dum' it down Global - People

Question 1

Confucius

Answer 1

Chinese philosopher; filial piety and respect for superiors.

Question 2

Jesus

Answer 2

Started Christianity; Jewish; Messiah.

Question 3

Mohammad

Answer 3

Founded Islam; born in Mecca.

Question 4

Pope Urban II

Answer 4

Started the Crusades.

Question 5

Genghis Khan

Answer 5

Mongolian conqueror, ruled most of Asia.

Question 6

Marco Polo

Answer 6

Traveled Silk Road, documented it.

Question 7

Mansa Musa

Answer 7

Richest king of Timbuktu (ever); went to Mecca.

Question 8

Galileo

Answer 8

Proved heliocentric system.

Question 9

Copernicus

Answer 9

Heliocentric model

Question 10

Machiavelli

Answer 10

Wrote “The Prince”; fear over love.

Question 11

Johann Gutenberg

Answer 11

Invented printing press

Question 12

Martin Luther

Answer 12

Started Protestant Reformation; 95 Theses.

Question 13

John Calvin

Answer 13

Started Calvinism.

Question 14

Henry VIII

Answer 14

English king; six wives; Church of England

Question 15

Christopher Columbus

Answer 15

“Discovered” America in 1492. Tried to go to India.

Question 16

John Locke

Answer 16

Enlightenment thinker; liberalism.

Question 17

Baron de Vastey

Answer 17

Haitian writer; anti-slavery.

Question 18

Louis XIV

Answer 18

French king; built Versailles.