abeka history quiz 28

Marco Polo

First European (Italian) explorer to travel all the way across Asia

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian artist who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Super

Benito Mussolini

Italian dictator and the leader of the fascists

Michelangelo

Italian sculptor (artist) who sculpted David and Moses

Huguenots

John Calvin's followers

Portugal

Lisbon

Fascim

a form of government that lets people keep their private property but takes away their freedom

Galileo

a great Italian scientist

Pisa

city which is famous for its learning tower

Madam Curie (Maria)

discovered radium

Mont Blanc

highest peak in France and in the Alps

John Calvin

influential protestant leader

Mt. Vesuvius

mainland Europe's only active volcano

Lous Pasteur

scientist that taught the world to protect against germs

Joan of Arc

young peasant girl who led the French army to victory, but was later captured and burned at the stake