Explorers
Although he was Italian-born, Columbus' expedition was sponsored by these Spanish monarchs.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
The word Renaissance literally means this.
What is rebirth?
William the Conqueror defeated Harald at this battle in 1066.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
This man ruled over the Carolingian Empire after he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD.
Who is Charlemagne?
This sea lies between Europe and Africa.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Long before Columbus, this Viking discovered Vinland in North America
Who is Leif Ericson?
The Renaissance marks a return to the thought and arts of these cultures.
What are Classical Greek and Roman cultures?
This great leader defeated the Danes in England.
Who is Alfred the Great?
This ruler united many barbarian tribes in Gaul when he married the princess Choltilde.
Who is Clovis?
This river flows through Egypt, depositing fertile silt as it flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
According to legend, this saint sighted North America long before Columbus.
Who is St. Brendan?
This Renaissance man painted The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Who is Edward the Confessor?
Charlemagne and Roland faced this enemy at the battle of Roncevalles.
Who are the Saracens?
This body of water is only slightly over 8 miles wide at its narrowest point between Europe and Africa.
What is the Strait of Gibraltar?
Vasco da Gama sailed around the tip of Africa, known as this.
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
This Renaissance man painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
This legendary ruler is said to have become king after he pulled a sword out of a stone.
Who is King Arthur?
This tutor in Charlemagne's court was heavily influenced by the Venerable Bede and is believed to be responsible for establishing the practice of placing spaces between words.
Who is Alcuin?
These two countries are located on the Iberian Peninsula.
This explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This Italian poet wrote The Divine Comedy, the first of its kind to be written in the vernacular (Italian) rather than Latin.
Who is Dante?
This knight of Arthurian legends finds the body of the Lady of Shalott in her boat at the end of Tennyson's poem.
Who is Lancelot?
Clovis established this set of laws to unite his kindgom.
What is the Salic Law?
The Apennine mountains run north to south through this country.
What is Italy?