Chapter 14 Facts
Island at the tip of Italy's boot
Sicily
Europe's most important inland waterway
Spanish bullfighters
Matadors
Famous Italian scientist who was the first to use a telescope
Galileo
Greatest scientific genius the world has ever known
Einstein
Used as a power source in the Netherlands
windmills
Boats used in Venice, Italy
Gondolas
First man to sail around the world
Magellan
Who painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
Harsh Italian dictator during WWII
Mussolini
Mountain range that forms a boundary between Spain and France
Pyrenees
Mainland Europe's only active volcano
Mt. Vesuvius
Who painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David and Moses
Michelangelo
Peasant girl burned at the stake during the French Revolution
Joan of Arc
Leader of the Protestant Reformation in France whose followers were Huguenote
John Calvin
Two forms of government in Western Europe
Republic and Constitutional Monarchy
Europe's highest peak
Mt. Elbrus
French scientist who discovered radium
Madame Marie Curie
French scientist who taught the importance of protecting our body from germs
Louis Pasteur
Ruthless dictator who crowned himself emperor of France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Where government buildings are located in the Netherlands
The Hague
Two sides of WWI and WWII
Central and Allies; Axis and Allies
Known as the "Father of Dutch Liberties"
William the Silent
Greatest painter of all time who specialized in Bible scenes
Rembrandt
Great hero of Swiss liberty
William Tell