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| 177244542 | Michelangelo | Painter, a sculptor, architect, and poet; painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, sculptures of David, Moses and Pieta; designed the Dome of St. Peter's Cathedral | 0 | |
| 177244543 | Erasmus | Father of the Renaissance. He believed the first two centuries of the Roman Empire to represent the peak in the development of human civilization. | 1 | |
| 177244544 | Dante | An Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice. | 2 | |
| 177244545 | Martin Luther | A German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Church. He wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices. | 3 | |
| 177244546 | John Calvin | French humanist whose theological writings profoundly influenced religious thoughts of Europeans. Developed Calvinism at Geneva. Wrote Institutes of Christian Religion | 4 | |
| 177244547 | Henry VII | The first Tudor king that worked to establish a strong monarchical government and ended the private wars of nobles in England. | 5 | |
| 177244548 | Elizabeth I | Chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England | 6 | |
| 177244549 | Zheng He | An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa. | 7 | |
| 177244550 | Vasco da Gama | Portuguese explorer. He led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route. | 8 | |
| 177244551 | Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China. | 9 | |
| 177244552 | Petrarch | Dutch Humanist and friend of Sir Thomas More. Perhaps the most intellectual man in Europe and widely respected. Believed the problems in the Catholic Church could be fixed; did not suport the idea of a Reformation. Wrote Praise of Folly. | 10 |
