People From World History

Question 1

aristotle

Answer 1

Philosopher (3)

Question 2

Socrates

Answer 2

Philosopher (1)

Question 3

Sophocles

Answer 3

Playwright- tragedies; Antigone/ oedlipus Rex

Question 4

Alexander the Great

Answer 4

Conquered known world; spread Greek culture

Question 5

Plato

Answer 5

Philosopher (2)

Question 6

Homer

Answer 6

Greatest Greek epic poet- The Iliad & The Odssey

Question 7

Hippocrates

Answer 7

father of medicine

Question 8

Julius Caesar

Answer 8

military general/statesman; assassinated

Question 9

Diocletian

Answer 9

emperor, divides empire; persecutes Christians

Question 10

Theoddosius

Answer 10

emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the empire

Question 11

Augustus Caesar

Answer 11

First roman Emperor, began Pax Romana

Question 12

Constantine

Answer 12

Emperor who moved capital to Constantinople

Question 13

Abraham/Ishmael/Isaac

Answer 13

patriarchs (very important)

Question 14

Caliphs

Answer 14

Religious/ political leaders who came after Muhammad

Question 15

Muhammad

Answer 15

a merchant/ “The Prophet- teachings= Qur’an

Question 16

Charles Martel

Answer 16

“The Hammer”- Battle of Tours- stopped spread of Islam into Europe; Grandfather of Charlemagne

Question 17

Charlemagne

Answer 17

Emperor united/ Christianized W. Europe

Question 18

King Henry IV

Answer 18

excommunicated/ Humbled by Pope Gregory

Question 19

Pope Urban II

Answer 19

called for the first Crusade to win back the Holy Lands from Muslim control

Question 20

Pope Gregory VII

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proved supremacy of the Popes over kings

Question 21

King Edward I

Answer 21

English King who focused on building castles

Question 22

Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 22

Famous artist/ investor (mona Lisa)

Question 23

Raphael

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Painter (school of Athens/ Madonnas)

Question 24

Medici Family

Answer 24

Lorenzo- patrons of Florence- incredible power (even bought the party- Pope Leo X- who Luther challenges)

Question 25

Johannes Gutenberg

Answer 25

Inventor- movable type

Question 26

Michelangelo

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Famous sculptor (David) and painter (Sistine Chapel)

Question 27

Machiavelli

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Author of The Prince - "the end justifies the means"

Question 28

Martin Luther

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German monk- started protest Reformation

Question 29

Copernicus/Kepler/Galileo

Answer 29

heliocentric theory

Question 30

Sir Isaac newton

Answer 30

Laws of universal gravity and motion

Question 31

Portugal

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B. Dias (s. tip of Africa) Vasco de Gama (to Indies)

Question 32

Spain

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C. Columbus (New World by going W.); F. Megellan (First to circumnavigate the globe)

Question 33

John Cabot

Answer 33

Explored and claimed N. America for England

Question 34

Sir Francis Bacon/Rene Descartes

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Scientific Method

Question 35

Prince Henry the navigator

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Portuguese- school for explorers

Question 36

Ferdinand and Isabella

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Spanish monarch - 1492= 2 big ideas

Question 37

Amerigo Vespucci

Answer 37

First to explore/map out coast of new world

Question 38

Hernan Cortes

Answer 38

Conquistador - defeated Aztecs

Question 39

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 39

Conquistador - defeated Incas

Question 40

Montezuma

Answer 40

Last aztec Emperor - Kidnapped

Question 41

Atahulpa

Answer 41

Last Inca Emperor - Ransomed/Forced to convert/Killed

Question 42

philip II

Answer 42

Macedonia conqueror of Greece, father of Alexander the Great