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World History Made Simple - 16th Century

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Introduction:
"The 16th Century dawned with Da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa in 1503 as the Age of Exploration and the Renaissance continued in full force."


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


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