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Person known as the first humanist.
Who is Petrarch?
100
Creator of the Heliocentric Theory
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
100
the 3 G's
What are God, gold and glory?
100
Author of the 95 Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
Military ruler of Japan during the feudal era.
What is a Shogun?
200
Painter of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
200
Observed and explained the human vascular system.
Who is William Harvey?
200
Explorer credited with circumnavigating the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
200
English monarch who began his own church.
Who is Henry VIII?
200
Chinese dynasty that was ruled by Mongols
What is The Yuan Dynasty?
300
Author of the Divine Comedy.
Who is Dante?
300
First chemist to define elements.
Who is Robert Boyle?
300
Portuguese prince who served as a patron to the European explorers.
Who is Henry The Navigator?
300
Person who brought protestantism to Scotland.
Who is John Knox?
300
Social division of the Indian population.
What is the Caste System?
400
Author of The Prince.
Who is Machiavelli?
400
Placed emphasis on reason and said everything should be doubted until proven.
Who is Rene Descartes?
400
European explorers explored for this, a waterway through North America that would allow them to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.
What is The Northwest Passage?
400
Belief that God knows in advance who will attain salvation.
What is predestination?
400
The period of Roman history from 27 BC-180 AD that was considered the high point of Roman history
What is Pax Romana?
500
Family that ruled Florence for the majority of the Renaissance.
Who are the Medicis?
500
Scientist who studied gravity and created calculus.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
500
Spanish explorer who helped eradicate the Inca?
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
500
Created the idea of Theocracy
Who is Ulrich Zwingli?
500
Credited with being the first historian, wrote "The Histories."
Who is Herodotus?