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She ruled England during the Golden Age, a time of peace and prosperity.
a) Elizabeth
b) Isabella
c) Mary
d) Joan

He wrote out 95 complaints about the church and posted them to their front door starting the Reformation
a) Martin Luther
b) John Calvin
c) Buonarroti
d) Magellan

She is considered a heroine in France for her role in the Hundred Years War.
a) Joan of Arc
b) Isabella
c) Elizabeth
d)

She is known for persecution of the Reformers in her attempt to reverse the English Reformation.
a) Mary
b) Joan of Arc
c) Isabella
d)

He invented the printing press, which ultimately began the Protestant Reformation
a) Gutenberg
b) Martin Luther
c) John Calvin
d) Nicolaus Copernicus

He confirmed the Heliocentric Theory, that the planets revolve around the sun.
a) Galielo
b) Copernicus
c) Newton
d) Kepler

He is best known for creating the three laws of planetary motion.
a) Kepler
b) Newton
c) Copernicus
d) Galileo

She, with her husband, started the Spanish Inquisition, the persecution of protestants. She also funded Columbus' voyage.
a) Isabella
b) Elizabeth
c) Joan of Arc
d)

He came up with the Heliocentric theory, that the planets revolve around the sun.
a) Copernicus
b) Galileo
c) Kepler
d) Newton

He was a part of the scientific revolution and created the three laws of gravity.
a) Newton
b) Kepler
c) Galielo
d) Copernicus

He was a Spanish explorer that conquered the Inca.
a) Pizarro
b) Cortes
c) Magellan
d) Montezuma

He was the leader of the Aztecs that was tricked by a Spanish explorer, thinking the explorer was an Aztec god.
a) Montezuma
b) Atahualpa
c) Cortes
d) Pizarro

He was a Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs.
a) Cortes
b) Pizarro
c) Columbus
d) da Gama

He painted the Mona Lisa and was a great inventor
a) da Vinci
b) Raphael
c) Michelangelo
d) Donatello

He painted the Sistine Chapel.
a) Michelangelo
b) da Vinci
c) Raphael
d) Donatello

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world, sadly he died along the way.
a) Magellan
b) da Gama
c) Newton
d) da Vinci

He was a Portuguese sailor who was first to reach India by sea.
a) da Gama
b) Magellean
c) Columbus
d) Newton

He was an English writer and probably the world's most renown playwright.
a) Shakespeare
b) Henry Hudson
c) JK Rowling
d) John Calvin

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