Important People you need to know for the World History I SOL test. Covers 23 people listed from SOL WHI.6 through SOL WHI.13 There are 23 people (46 slides). First is a description with 3 clues followed by name/picture answer slide for each. When you run it, you see one clue at a time as you advance.

1. World History to 1500 AD:
SOL 6-13 Review
“WHO AM I ?” Game

2. Who am I?
• I am from France.
• I am teenage peasant girl who claimed to
“speak to God”.
• I was a unifying force in war for France but
I was later killed by the English for
“witchcraft”.

3. I am:
Joan of Arc

4. Who am I?
• I was annointed Holy Roman Emperor in
800AD by Pope Leo III.
• I was a Frankish king who used military
power to expand my territory.
• I made new churches, schools and roads
to re-unite Europe and re-interpret Roman
culture.

5. I am:
Charlemagne

6. Who am I?
• I am from France.
• I established the French throne in Paris.
• My dynasty gradually expanded control
over most of France.

7. I am:
Hugh Capet

8. Who am I?
• I lived in Germany and was part of the
Northern European Renaissance.
• I invented the movable type Printing
Press.
• I helped to disseminate ideas by printing
books like the Bible.

9. I am:
Gutenberg

10. Who am I?
• My name was Octavian but I later
changed it to the“Exalted One”.
• I was the first emperor of Rome, after I
defeated Marc Antony.
• I started the 200 year of Roman peace
and prosperity known as the Pax Romana.

11. I am:
Augustus Caesar

12. Who am I?
• I re-conquered former Roman territories.
• I expanded trade for the Byzantine
Empire.
• I codifed Roman law.

13. I am:
Justinian

14. Who am I?
• I am from England.
• I tried to make laws the same for
everyone.
• I am “the second”.

15. I am:
Henry II

16. Who Am I?
• I am an apostle of Jesus.
• I spread the message of Christianity
throughout the Roman Empire.
• I am famous for my many letters written to
new Christian communities in the Bible’s
New Testament.

17. I am:
Paul

18. Who am I?
• I lived during the Roman Empire.
• I am both Son of God and physical
incarnation of God.
• I was called the Messaiah of my religion.

19. I am:
Jesus

20. Who Am I:
• I lived in England.
• In 1215, I signed a document that limited a
King’s Power.
• This document is the Magna Carta.

21. I am:
King John

22. Who is:
• I spoke to Allah.
• I gave the people the Qu’ran (Koran).
• I am considered the last and greatest
prophet if Islam.

23. I am:
Muhammad

24. Who are:
• We are from Spain.
• We are Catholics and wanted to unite
Spain as a Christian Nation.
• We expelled Moors and Jews during the
“Reconquista”.

25. We are:
King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella

26. Who is:
• I am a writer of the Northern European
Renaissance.
• I wrote Utopia, an essay on how a perfect
place with no crime or war.
• I wrote in 1516.

27. I am:
Sir Thomas More

28. Who am I:
• My death caused Islam to split into two
groups.
• The group were Sunnis (righteous person)
and Shia (relative of Muhammad).

29. I am:
Ali

30. Who is:
• I am a writer of the Italian Renaissance.
• I wrote The Prince, an essay on absolute
power of the ruler.
• I said the ends justify the means. “Do
good if possible but evil when necessary”.

31. I am:
Machiavelli

32. Who is:
• I am a writer of the Northern European
Renaissance.
• I wrote In the Praise of Folly, an essay on
how corrupt the church was.
• I wrote in 1511.

33. I am:
Erasmus

34. Who am I:
• I am from England.
• I led the Norman Conquest.
• I united most of England.

35. I am:
William the Conqueror

36. Who am I:
• I am from Russia.
• I am called a tsar (czar) and I centralized
my governmental power.
• I threw off the rule of the Mongols.

37. I am:
Ivan the Great

38. Who am I:
• I am a Christian leader.
• I promised people a place in heaven if
they would fight for the Holy Land,
Jerusalem.
• My speech inspired many Christians to
join the Crusades.

39. I am:
Pope Urban II

40. Who am I:
• I was part of the First triumvirate of Rome.
• I was a military leader who became a
dictator of Rome.
• I was assassinated by members of the
Senate who feared I would end the
Roman Republic.

41. I am:
Julius Caesar

42. Who am I:
• I am writer from the Roman Empire.
• I wrote a story about the Trojan War.
• My work is called the Aeneid.

43. I am:
Virgil

44. Who am I:
• I am a Roman scientist.
• I believed the earth was the center of the
universe (geo-centric theory), which was later
proved wrong.
• .

45. I am:
Ptolemy

46. Who am I:
• I converted to Christianity.
• I legalized Christianity in the Roman
Empire with the Edict of Milan.
• When the Roman empire divided and the
capital was moved to the city of
Byzantium, I re-named it Constantinople.

47. I am:
Constantine