People Unit 4

Question 1

A Dominican priest and theology professor at university of Paris who wrote the most important scholastic work, “Summa Theologica”

Answer 1

Thomas Aquinas

Question 2

Led explorations down the coast of Africa to find gold, became the center of Portugal’s slave and gold trade, created the first school of navigation and geography

Answer 2

Prince Henry the navigator

Question 3

Led first naval expedition from Europe to India

Answer 3

Vasco Da Gama

Question 4

Claimed Brazil for Portugal

Answer 4

Pedro Cabral

Question 5

An English sea captain and privateer who actually was the first to survive sailing around the world (1577-1580)

Answer 5

Francis Drake

Question 6

A Dutch scholar who produced the first edition of the New Testament in Greek which corrected the errors and mistranslations in the Medieval Latin text

Answer 6

Erasmus

Question 7

An Italian diplomat and writer who is considered the father of modern political science because of his influence book, “The Prince”

Answer 7

Niccoló Machiavelli

Question 8

Created the gutenberg Bible in 1454, the first book printed in the west by movable type

Answer 8

Johann Gutenberg

Question 9

Famous renaissance writer

Answer 9

William Shakespeare

Question 10

Created some of the most famous paintings in the world, including Mona Lisa and the last supper

Answer 10

Leonardo da vinci

Question 11

Painted frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel; sculpted David, Moses, and the pieta, and designed the dome for St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome

Answer 11

Michelangelo

Question 12

Polish monk and mathematician who was the first European to place the sun in the center of the universe (heliocentricism)

Answer 12

Nicholas Copernicus

Question 13

German astronomer who proved the planted actually move in elliptical, not circular, orbits around the sun

Answer 13

Johnannes Kepler

Question 14

Italian who built a telescope allowing the first good look at the planets -> discovered that planets had craters, mountains, spots, and moons

Answer 14

Galileo Galilei

Question 15

English mathematician who formulated the law of gravity and developed modern calculus, making him the most famous and influential man of his time

Answer 15

Sir Isaac newton

Question 16

A British theologian and Oxford professor who believed every Chriatian should have access to the Bible so wrote the first English translation-> charged with heresy, and put under house arrest

Answer 16

John wycliffe

Question 17

A professor at and rector of the university of Prague (Czech Republic) whose preaching became the center of reform movement in Bohemia -> was excommunicated, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake

Answer 17

Jan hus

Question 18

Young German monk, theologian, and professor who objected to the corruption and excesses of the Catholic Church, especially the sale of indulgences, wrote the 95 theses

Answer 18

Martin Luther

Question 19

Created the Anglican Church and had 6 wives, father of queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary I

Answer 19

Henry VIII

Question 20

First queen of England, slaughtered many Protestants

Answer 20

Mary I

Question 21

Returned England to Anglicanism, made it a mix of Protestantism and Catholicism to bring peace

Answer 21

Elizabeth I

Question 22

Didn’t call the parliament for 11 years, tried to arrest members of the parliament, executed in 1649

Answer 22

Charles I

Question 23

Puritan (Protestant) general who ruled England after Charles
Expanded England’s presence overseas and imposed firm control over Ireland and Scotland

Answer 23

Oliver Cromwell

Question 24

Reinstated the Stuart monarchy after Charles I

Answer 24

Charles II

Question 25

Charles II brother
Refused to respect parliament’s rights
Tried to return England to Catholicism

Answer 25

James II

Question 26

Absolute power
Built Versailles
“The state is me, myself”
Unified France under “one king, one law, one faith”
Revoked the edict of Nantes in 1685 and exiled Protestant clergy

Answer 26

Louis XIV

Question 27

Rules the largest European empire since Charlemagne
Stopped the ottomans at the battle of Vienna
Attempted to create a unified catholic empire of Europe
Abdicated the throne in 1556 Hapsburg empire collapses

Answer 27

Her Charles V