Renaissance: Famous People

What Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper?

• Michelangelo

• Rafael

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Botticelli

• Jan van Eyck

What priest wrote the book Praise and Folly and was responsible for spreading humanism throughout northern Europe?

• Erasmus

• Martin Luther

• Benedict

• Galileo

• Paracelsus

What explorer discovered a sea route from Europe to India around Africa?

• Dante Alighieri

• Christopher Columbus

• Ponce de Leon

• Vasco da Gama

• Marco Polo

What Renaissance Man was responsible for the split between the Catholic Church and the Church of England?

• Martin Luther

• Erasmus

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• King Henry VIII

What scientist made great advances in the area of medicine and health?

• Galileo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Paracelsus

• Copernicus

What Spanish explorer discovered the Americas?

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

What was Martin Luther famous for?

• An English playwright

• The Reformation

• Exploring the Far East

• His paintings at the Sistine Chapel

• His work in astronomy

What European inventor brought the printing press to the Renaissance?

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Galileo

• Christopher Columbus

• Erasmus

• Leonardo da Vinci

True or False: Catherine de Medici became a powerful queen of France and her children became rulers as well.

• True

• False

What leader conquered Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

• King Henry VIII

• Joan of Arc

• Elizabeth I of England

• Mehmed II

• Erasmus