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WorksheetsRenaissance: Famous People
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
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
