Reformation
On October 31, 1517, Martine Luther posted this list of grievances on the church door in Wittenberg, Germany.
What are the Ninety-Five Theses?
This wealthy family from Florence were patrons of the arts during the Renaissance.
Who were the Medicis?
He famously traveled to Asia in 1271 and met Kublai Khan in China.
Who was Marco Polo?
According to tradition, these twin brothers founded the city of Rome in 753 BC.
Who were Romulus and Remus?
These were the rulers of ancient Egypt.
Who were the pharaohs?
This Roman Catholic Pope launched a campaign to complete the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome in 1514.
Who was Pope Leo X?
This famous playwright's works include Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth.
Who was William Shakespeare?
He was an African king rumored to exist, but he probably didn't.
Who was Prester John?
The city of Rome is located on this European peninsula.
What is the Italian peninsula?
This is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence.
What is the Great Pyramid of Khufu?
He became one of the most famous and influential magisterial Protestant reformers after Martin Luther.
Who was John Calvin?
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of this famous building in the Vatican (the papal residence in Rome).
What is the Sistine Chapel?
He traveled down the coast of Africa trying to find a sea route to India.
Who was Bartolomeu Diaz?
In the beginning, Rome was founded as a _________.
What is a republic?
This river supplied the ancient Egyptians with fresh water.
What is the Nile?
This Bohemian reformer was burned at the stake for teaching "heresy" in 1414.
Who was John Huss?
He was probably the best example of the so-called Renaissance man.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
This navigational device, invented by the Chinese, greatly aided European explorers.
What is the compass?
This young Carthaginian commander famously crossed the Alps into Rome with cavalry, elephants, and forty thousand soldiers.
Who was Hannibal?
This was the writing system of the ancient Egyptians.
What are hieroglyphs?
This English king separated his country from the Roman Church because the pope refused to grant him a divorce.
Who was King Henry VIII?
This painting by Raphael is an excellent example of balance, harmony, and perspective.
What is The School of Athens?
This line of separation divided the world between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Line of Demarcation?
He was assassinated by a group of conspirators in the Senate chamber on the Ides of March?
Who was Julius Caesar?
He came to power about a century and a half after the Hebrews were led out of Egypt by Moses.
Who was Ramses II?