1. In 1517 Martin Luther nailed "The 95 Theses" on the door of the main church in a German university city. Which? Munich Erfurt Mecklenberg Wittenberg

2. Suleiman I became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in 1520. By what moniker was he also known? The Great The Terrible The Merciless The Magnificent

3. Which Portuguese explorer was killed in battle in the Philippines while leading an expedition to circumnavigate the world in 1521? Magellan da Gama Balboa Henry

4. Who began his conquest of the Incas in 1531? Cortes Pizarro da Gama Rios

5. Which European's controversial 1543 publication sought to prove that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system? Galileo Ptolemy Copernicus Newton

6. Which queen was crowned in 1558 and gave her name to an Age? Victoria Elizabeth Mary Anne

7. Which Renaissance man and creator of the Pieta and David died in 1567 at the age of 89? da Vinci Michelangelo Raphael Botticelli

8. Which Russian ruler, who was the first to be crowned czar, died in 1584? Peter Ivan Nicholas Boris

9. Who financed the Roanoke settlement in the New World in 1587? King Philip of Spain Queen Mary John Smith Walter Raleigh

10. What country's great naval fleet was defeated in July of 1588? Norway England Spain Portugal