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Timeline of the 16th Century
How well do you remember historical events from 1501 until 1600?
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Last updated: February 18, 2021
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| First submitted | February 18, 2021 |
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1.
Which Portuguese navigator claimed Brazil for Portugal?
Bartolomeu Dias
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Vasco da Gama
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Diogo Cão
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Pedro Álvares Cabral
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2.
Astrologer, physician and reputed seer Nostradamus was born in 1503. Where was he from?
Greece
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France
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Spain
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Italy
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3.
Who painted "La Gioconda?"
Raphael
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Sandro Botticelli
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Michelangelo
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4.
Who proclaimed the Sun the center of the Solar system in 1512?
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Galileo Galilei
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Johannes Kepler
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Tycho Brahe
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5.
Who wrote "Utopia" and published it in 1516?
Thomas More
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Thomas Becket
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Francis Bacon
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Martin Luther
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6.
Capital of which empire was Tenochtitlan before was conquered by Spain?
Maya
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Inca
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Aztec
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Navajo
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7.
Under which Ottoman ruler did the Empire reached its peak?
Selim I the Strong
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Bayezid II the Saint
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Mustafa I the Mad
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Suleiman I the Magnificent
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8.
Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Giotto
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Donatello
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Michelangelo
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9.
Which explorer is known for defeating the Aztec Empire and taking Mexico in the name of Spain in 1521?
Francisco Pizarro
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Amerigo Vespucci
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John Cabot
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Hernan Cortes
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Who completed the first circumnavigation of the globe in a single expedition after its captain, Ferdinand Magellan, was killed?
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
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Juan Sebastián Elcano
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Hernando de Soto
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Juan Ponce de León
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11.
Where was Ferdinand Magellan killed in a battle in 1521?
Argentina
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Philippines
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New Zealand
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Brazil
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12.
Who won the Battle of Mohács in 1526?
Holy Roman Empire
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Kingdom of Hungary
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Kingdom of Poland
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Ottoman Empire
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13.
Who conquered the Inca Empire in 1532?
Christopher Columbus
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Francisco Pizarro
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Hernan Cortes
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Amerigo Vespucci
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14.
What was the capital of Inca Empire?
Tulum
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Cusco
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Guadalajara
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Macchu Picchu
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15.
How long Queen Elizabeth I held the English throne?
22 years
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44 years
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33 years
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11 years
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16.
What was it that Queen Elizabeth I said she was married to?
Parliament
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France
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Church
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Her country
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17.
What form of fine art is the Elizabethan Era most famous for?
Theatre
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Literature
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Painting
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Ballet
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18.
Who was the first Queen of England to be executed in 1536?
Catherine Howard
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Anne Boleyn
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Catherine of Aragon
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Lady Jane Grey
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19.
Which French explorer claimed Canada for France in 1536?
Samuel de Champlain
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Jacques Marquette
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Jacques Cousteau
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Jacques Cartier
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20.
What was Martin Luther famous for?
Medicine
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Astronomy
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Reformation
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Painting
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21.
Who was the first Tsar of Russia?
Nicholas II
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Feodor I
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Peter the Great
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Ivan the Terrible
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What was Gerardus Mercator famous for?
Music
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Writing
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Carthography
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Philosophy
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23.
Which pope introduced his calendar in 1582 that is being used to present day?
Gregory XIII
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Julius III
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Sixtus V
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Pius IV
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24.
What colony was the first attempt by the English to establish a colony in the Americas in 1585?
Roanoke
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Jamestown
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New Netherland
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Plymouth
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25.
Williams Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" was published in 1597. How that tragedy ends?
They both die
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Juliet dies, Romeo stays alive
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They lived happily ever after
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Romeo dies, Juliet stays alive
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Who was burned at the stake for heresy in Rome for believing that the universe is infinite and that other solar systems exist?
Jean Bodin
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Giordano Bruno
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Antoine Lavoisier
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Michel de Montaigne
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