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Jan 27 Test History
Test-People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dante | Writer, poet, The Divine Comedy |
| Chaucer | writer, short stories, Canteberry Tales |
| Petrarch | scholoar, poet and writer, Father of Humanism and encouraged saving ancient writings |
| Shakespeare | writer, plays, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Mid-Summer Nights Dream |
| Machiavell | A diplomat in Florence who wrote "The Prince" |
| Johannes Gutenbery | Inventor, (Printing Press |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Artist and Inventor, Drawing Painting and Sculpture (Mona Lisa and The Last Supper) |
| Michelangelo | Artist, Sculpture and painting (Painted the Sistene Chapel) |
| Medici Family | Florence's richest family (Bankers) |
| Marco Polo | A merchant from Venice who wrote a book about China |
| John Wycliffe | One of the strongest voices against the Catholic Church (Title: Morning Star of the Reformation) |
| John Huss | Condemned for hersey |
| Martin Luther | Wrote the Ninety Five Theses. Believed that only faith, not good works, brought salvation |
| Desuderius Erasmus | First Leader of Christian Humanism |
| John Calvin | Believed that faith is more important than works |
| Henry VIII of England | Most famous King in the history of England. He was stubborn, impatient and cruel: Established the Anglican Church |
| Mary I | Attempted to restore the Catholic Religion to England |
| Elizabeth I | Restored the Anglican Church and went on the be one of the greatest rulers in English History |
| Is your name on your paper? | It better be |