One of the greatest artist of the Renaissance, he painted the Last Supper?
Leonardo Da Vinci
100
This war was fought between 1337 and 1453.
Provide the name of the war and the two nations that fought in that war.
Hundred Years' War - France and England
100
Tried by the Inquisition, then found "suspect of heresy", was forced to recant; but at the end of the trial he pronounced the famous phrase: "and yet it moves"
Galileo Galilei
100
He conquered Mexico.
Hernán Cortés
100
Name of the Dynasty who took power in England after Elizabeth I Tudor died (1603)
Stuart
200
This ruler of the Florentine Republic and great patron of the arts was called "Magnifico" by the Florentine.
Lorenzo de' Medici
200
When was the Magna Carta signed and who signed it?
1215 - John I
200
'Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance.' Who said that?
Immanuel Kant
200
In 1664, this city in the New World changed name and "owner" (i.e. nation who controlled it). Provide:
(1) how it was called before and after 1664.
(2) who controlled it before and after 1664.
New Amsterdam - New York
Netherlands - Britain
200
Established the Protectorate in England in 1653.
Oliver Cromwell
300
What is the name of the most famous book written by Desiderius Erasmus?
The Praise of Folly
300
Used the metaphor of the Sun and the Moon to describe the relationship between the papacy and the emperor
Innocent III
300
The father of Economic Liberalism, he wrote the 'Wealth of Nations' in 1776.
Adam Smith
300
What nation successfully started the exploration overseas in the Fifteenth century?
Portugal
300
What did Locke think about freedom?
There is no freedom without laws
400
Written in 1513, this book is considered the testament of Political Science. Provide the author and the name of the book.
Nicolo' Machiavelli - The Prince
400
Association of workers (artisans or merchants) in the town.
The archaic form of the modern trade union
Guild
400
He believed that men should live a solitary life because even the the best education "denature" men...
Jean Jacques Rousseau
400
Name of the Queen who sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyages.
Isabel of Castile
400
What is the name of the most famous book written by (1) Hobbes and (2) Locke?
1 Leviathan
2 Two Treaties of Government
500
The famous Italian Condottiere who became duke of the city-state of Milan during the Renaissance.
Ludovico Sforza
500
1 Name of the pope who called for the first crusade.
2 Author of the Unam Sanctam
1 Urban II - 2 Boniface VIII
500
Name four Enlightened Despots of the XVIII century.
Joseph II - Maria Theresa - Catherine the Great - Frederick II
500
Agreement between Spain and Portugal to divide the possession of the new conquered territories.It gave Spain everything to the west of an imaginary line drawn down the Atlantic, and Portugal everything to the east (1494)