1500s Flashcards
1
Q
Statue of David
Artist and Date finished
A
1501 - 1504
Michelangelo
2
Q
Mona Lisa
A
1503
Leonardo da Vinci
3
Q
Who named America
A
Martin Waldseemuller named it after Amerigo Vespucci
Around 1507
4
Q
Henry VIII
A
King of England who initated the English reformation, separating the Church of England from the Catholic Church
Reigned from 1509 - 1547
- 6 marriages
- nicknamed “Old Coppernose”
- Established the Royal Navy
5
Q
Sistine Chapel
A
Chapel in The Vatican
- Ceiling by Michelangelo complete in 1512
6
Q
Protestant Reformation
A
Martin Luther challenges the Catholic Church leading to religious reform and upheaval in Europe
1517
7
Q
Hernan Cortes
A
began the conquests of the Aztec Empire which eventually lead to the fall of the Aztec civilization in 1521
8
Q
When was the first circumnavigation of the globe?
A
1519
Ferdinand Megellan
9
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