris

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14
Q

the British North America Act in 1867 made __________ a commonwealth (self-governing group of states)

A

Canada

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15
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Powerful trade company that fought and gained control of India (great tool for British settlement)

A

East india Company

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16
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a rebellion that started in the British Indian Army against British control

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Sepoy Rebellion

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17
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who translated the Bible into over 40 Indian languages and dialects and helped improve Indian education and civilization

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William Carey

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18
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what woman rescued young Indian girls from pagan temples

A

Amy Carmichael

19
Q

what was Africa known as because so little was known about it

A

The Dark Continent

20
Q

who was the 1st European to cross the Sahara Desert; also discovered Lake Chad

A

Hugh Claperton

21
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who was the most famous missionary explorer of Africa; discovered Victoria Falls

A

David Livingstone

22
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who was the American explorer sent to find Livingstone; later he became a missionary explorer

A

Henry Stanley

23
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who was the 1st black bishop of the church of England

A

Samuel Adjai Crowther

24
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founded in 1847 as the 1st independent African republic

25
who were the two missionaries who helped with the founding and settling of Liberia
Lott Carey and Colin Teague
26
who was one of Liberia’s most famous evangelists; started his missions work at 60 years old
William Harris
27
what were the Dutch called? (the earliest European settlers)
Afrikaners
28
what were the South African Dutch farmers called?
Boers
29
The Boers moved north (“Great Trek”) and established the _______________________ and ____________
Orange Free State and Transvaal
30
what war took place in 1899 between the Boers and England
Boer War
31
who was the British prime minister who incited rebellion to unite Africa under British rule
Cecil Rhodes
32
who discovered and explored Australia?
James Cook
33
what were the natives of Australia called
aborigines
34
what event increased the Australian population by 800%
Australian Gold Rush
35
in what year did Australia become an independent commonwealth?
1901
36
what were the natives of New Zealand called?
Maoris
37
in what year did England colonize and take control of New Zealand in what year did New Zealand become independent
1840 1907
38
c
British Commonwealth of Nations
39
what was England and Ireland's main source of tension?
Protestant vs. Catholic
40
in what year did Ireland become independent?
1949
41
who was Queen Victoria's son who ruled after her?
Edward VII
42
who popularized the theory of evolution in 1859
Charles Darwin
43
government control of the nation’s resources and finances
socialism
44
what is the false teaching that the Bible is not God’s Word but stories and myths; also called religious liberalism
Modernism