Kings
First Great King of England
Alfred
Name the great Danish ruler of England who also ruled Denmark and Norway?
Canute
I discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
Frenchman Jacques Cartier discovered what river?
The St. Lawrence River
Protestant Leader in the Swiss city of Zurich
Ulrich Zwingli
Which was NOT a victory for English in the Hundred Years' war?
Crecy; Hastings; Poitiers; Agincourt
Hastings
King of England who called the Model Parliament
Edward I
What year did William the Conqueror defeat Harold Godwin of England?
1066
I crossed the isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean.
Vasco de Balboa
What Civilization in Mexico was conquered by Hernando Cortes?
Aztec
Important Christian work, Institutes of the Christian Religion was written by ___?
John Calvin
First printed English translation of the New Testament was done by ??
William Tyndale
First king of Portugal?
Henriques
First Great King of France
Hugh Capet
I was an Italian who explored for England
John Cabot
What people group built the first great civilization in the Western Hemisphere?
Maya
Name the scholar of the Northern Renaissance that published the first printed edition of the Greek New Testament.
Desiderius Erasmus
Which new world civilization was MOST powerful at the beginning of the Age of Exploration?
Arawak
Became King of England after winning the Battle of Bosworth Field
Henry Tudor (VII)
King known for his "Charter of Liberties"
Henry I
His crew circumnavigated the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
What country did Pero Cabral discover and claim for Portugal?
Brazil
The protestant reformer most known for his work in Geneva?
John Calvin
El Cid was a national hero in __?
Spain
King known for his Charter of Liberties
Henry I
Translated the Vulgate into French
Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples
I sailed to the Cape of Good Hope
Bartolomeu Dias
What date did Columbus finally reach land?
October 12, 1492
Name of Martin Luther's wife?
Katharina von Bora
What battle ended the Wars of the Roses? What two houses of England was the Wars of the Roses between?
Battle of Bosworth Field;
Lancaster and York