The Renaissance
This author of "The Prince" has found a place in the history classes of today.
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
He challenged the idea that salvation was dependent on submission to the Pope.
Who was John Wycliffe?
North and South America and the United States of America are named for him.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
He famously uttered the famous words, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
Who was Ronald Reagan?
The end of the rule of the Jacobins lead to his execution.
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
The Renaissance ended this period in European history.
What is the Western Roman Empire?
Labelled a heretic, this reformer was burned at the stake.
Who was Jan Hus?
A Canadian province, South American nation, and Ohio city still bear his name.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This U.S. state is often regarded as the safest to be in during a nuclear attack.
What is Oregon?
Peasants rose up against the monarchy during this date now referred to as Bastille Day.
What was July 14, 1789?
The "Black Death" is also known as this.
What is the bubonic plague?
Martin Luther received his undergraduate degree at this university in his younger years.
What is the University of Erfurt?
The Inca Empire was all but destroyed under this explorer.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
During the aftermath of a nuclear attack, potassium iodide pills are recommended to protect this gland.
What is the thyroid?
The French Revolution put an end to this ancient way of doing things in Europe.
What was the ancien régime?
He was an Italian statesman and the de facto leader of Florence.
Who was Lorenzo de' Medici?
This Swiss reformer denied Christ's presence in the Eucharist.
Who was Ulrich Zwingli?
Cortès first encountered this leader upon landed in Mexico.
Who was Montezuma II?
Aside from the U.S. and U.S.S.R., this nation had the largest number of nuclear warheads until the late 1980s.
What is Great Britain?
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 forbade colonists from settling west of these.
What are the Allegheny Mountains?
This discoverer also has a river in New York named for him.
Who is Henry Hudson?
Calvin produced one of the most important documents of the Reformation, titled this.
What is the Institute of the Christian Religion?
He arrived in Goa with the goal of combating the growing corruption that tainted the Portuguese government in India.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
In 1959, this Cuban dictator was deposed by Fidel Castro.
Who was Fulgencio Batista?
This U.S. revolutionary slogan is stilll found on licence plates of the District of Columbia.
What is [No] Taxation without Representation.