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World History Made Simple - 16th Century

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World History Made Simple  16th Century game quiz
"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."

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


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


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


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


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
    Anne
    Mary
    Elizabeth


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


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


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


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

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