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Period 2 - Huss - People Part 2

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bartolomeu Dias

a)

Founder of Indian Nationalism

b)

Portuguese marina, first to navigate around the southern tip of Africa

c)

Responsible for the Age of Exploration

d)

Minister of the Cape Colony in South Africa

2.

Vasco de Gama

a)

Invented the printing press

b)

"Discovered" North America

c)

Portuguese explorer who found an alternative route to Asia

d)

Said that planets were made of material substance, not just light

3.

Christopher Columbus

a)

"Discovered" North America

b)

Discovered that planets rotate in oval shape

c)

Renaissance writer, wrote plays

d)

Portuguese mariner, first to navigate around the southern tip of Africa

4.

John Cabot

a)

Protestant queen, sister of Mary, restored England's protestantism

b)

Led the fight against the Boers

c)

Scottish philosopher, considered father of modern economics

d)

Italian navigator who led the earliest known European exploration of North America

5.

Johannes Gutenberg

a)

Created the scientific method

b)

created calculus, "I think therefore I am"

c)

Invented the printing press

d)

Created Social Contract theory, wrote Levithian

6.

William Shakespeare

a)

Renaissance writer, wrote plays

b)

Invented the printing press

c)

Founder of Indian Nationalism

d)

"Discovered" North America

7.

Galileo Galilei

a)

Ruler of England, patronized the arts, harsh ruler, lost English Civil War

b)

Improved the telescope, said planets were made of material substance, not just orbs of light

c)

Scottish philosopher, considered father of modern economics

d)

Renaissance writer, wrote plays

8.

William Harvey

a)

Social Contract and natural rights, in favor of constitutional monarchies

b)

Lord protector of England, harsh

c)

Minister of the Cape Colony in South Africa

d)

Discovered that the heart was what made the body function and that it pumped blood through the body

9.

Elizabeth I

a)

Protestant queen, sister of Mary, restored England's protestantism

b)

Christian Ethiopian ruler, modernized infrastructure and schools, fought off Italian invaders

c)

Wife of Justinian, made key decisions that kept Justinian in rule

d)

Albanian Muslim who re-established Egypt

10.

Cecil Rhodes

a)

Minister of the Cape Colony in South Africa

b)

Founder of the Sokoto Caliphate in Nigeria

c)

Drove English out of Sudav, formed new Muslim state

d)

English king, started Stuart Dynasty

11.

Menelik II

a)

Scottish philosopher, considered father of modern economics

b)

formed Young Italy, secret revolutionary, wanted to unify Italy

c)

Led the fight against the Boers

d)

Christian Ethiopian ruler, modernized infrastructure and schools, fought off Italian invaders

12.

Samori Toure

a)

Lord Protector of England, harsh

b)

Organized one of the longest lasting resistance against the French in Africa

c)

Drove English out of Sudav, formed new Muslim state

d)

Justinian code, laws and regulations, emperor of Byzantine Emperor

13.

Shaka Zulu

a)

Built Versailles, didn't treat subjects well

b)

Created Lutheran religion, wrote 95 Theses

c)

Led the fight against the Boers

d)

Leader in France during French Revolution, became emperor of France

14.

Ram Mohun Roy

a)

Founder of Indian Nationalism

b)

Emperor of Ethiopia, modernized Ethiopia

c)

Founder of the Sokoto Caliphate in Nigeria

d)

Scottish philosopher, considered father of modern economics

15.

Giuseppe Mazzini

a)

Formed Young Italy, a secret revolutionary in an attempt to unify Italy

b)

"Discovered" North America

c)

Renaissance writer, wrote the plays

d)

Invented the printing press

16.

Charles I

a)

Minister of the Cape Colony in South Africa

b)

Formed Young Italy, a secret revolutionary in an attempt to unify Italy

c)

Scottish philosopher, considered father of modern economics

d)

Ruler of England, patronized the arts, harsh ruler, lost English Civil War, beheaded

17.

Adam Smith

a)

Scottish philosopher, considered father of modern economics

b)

Founder of Indian Nationalism

c)

Member of main family of the Italian Renaissance, patrons of the arts

d)

Portuguese explorer who found an alternative route to Asia

18.

Thomas Hobbes

a)

Led the fight against the Boers

b)

Created social contract theory

c)

Calculated orbit of planets around the sun, discovered that planets orbit in oval shape

d)

Responsible for the Age of Exploration

19.

Baron de Montesquieu

a)

Minister of Austria who created the Metternich System

b)

AKA Emperor Meiji, transformed Japan after shogun rule

c)

French philosopher, came up with the separation of powers

d)

Created Scientific Method

20.

Rene Descartes

a)

Created calculus, "I think therefore I am"

b)

"Protector of the Catholic Church," married to Mary Tudor, destroyed Spanish Armada

c)

Minister of the Cape Colony in South Africa

d)

Created Social Contract theory, wrote Levithian

21.

Francis Bacon

a)

Portuguese explorer who found an alternative route to Asia

b)

Built Versailles, didn't treat his subjects well

c)

Founder of Indian Nationalism

d)

Scientific Method

22.

Martin Luther

a)

Renaissance writer, wrote the plays

b)

Created calculus, "I think therefore I am"

c)

Formed Young Italy, a secret revolutionary, attempted to unify Italy

d)

Created Lutheranism, wrote 95 theses

23.

Louis XIV

a)

Albanian Muslim soldier who re-established Egypt

b)

Built Versailles, didn't treat his people well

c)

Leader in France during French Revolution

d)

French politician (Frankish) who re-established authority in France

24.

Napoleon Bonaparte

a)

Created the Scientific Method

b)

Lord Protector of England

c)

AKA Emperor Meiji, transformed Japan after shogun rule

d)

Leader in France during french Revolution, briefly became emperor of France