The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Conquered the Aztecs
Who is Cortes?
Fighting over who should be the French king and who controlled land in France led to this
What is the Hundred Years War?
Hero of the Reconquista
Who is El Cid?
Code of conduct for European knights
What is chivalry?
Year the Magna Carta was signed
What is 1215?
Conquered the Incas
Who is Pizarro?
Reasons people were discontent with the Roman Church in the 1300's
Any of the answers below accepted: Inquisition, indulgences, false teaching like transubstantiation, services in Latin, etc.
Painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Who is Michelangelo?
Reason people in the 800's & 900's built castles and fled to living on manors with knights protecting them
What is Viking invasion?
Legendary hero of Sherwood Forest who stole from the rich to give to the poor
Who is Robin Hood?
Date Columbus landed in the New World
What is October 12, 1492?
People in South America (like Simon Bolivar) who wanted more say in the government, but weren't given it by the Spanish government because they were not "Peninsulares"
Who are Creoles?
Heroine and Martyr of the Hundred Years War for the French
Who is Joan of Arc?
What is lack of education and written records?
King who established trial by jury and due process with circuit judges in England
Who is Henry II?
Circumnavigated the globe (at least some of his crew did)
Who is Magellan?
Rallying cry of the 13 colonies against the British government
What is "No Taxation without Representation"?
The ultimate "Renaissance Man" - interested in science, art, music, engineering, etc. Painter of the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Leader of the Franks who built an empire, encouraged education, and was crowned "Roman Emperor" symbolically by the pope
Who is Charlemagne?
What is the power of the purse (power over taxation)?
Friar who sought to help the Native Americans and protested the abuses by the conquistadors
Who is Las Casas?
Reason the French began exploring Canada, especially the St. Lawrence river and Hudson Bay
What is in search of the North West passage (a water route to Asia by sailing North)?
Crusading English King, beloved but only spent 6 months of his 10 year reign in the country
Who is Richard the Lionhearted?
Way of life during the Middle Ages when land was the primary source of wealth/power
What is feudalism?
England's government today
What is a Constitutional Monarchy? (Or rule by Parliament and Prime Minister with ceremonial monarch)