Font size
Worksheets21-22 WH2 SOL Review: Important People
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 43mins
- Renaissance painter
- Created David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling (shown in image)
- Italian Renaissance artist
Who is described by the list?
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Shakespeare
Erasmus
- "Renaissance man" - artist, writer, scientist, mathematician
- Painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
- Italian Renaissance artist
Who is described by the list?
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Shakespeare
Erasmus
- Renaissance-era writer of plays and sonnets (poems)
- Northern Renaissance writer (England)
Who is described by the list?
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Shakespeare
Erasmus
- Renaissance writer
- Associated with Humanism
Who is described by the list?
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Shakespeare
Erasmus
- Starts the Protestant Reformation
- Writes the 95 Theses
- Believes in salvation by faith alone, thinks the Bible should be source of authority for Christians, not the Pope, and hates indulgences
Who is this list describing?
Queen Elizabeth I of England
King Henry VIII of England
John Calvin
Martin Luther
- Part of the Protestant Reformation
- Believes in concept of predestination
- Calvinism is named for him
Who is this list describing?
Queen Elizabeth I of England
King Henry VIII of England
John Calvin
Martin Luther
- Broke England away from the Catholic Church
- Signed the Act of Supremacy + became head of Church of England
- Wanted a divorce from his first wife but the Catholic Church refused
Who is this list describing?
Queen Elizabeth I of England
King Henry VIII of England
John Calvin
Martin Luther
- Ruled as head of Anglican Church (Church of England)
- Protestant but tolerated Catholics in England
- Expanded English power by est. colonies in the Americas (i.e. Jamestown)
- Her navy defeated the Spanish Armada (big surprise)
Who is this list describing?
Queen Elizabeth I of England
King Henry VIII of England
John Calvin
Martin Luther
This was the name of the ruling royal family in the Holy Roman Empire:
Romanovs
Hapsburg
Mongol
Tokugawa
These two individuals were dissenters (spoke against) the Catholic Church in Europe even before the Protestant Reformation began:
John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev
Peter the Great and Catherine the Great
Jan Huss and John Wycliffe
Siddhartha Gautama and Ashoka
People who wanted to help spread Catholicism to new parts of the world (i.e. outside of Europe) were called ___ and were members of the Society of Jesus:
Jesuits
Protestants
Lutherans
Patrons
Who created the moveable-type printing press in Germany?
Wilhelm I
Franz Ferdinand
Mansa Musa
Johannes Gutenberg
Which individual (from Portugal) was known for establishing a school for sailing but did not do much of his own exploring (ironic for a person whose nickname was "the Navigator")?
Ferdinand Magellan
King Henry VIII
Prince Henry
Zheng He
Which person sailed for Portugal and sailed south of Africa to India, establishing the first European sea route from Europe to Asia?
Vasco de Gama
Christopher Columbus
Hernando Cortez
Jacques Cartier
Which person sailed for Spain and accidentally landed in the Caribbean, opening up exchange between the Western/Eastern Hemispheres (he had been trying to sail to Asia)?
Sir Francis Drake
Francisco Pizarro
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Which two individuals are Spanish conquistadors whose arrival in the Americas led to the downfall of the Aztec and Inca Empires?
Sir Francis Drake and Ferdinand Magellan
Hernando Cortez and Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus and Vasco de Gama
Prince Henry and Jacques Cartier
Which two individuals (or their crew) sail around (or circumnavigate) the world?
Vasco de Gama and Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus and Prince Henry
Ferdinand Magellan and Sir Francis Drake
Francisco Pizarro and Hernando Cortez
Which person sailed for France and claimed Canada for France?
Jacques Cartier
Sir Francis Drake
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco de Gama
Which person sailed for England and successfully circumnavigated (sailed around) the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernando Cortez
Christopher Columbus
Sir Francis Drake
- Peninsulares
- Creoles
- Mestizos
The social groupings listed above were part of what class system used in Spanish Latin America?
Mit'a system
Castas system
Mercantilism
Caste system
What was the name for a military leader in Japan?
Secular
Samurai
Shogun
Serf
This person of the Scientific Revolution is known for developing the heliocentric theory (sun is at the center of the universe):
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
This person of the Scientific Revolution is known for helping to prove the heliocentric theory (sun is at the center of the universe) using the telescope:
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
This person of the Scientific Revolution is known for proving that planets orbit the sun in OVAL shapes (ellipses), not in circles:
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
This person of the Scientific Revolution is known for his work with physics, including studying laws of gravity, inertia, motion, etc.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
William Harvey
Isaac Newton
This person of the Scientific Revolution is known for his work studying how blood moves within the body (circulation):
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
William Harvey
Isaac Newton
This person was an absolute monarch in France who was known as the "Sun King" and who built the Palace of Versailles:
Louis XIV (14)
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
Justinian
This person was an absolute monarch in Russia who "Westernized" Russia, fought a war to get Russia access to a warm water port, and built a new capital at St. Petersburg:
Louis XIV (14)
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
Justinian
- King of England at the start of the English Civil War
- His supporters in the English Civil War were called "Cavaliers"
- Killed at the end of the English Civil War
Which person is described by this list?
Charles II
Oliver Cromwell
Charles I
William and Mary
- Comes into power as a dictator basically in England after Charles I's death
- His supporters in the English Civil War were called "Roundheads"
- Used martial law to control people/keep order after the war
Which person is described by this list?
Charles II
Oliver Cromwell
Charles I
William and Mary
- Son of Charles I
- Becomes king after the death of Oliver Cromwell
- Gets along better with Parliament than his father did
Which person is described by this list?
Charles II
Oliver Cromwell
Charles I
William and Mary
- Became king and queen of England after the Glorious Revolution
- Signed the English Bill of Rights
- Ruled as constitutional (not absolute) monarchs
Which person is described by this list?
Charles II
Oliver Cromwell
Charles I
William and Mary
- Wrote Leviathan
- Enlightenment philosopher who supported absolute monarchies
- Felt people were naturally bad and needed harsh laws/punishments to curb their bad nature
Who does this list describe?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
- Wrote Two Treatises on Government
- Believed in natural rights for people ("life, liberty, property")
Felt people were born good and thus could be trusted in gov't
- Supported (limited) democracy
Who does this list describe?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
- Wrote The Spirit of Laws
- Believed in separation of powers between gov't branches (checks and balances)
Who does this list describe?
Voltaire
John Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
- Wrote The Social Contract
- Felt gov't is an agreement between the people and rulers
- Supported democracy
- Believed in majority rule ("general rule")
Who does this list describe?
Voltaire
John Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
- Supported separation of church and state
- Supported right to free speech ("I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to death your right to say it.")
Who does this list describe?
Voltaire
John Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Which person (who wrote the Declaration of Independence) was inspired by the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers like Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Hobbes
Who was king of France when the French Revolution broke out in 1789 CE?
Henry VIII
Peter the Great
Shah Jahan
Louis XVI (16)
This person came to power late in the French Revolution, expanded French control in Europe, and created a law code that was named for him:
Hammurabi
Napoleon
Charles de Gaulle
Justinian
This musical composer wrote BAROQUE music:
Bach
Mozart
Cervantes
Delacroix
This musical composer wrote CLASSICAL music:
Bach
Mozart
Cervantes
Delacroix
This author is a Spanish novelist who wrote Don Quixote, a European novel:
Bach
Mozart
Cervantes
Delacroix
This person is a painter who created works in the style of Romanticism:
Bach
Mozart
Cervantes
Delacroix
This person was the leader of the Haitian Revolution for independence from France:
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Touissant L'Ouverture
Christopher Columbus
This person was the leader of the Latin American revolutions in South America and also tried to create a pan-South American nation in Gran Colombia:
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Touissant L'Ouverture
Francisco Pizarro
This person was the first leader of the Mexican Revolution in the 1810s-1820s:
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Touissant L'Ouverture
Maximilian Robespierre
The ______ Doctrine was signed to prevent European encroachment in the Western Hemisphere after nations had become independent there; it was named for the U.S. president in office when it was written:
Madison
Truman
Roosevelt
Monroe
- Involved in Italian unification
- Unified NORTHERN Italy specifically
The list describes:
Otto von Bismarck
Benito Mussolini
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Count Camilo Cavour
- Involved in Italian unification
- Unified Northern and Southern Italy together
- Leader of the Red Shirts in Italy
The list describes:
Otto von Bismarck
Benito Mussolini
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Count Camilo Cavour
- Involved in German unification
- Helped Germany unify by appealing to nationalistic emotions
- His ideas were described by the term Realpolitik (meaning all means are justified if the ends are accomplished)
- Served in the German government post-unification
The list describes:
Otto von Bismarck
Benito Mussolini
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Count Camilo Cavour
This person created the spinning jenny, used to make fabric/textiles during the Industrial Revolution:
Eli Whitney
James Hargreaves
James Watt
Henry Bessemer
This person created improvements to the steam engine, used to power machinery during the Industrial Revolution:
Eli Whitney
James Hargreaves
James Watt
Henry Bessemer
This person created the cotton gin:
Eli Whitney
James Hargreaves
James Watt
Henry Bessemer
This person created the process for making steel (this process is named for him):
Eli Whitney
James Hargreaves
James Watt
Henry Bessemer
This person is known for developing the smallpox vaccination:
Eli Whitney
James Hargreaves
Louis Pasteur
Edward Jenner
This person is known for studying bacteria and creating the pasteurization process:
Eli Whitney
James Hargreaves
Louis Pasteur
Edward Jenner
- Supporter of capitalism ("father" of capitalism)
- Wrote Wealth of Nations
Who is this list describing?
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
- Supporter of communism ("father" of communism)
- Wrote The Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels
- Created communism as a response to problems he saw with capitalism
Who is this list describing?
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
- U.S. president during World War I
- Created the Fourteen Points, which were added to the Treaty of Versailles
- Wanted to have the U.S. join the League of Nations but couldn't get support from Congress
Who does this list describe?
Nicholas II
Woodrow Wilson
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Franz Ferdinand
- German emperor during World War I
- Declared war on Serbia to support its ally, Austria-Hungary
Who does this list describe?
Nicholas II
Woodrow Wilson
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Franz Ferdinand
- Russian tsar (czar) during World War I
- Overthrown as a result of the Russian Revolution
- Last of the Romanov rulers in Russia
Who does this list describe?
Nicholas II
Woodrow Wilson
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Franz Ferdinand
- Russian tsar (czar) during World War I
- Overthrown as a result of the Russian Revolution
- Last of the Romanov rulers in Russia
Who does this list describe?
Nicholas II
Woodrow Wilson
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Franz Ferdinand
- Leader of the Bolshevik (Communist) revolution in Russia
- First leader of the Soviet Union (communist gov't)
- Put New Economic Policy in place
- Replaced by Joseph Stalin
Who is this list describing?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nicholas II
Peter the Great
Vladimir Lenin
- Leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin
- Used collectivization, Five Year Plans to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union
- Governed as a totalitarian dictator - used Great Purge to eliminate enemies
Who is this list describing?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Joseph Stalin
Peter the Great
Vladimir Lenin
- Leader of Nazi Germany
- Elected to office but ruled as a totalitarian dictator
- Fascist
- Annexed Austria and the Sudetenland (could not be appeased)
Who is this list describing?
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Hirohito and Hideki Tojo
- Leader of Italy during the Interwar Period and World War II
- Fascist dictator
- Wanted to recapture the glory of the Roman Empire
- Conquered Ethiopia in the 1930s
Who is this list describing?
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Hirohito and Hideki Tojo
- Leader(s) of Japan during the Interwar Period/WWII
- One was emperor, one was prime minister/military leader
- Led a military totalitarian dictatorship
Who is this list describing?
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Hirohito and Hideki Tojo
Which two individuals were U.S. presidents during World War II?
Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin
Hirohito and Hideki Tojo
Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman
Which person was NOT a U.S. general during World War II?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Napoleon Bonaparte
George C. Marshall
Which person was the British prime minister during World War II?
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Which two individuals led competing groups (Chinese Nationalists vs. Chinese Communists) during the Chinese Civil War?
Hirohito and Hideki Tojo
Chiang Kai-Shek (Jiang Jieshi) and Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh and Deng Xiaoping
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
Who led the communist forces and communist government in North Vietnam before and during the Vietnam War?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Jomo Kenyatta
- Indian prime minister
- First woman to be prime minister in India
- Developed India's nuclear program
Who is described by the list?
Indira Gandhi
Margaret Thatcher
Mikhail Gorbachev
Deng Xiaoping
- British prime minister
- She was pro-capitalist and wanted more free trade
- Close relationship w/ the U.S.
- Strengthened Great Britain's military power
Who is described by the list?
Indira Gandhi
Margaret Thatcher
Mikhail Gorbachev
Deng Xiaoping
- Last leader of the Soviet Union
- Put perestroika and glasnost reforms into place
Who is described by the list?
Indira Gandhi
Margaret Thatcher
Mikhail Gorbachev
Deng Xiaoping
- Leader in China
- Reformed China's economy to be more capitalist but kept gov't communist
Who is described by the list?
Indira Gandhi
Margaret Thatcher
Mikhail Gorbachev
Deng Xiaoping
This person was a leader in the Indian National Congress and a leader in the independence movement in India; advocated for nonviolent protest (civil disobedience):
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Nelson Mandela
This person was a leader in Kenya's independence movement against Great Britain:
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nelson Mandela
Jomo Kenyatta
This person was involved in the movement to end apartheid in South Africa and later became South Africa's first Black president:
Nelson Mandela
Jomo Kenyatta
Gamal Abdel Nasser
F. W. de Klerk
This person was a prime minister in Israel who sought to strengthen Israel's ties to the United States:
Golda Meir
Catherine the Great
Indira Gandhi
Harry Truman
- President of Egypt
- Nationalized the Suez Canal
- Built the Aswan High Dam
Muhammad Ali
Mohandas Gandhi
Benito Mussolini
Gamal Abdel Nasser
The founder of Christianity is:
Abraham
Moses
Jesus of Nazareth
Muhammad
The final prophet in Islam:
Abraham
Siddhartha Gautama
Jesus of Nazareth
Muhammad
The founder of Buddhism is:
Abraham
Siddhartha Gautama
Jesus of Nazareth
Muhammad
