French Revolution
What event marked the start of the French Revolution in 1789?
The Storming of the Bastille.
What Italian city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Florence.
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
Who was the Queen of France during the Revolution?
Marie Antoinette.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci.
Who was the Byzantine emperor who codified Roman laws?
Justinian I
What radical political group led the Reign of Terror?
The Jacobins.
What invention by Johannes Gutenberg revolutionized the spread of ideas during the Renaissance?
The printing press.
What was the primary religion of the Byzantine Empire?
Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
What document, inspired by Enlightenment ideas, declared the rights of French citizens?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
What Renaissance artist sculpted the statue of David?
Michelangelo.
What famous church was built by Justinian I in Constantinople?
Hagia Sophia.
Who rose to power as a military leader after the Revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What was the name of the wealthy family that patronized the arts in Florence?
The Medici family.
What year did the Byzantine Empire fall to the Ottomans?
1453