"Who Am I"

Question 1

As Buddha, I taught anout the Four Noble Turths and the Eightfold Path to teach Nirvana

Answer 1

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 2

I was the Muslim King of Mali. I made a pilgrimage to Mecca and made Timbuktu a center of Islamic learning. My kingdom because rich from the gold-salt trade

Answer 2

Mansa Musa

Question 3

As a Chinese philosopher, I believed in the Five Relationships and filial piety

Answer 3

Confucious

Question 4

I was a Venetian trader who traveled extensively in Asia and wrote a book of my travels.

Answer 4

Marco Polo

Question 5

I was a Chinese mariner, explorer, and admiral who voyaged with my trasured fleets

Answer 5

Zheng He

Question 6

I was the founder of the Mughal Empire, which became the largest Empire in the world.

Answer 6

Genghis Khan

Question 7

I was an Islamic scholar who traveled throughout the world and recorded my travels

Answer 7

Ibn Battuta

Question 8

I was the emperor of the Qin dynasty who united, unified, and standardized China for the first time.

Answer 8

Shi Huangdi

Question 9

I was the Shogun of Japan who brought peace and stability to Japan, but also isolation

Answer 9

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Question 10

I am the Spanish conquistador responsible for the ultimate defeat of the defeat fo the Aztec Empire

Answer 10

Hernan Cortez

Question 11

I was the greatest ruler of the Maurya Empire of India. THough a great military leader, i covnerted to Buddhism after a battle and promoted tolerance with my Rock Pillar Edicts

Answer 11

Asoka

Question 12

I was the most renowned and popular of the Mughal Rulers for my Religious Tolerance

Answer 12

Akbar the Great

Question 13

I was a Babylonian King who cared the 282 laws (“eye for an eye”) into pillars for all to see

Answer 13

Hammurabi

Question 14

I was a Prophet who recieved the word of God from the angel Gabriel near Mecca. I established the Islamic religion based on these revalations (the Koran).

Answer 14

Prophet Muhammed

Question 15

I was a Macedonian general, tutored by Aristotle, who defeated the Persians and conquered the greatest empire in the Ancient World. I spread Hellenistic culture.

Answer 15

Alexander the Great

Question 16

I was a German monk who was upset with the sale of indulgences who posted the 95 Theses

Answer 16

Martin Luther

Question 17

My moveable printing press made books easier to produce and sell in 1493

Answer 17

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 18

I painted the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, and created many inventions

Answer 18

Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 19

I led the French to victory during the 100 years War, but was burned at the stake

Answer 19

Joan of Arc

Question 20

In 1096 AD I called for a Holy war to recapture Jerusalem in the name of Christianity

Answer 20

Pope Urban II

Question 21

I was famous for constructing the Parthenon and promoting democracy in Athens

Answer 21

Pericles

Question 22

I was a popular Roman general and politician, but the Senate killed me in 44BC

Answer 22

Julius Caesar

Question 23

I was a philosopher of Ancient Greece known for my method of asking questions and my most famous student was Plato, who recorded many of my teachings in the “Dialogues.”

Answer 23

Socrates

Question 24

I was the Absolute Monarch of Spain who launched and lsot the Spanish Armada in 1588

Answer 24

Philip II

Question 25

I was a philosopher famous for my ideads regarding freedom of speech and religion

Answer 25

Voltaire

Question 26

I was a shrewd renaissance politician who believed "the ends justify the means."

Answer 26

Niccolo Macchiavelli

Question 27

For a divorce, I had Parliament pass the Act of Supremacy to create the Anglican Church

Answer 27

Henry VIII

Question 28

During the Protestant Reformation, I believed in predetermination and hard work.

Answer 28

John Calvin

Question 29

Eureka! My engineerign skills in Ancient Greece gave the world the lever and pulley, the laws of buoancy, a mechanism for raising water through a tube, and even a death ray

Answer 29

Archimedes

Question 30

I opened my window to Europe at St. Petersburg to modernize/westernize Russia

Answer 30

Peter the Great

Question 31

I believed in natural law and natural rights such as life, liberty, and property

Answer 31

John Locke

Question 32

I was a Polish astronomer that first developed the Heliocentric THeory in the 16th century

Answer 32

Nicolas Copernicus

Question 33

As Emperor of Rome, I began a 100-year period of prosperity known as the Pax Romana

Answer 33

Augustus Caesar

Question 34

As the "Sun King" I built the Palace of Versailles in Frnace to control the nobility

Answer 34

Louis XIV

Question 35

I was crowned as the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800AD by the Pope in the Middle Ages

Answer 35

Charlemagne

Question 36

I was a protestant Queen of England who defeated Spain in 1588 and had strong leadership

Answer 36

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 37

As the favorite of the Medici Family and several Popes, my art is often considered among the greatest ever created, especially the Pieta statue and the Sitince Chapel paintings

Answer 37

Michaelangelo

Question 38

I modernized/westernized, obtained warm-water ports and founded a school for women

Answer 38

Catherine the great

Question 39

I was the "Lawgiver: of the Ottoman empire, which reached its zenith under my rule

Answer 39

Suleiman the Magnificent

Question 40

I was the founder of Daoism in China during the Warring States period

Answer 40

Lao Tzu

Question 41

I was a major figure for early medicine in Ancient greece

Answer 41

Hippocrates

Question 42

I was a persian king who attempted to conquer the Greeks, but lost at Marathon

Answer 42

Darius I

Question 43

I was a Carthaginian general and a major nemesis of the early Roman Empire

Answer 43

Hannibal

Question 44

I was the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity

Answer 44

Constantine

Question 45

I was the most famous Byzantine Emperor who codified much of old Roman Law

Answer 45

Justinian I

Question 46

I was the grandson of Genghis Khan who became and emperor of Yuan dynasty china

Answer 46

Kublai Khan

Question 47

I was a famous renaissance artist who painted "the school of athens"

Answer 47

Raphael

Question 48

I was the Danish Reniassance scientist who discovered taht orbits are actually elliptical

Answer 48

Johannes Kepler

Question 49

I was a English Renaissance playwright who created many famous plays and sonnets

Answer 49

Shakespeare

Question 50

I was a Renaissance scientist who used a telescope to prove the Heliocentric Theory

Answer 50

Galileo Galilei

Question 51

I was a mathematician and scientist who advanced calculus, physics, and gravity

Answer 51

Sir Isacc Newton

Question 52

I was an enlightenment thinker who believed in majority rule

Answer 52

Jean-Jacques Rosseau

Question 53

I was an Enlightenment thinker who believed in the separation of powers of government

Answer 53

Baron de Montesquieu

Question 54

I was an Enlightenment thinker who believed in equality and education for women

Answer 54

Mary Wollstonecraft

Question 55

I was a Renaissance scientist and writer who advocated for the Scientific Method

Answer 55

Sir Francis Bacon