History The Rise of Modern Nations

Who was the Viking explorer who sailed to America around AD 1000?

• Vasco de Gama

• Marco Polo

• Leif Ericson

• Bartolomeu Dias

Who was the first European to reach the Far East by sea?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Marco Polo

On which island did Columbus and his men land in 1492?

• San Salvador

• Santo Domingo

• The Indies

• China

Who was England's king during the Norman invasion?

• William the Conqueror

• Harold Godwin

• Edward the Confessor

• Prince Henry the Navigator

King William abolished the Witan, the old assembly of nobles and replaced it with the ​​ (a)   , a body composed only of his chief vassals.

• Great Council
• Shires
• Commisioners
• reeve

The results of William's census were recorded in what?

• the Witan

• the Charter of Liberties

• the Domesday Book

• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Who became king and initiated the Plantagenet, the line of kings name for the plant called plante genet that his father wore in his hat.

• Edward

• Henry II

• Richard

• John

On June 15, 1215, a group of noblemen presented King John with this document that promised them their rights and stated that all kings must obey the law also.

• constitution

• Model Parliament

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

What is the French version of Parliament called?

• Estates-General

• Edict of Worms

• Diet

• the King

Who was the French peasant girl, called the Maid of Orleans, that won victories for France but later was killed by the English?

• Joan of Arc

• Eleanor of Aquitaine

• Mary

• Elizabeth