YEARS
This is the year that Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue...and discovered the New World!
What is 1492?
Five (5) Indian tribes joined together in North America to unite for mutual defense. Collectively they were known as this.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
The crusades on the Iberian Peninsula in Spain were an attempt to drive out the moors. It took 800 years, and was known as this.
The Aztecs and the Mayas were ancient civilizations in Mexico. The Incas were an ancient civilization in this country.
What is Peru.
The Three Periods of World History include Ancient History (c 4000 B.C. - 500 A.D.), and the Modern Age (A.D. 1500 - present.) This is the period in-between those?
What is the Middle Ages (A.D. 500 - 1500)
This was the year that Johann Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press.
What is 1440?
He claimed to have made 4 trips to the new world, but it was his letter being put into a mapmaker's book in the early 1500's that gave "America" its name.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The Aztecs of Mexico were defeated by Hernando Cortes. This is what he was after, and what he took back to Spain.
Gold and silver.
When Spain and Portugal disagreed over trade claims, Pope Alexander drew this LINE in the ocean.
What is the Line of Demarcation?
The early Spanish explorers were called this.
What are "Conquistadors."?
This is the year that the fleet of 130 ships and 30,000 men, known as The Spanish Armada, set out to invade England.
What is 1588?
He discovered the Pacific Ocean.
What is Vasco de Balboa?
Juan Ponce de Leon was the conqueror and Governor of Puerto Rico. This was the 1st Spanish landing on a mainland in North America, and THIS is what he named it.
What is "Florida"?
This, the oldest road in the United States, means "The Royal Road." Hint: it starts in Santa Fe....
What is "El Camino Real."?
This is the first European settlement in California, albeit without the awesome zoo.
What is San Diego?
This state was admitted to the Union in 1912, and was the 48th state admitted.
What is Arizona?
Christopher Columbus was a better sailor than he was Governor. He got kicked out of this country and sent back to Spain in chains after his failed time in office.
What is Santa Domingo?
What is the St. Lawrence River?
Robert Cavelier de La Salle claimed this "ENTIRE" valley for France, naming it "Louisiana" after King Louis XIV.
What is the Mississippi Valley?
This is the name given to French Protestants.
What is Huguenots?
This date marks the BEGINNING of the Protestant Reformation.
What is 1517?
To this leader, his fleet was an "Invincible Armada". Unfortunately that would only be in name, as they were defeated by England.
Who is Phillip II?
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet were a missionary and a fur trader, respectively. They travelled down this river in the Midwest on an expedition.
What is the Mississippi?
Although the French didn't settle permanently, they left a rich heritage that can be seen today in ONE of these two North American Cities.
What is New Orleans or Quebec?
"New France" remained sparsely populated for 4 reasons. Two were: large amount of males never established permanent homes, and lack of economic freedom. These were the other two (MUST NAME BOTH REASONS."
What is that they Lacked Political Freedom and Lacked Religious Freedom?