Terra Nova Prep

Question 1

Jesus

Answer 1

Founder of Christianity

Taught messages of law and forgiveness

Question 2

Muhammed

Answer 2

Founded Islam

Received revelations that became the Quran

Question 3

Buddha

Answer 3

Founded Buddhism

Taught path to enlightenment through meditation

Question 4

Vasco da Gama

Answer 4

First European to reach India by sea

Opened spice trade route around Africa

Question 5

Socrates

Answer 5

Developed Socratic method of questioning

Guided discovery using question, listening, and reflection

Question 6

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 6

Led the first expedition to sail around the world

Found passage through South America

Question 7

Marco Polo

Answer 7

Traveled the Silk Road to China

Wrote detailed accounts of Asian cultures

Question 8

Plato

Answer 8

Wrote about ideal government (government should be led by trained, informed, and balanced people)

Fax.

Question 9

Aristotle

Answer 9

Studied science and created idea of logic

Laid the foundation for all sciences

Question 10

Michaelangelo

Answer 10

Painted Sistine chapel ceiling

Sculpted David statue

Question 11

William Shakespeare

Answer 11

Wrote 37 pages and 154 sonnets

Created words we still use today

Question 12

Alexander the Great

Answer 12

Created one of the largest empires in history through military conquest

Spread Greek cultures across Asia

Question 13

Hammurabi

Answer 13

Created first written law code

Ruled Babylonian Empire

Question 14

Hatshepsut

Answer 14

Egypts most successful female pharaoh

Built great monuments and temples

Question 15

Elizabeth I

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Led Englands golden age (time of peace and wealth

Defeated Spanish Armada (ships)

Question 16

Nicoulas Copernicus

Answer 16

Proved Earth revolves around Sun

Changed our views of universe

Question 17

Johannes Kepler

Answer 17

Discovered laws of planetary motion

Showed planets move in ellipses

Question 18

Galileo

Answer 18

Improved telescope

Supported Copernicus’s theories