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Renaissance Names
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Founded the Presbyterian Church | John Calvin |
| Founded Lutheran Church | Martin Luther |
| Invented Metal Movable Type Printing Press | Johann Gutenberg |
| Father of the Renaissance | Cosimo de Medici |
| First Man to order the expedition to circumnavigate the globe, but died 3/4 of the way through the voyage | Ferdinand Magellan |
| First person to circumnavigate the globe and LIVE | Sir Francis Drake |
| Led the Reformation in that country by founding the Anglican Church over his wish to divorce his current wife. | King Henry the VIII |
| Italian artist who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, as well as leaving a detailed notebook of impressive scientific inventions. | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Italian artist who painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the Pieta and the David. | Michelangelo Buonarotti |
| Portuguese explorer who was the first to establish an all-water route from Europe to Asia. | Vasco da Gama |
| Invented the telescope | Galileo Galilei |
| Excommunicated Martin Luther | Pope Leo the 10th |
| Most famous play write of all time | William Shakespeare |
| Suggested Earth revolved around the sun | Nicolaus Copernicus |
| Father of Humanism | Petrarc |
| Discovered Orbit of planets were oval, not circular | Johannes Kepler |
| Made Laws of Motion and Gravity | Sir Issac Newton |
| Charted Stars | Tyche Brahe |
| Wrote books like La Divina Commedia | Dante |