Explorers
Leaders
Artists
Inventor
Misc.
100
The person who discovered the new world. His ships were the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
She ruled England during the Golden Age.
Who is Elizabeth I.
100
A writer who introduced many new words into the English Language. He is know as a poet and playwright.
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
This man invented calculus and developed the theories of motion and gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
This leader of Spain sent Columbus on his expedition with her husband, King Ferdinand.
Who is Queen Isabella?
200
The first person to circumnavigate the globe.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
200
The practice of selling pardons started by the Pope.
What are indulgences ?
200
He painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo daVinci?
200
Inventions took place during the Renaissance. What does the word Renaissance mean and where did it start
What is time of rebirth and Northern Italy?
200
This man discovered the rings around Saturn and four moons orbiting Jupiter.Used the telescope to confirm the sun is the center of the universe
Who is Galileo Galilei?
300
What instrument measures latitude
Astrolabe?
300
This leader built the palace at Versailles.
Who is King Louis XIV?
300
In a painting showing how objects appear to the eye
What is perspective?
300
This man was the first to say that we live in a heliocentric universe and that the sun is the center of the universe.
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
300
This German monk led the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
400
Vessel that was stronger, faster and easier to steer
What was a caravel?
400
This leader established the church of England.
Who is King Henry VIII?
400
This artist created pieces such as the statue of Pieta, Mary and Jesus, David, as well as painting the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
400
He invented the printing press with movable metallic type that allowed books to be printed faster.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
400
What is divine right.
A belief that the right to rule comes directly from God?
500
He opened the sea route to India by way of the Cape of Good Hope.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
500
This leader was a Russian Czar who introduced reforms and strengthened Russia.
Who is Peter the Great?
500
What did artists study to make their art look real
Whay is the human body?
500
What was an advantage of the printing press?
It allowed more people to learn to read
500
This man created a school for ship builders, navigators and map makers.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
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