Ch. 15 Important People

Invented movable type printing.

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Michelangelo Buonarroti

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel; created the statues of David and Moses.

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo Buonarroti

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Painted the Mona Lisa and Last Supper, was considered a genius.

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo Buonarroti

• Galileo Galilei

• William Shakespeare

Built a telescope, came up with the scientific method.

• Johannes Gutenberg

• William Shakespeare

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

English writer who wrote plays, such as Romeo and Juliet.

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Galileo Galilei

• William Shakespeare

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Polish astronomer who introduced the idea that the Earth revolves around the sun.

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Michelangelo Buonarroti

Started a trip around the world (circumnavigation), but died in the Philippines.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Giovanni Caboto

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

Claimed North America for England.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Giovanni Caboto

• Vasca da Gama

• Amerigo Vespucci

Italian explorer who had the honor of having America named after him.

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Giovanni Caboto

European explorer who discovered San Salvador.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Giovanni Caboto

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus