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1. 1.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. ______________________ invented the printing press.
   2. ______________________ is called the 'Father of humanism'.
   3. ______________________ discovered Guiana.
   4. The ______________________ of the 16th century is one of the greatest events in the history of the world.
   5. In 1521, Luther was summoned before the ___________________________ and was excommunicated.
   6. The Industrial Revolution transformed the agriculture-based economy into the _______________________ economy.
   7. The term 'Industrial Revolution' was firstly popularised by ______________________________, a British economic historian.
   8. The ____________________________ invented by James Watt rapidly improved the transportation system.
   9. Maldives was a British protectorate from _______________ to ________________.
2. 2.

   Name the following.

   1. The Last Supper is a late 15th-century painting by the Italian painter.          ____________________________________
   2. It was a cultural movement that began in Florence in the late Middle Ages. ____________________________________
   3. His famous work was Paradise Lost. ______________________________
   4. He was a Spanish explorer and conqueror of Central America and Peru. _________________________________
   5. He was one of the greatest leaders of the Reformation. _______________________________
   6. It was first controlled by the Portuguese and later Dutch, which toook it over in 1658. _______________________________
3. 3.

   Name any five important scholars and their major works of the Renaissance.

4. 4.

   Who were the people responsible for spreading the Protestant Reformation movement in Switzerland, France and England?

5. 5.

   Mention any two reforms of the Council of Trent.

6. 6.

   What do you understand by the term 'Industrial Revolution'?