Renaissance and Humanism
This Tuscan city in northern Italy was where people of letters, painters, architects, and craftspeople began the period known as the Renaissance in the early 14th century.
What is Florence?
This landlocked ecclesiastical state and seat of the Roman Catholic Church is the world's smallest independent "country," being located entirely within the city of Rome.
What is Vatican City?
This former French royal residence and center of government was primarily built just outside of Paris by King Louis XIV and is now a national landmark.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
This region of northern Europe made up of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
What is Scandinavia?
Adam Smith, author of the influential capitalist treatise Wealth of Nations, hailed from this part of the United Kingdom that occupies the northern part of the island of Great Britain.
What is Scotland?
This is the principal river of Tuscany, northern Italy, flowing flows150 miles (240 km) to the Ligurian Sea.
What is the Arno River?
This European country is famous for being the birthplace of Charlemagne, Johannes Gutenberg, and Martin Luther.
What is Germany?
This city and port located in extreme northwestern Russia was founded by Peter I (Peter the Great) in 1703.
What is Saint Petersburg?
This city and major center of culture and tourism in Italy is famous for its beautiful canals, palaces, and art.
What is Venice?
during the negotiations that led to the creation of the Magna Carta, this English royal residence was King John's base of operations.
What is Windsor Castle?
This city of west-central Germany is noted as the birthplace of Johannes Gutenberg.
What is Mainz?
England’s King Henry VIII and his daughters, the queens Mary I and Elizabeth I, were born in this outer borough of London.
What is Greenwich?
This second longest river in France passes through the capital city of Paris about halfway along its course, where you can find many iconic landmarks such as the Notre Dame cathedral.
What is the Seine?
This capital and largest city of Ireland is only 46 square miles (118 square kilometers) in area, but it is rich in cultural achievements.
What is Dublin?
William of Orange originally hailed from this country located in northwestern Europe, also known as Holland.
What is the Netherlands?
When this Roman Catholic cathedral was consecrated in 1436, it was the world’s largest church, able to accommodate 30,000 worshippers.
What is the Duomo (a.k.a. Florence Cathedral)?
Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth I) was briefly imprisoned by Mary I for suspicion of conspiracy in this royal fortress and London landmark in 1554.
What is the Tower of London?
This country stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia.
What is Russia?
This national astronomical observatory of France was founded by Louis XIV at the instigation of J.-B. Colbert, and construction at the site in Paris began in 1667.
What is the Paris Observatory?
The meadows in this borough in the northwestern part of Surrey, England, are celebrated as the place where King John granted the Magna Carta on June 15, 1215.
What is Runnymede?
One of the largest cities in Poland, this city is known primarily for its grand historic architecture and for being home to the university where Nicolaus Copernicus studied astronomy and astrology.
What is Kraków?
This city in the far southwestern corner of Switzerland was the center of the Calvinist Reformation in the 16th century.
What is Geneva?
This is the capital of Russia, located in the far western part of the country.
What is Moscow?
This capital of Sweden and cultural, educational, and industrial center is where Rene Descartes spent his final years.
What is Stockholm?
On November 5, 1688, William of Orange landed on this unitary authority located in the county of Devon, southwestern England, initiating the invasion of England.
What is Torbay?