The 1500s Quiz

1) Martin Luther protests against the Catholic Church, sparking this religious movement

1517

2) Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes defeats King Montezuma and the collapse of this empire

1521

3) Francisco Pizarro defeats this Peruvian empire and founds the city of Lima

1532-1572

4) This astronomer publishes his theory that Earth orbits the Sun

1543-1687

5) This Portuguese explorers team is the first to circumnavigate the globe

1519-1522

6) Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral claims this country for Portugal

1500

7) This famous explorer is arrested and deported from Santo Domingo back to Spain, only to have the charges dismissed in December

Oct 1500

8) Portuguese explorer Joao Da Nova discovers this remote Atlantic island

1502

9) The famous David sculpture by this painter is unveiled in Florence

1504

10) This famous playwright is born in Stratford upon Avon

1564-1616

11) German locksmith Peter Henlein invents a portable version of this timekeeping device

1506-10

12) Spains' King Philip II sends a massive fleet to England to restore Catholicism, known as this event

1588

13) This Italian explorer maps 2 stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri

1502

14) This Brazilian megacity is founded by the team of Portuguese explorer Gonçalo Coelho

1502

15) This famous Dutch humanist publishes In Praise of Folly

1509

16) This family dynasty ruled England when the houses of Lancaster and York were united

1500s

17) This Ottoman ruler expands the empire into the Middle East and Africa

1520-1566

18) This Florida city is established by the Spanish as a permanent settlement in America

1565

19) This king severs ties with the pope and establishes the English Anglican Church

1534

20) This English explorer completes the 2nd circumnavigation of the world

1577-1580

21) This Flemish geographer creates the famous map projection that bears his name

1569

22) #9 paints the famous Last Judgement in this Vatican church

1536-1541

23) This explorer founds the first English colony in present day North Carolina

1587

24) This meeting is held to refine Catholic doctrine in response to the spread of Protestantism

1545-1563

25) This English queen, the 2nd wife of Henry VIII, is executed for treason at the Tower of London

1533-1536