In the 1400s, it was believed that this was the shape of the world.
What is flat?
100
This caused the closing of the Silk Road, stopping trade between Europe and Asia.
What is the Turks capture Constantinople?
100
This Italian set out to look for a western route to Asia and instead led the Europeans to the Americas.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
100
“La Florida” means this in Spanish.
What is flowery?
100
These Spanish monarchs were known for unifying Spain under one government in 1492.
Who are Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon?
200
This mountain range in Asia posed a major challenge for traders of this time.
What are the Himalayas?
200
This invention enabled merchants and explorers to navigate longer distances at a faster speed while carrying more cargo.
What is a caravel?
200
This Italian set out to look for a western route to Asia and instead led the Europeans to the Americas.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
200
Cortes arrived at this city in 1519 after traveling from the tropical coast to the valley of Mexico.
What is Tenochtitlan?
200
This King of England married Catherine of Aragon, his first wife.
Who is Henry VIII?
300
This seasoning was worth more than gold in the 1400s.
What is salt?
300
This navigational tool allowed for longer voyages and more accurate sailing.
What is the compass?
300
The first and last name of the first explorer to realize that he and other explorers had found an unknown continent which later became known as the Americas.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
300
Coronado and several Spaniards, Africans, and Native Americans set out to find this.
What are the Seven Cities of Gold?
300
Since he was not allowed to divorce his Catholic first wife, Henry VIII founded this church, for which he declared himself the head.
What is the Church of England?
400
This “road” enabled Europeans to travel over land to Asian trade cities.
What is the "Silk Road" or "Silk Route"?
400
These mapmakers improved navigation by making more accurate maps.
Who are cartographers?
400
The King of England sent him in 1497 to find great riches in Cathay.
Who was Caboto?
400
Ponce de Leon set out to find Bimini and this other rejuvenating location.
What is the "Fountain of Youth"?
400
These are the two wives who Henry VIII ordered to be beheaded at the Tower of London.
Who are Anne Boleyn and Kathryn Howard?
500
This movement in the arts and architecture, encouraged a new way of thinking about the world, hence giving ground to a rebirth of man.
What is the Renaissance?
500
This instrument improved navigation by helping sailors use the position of the sun or the North Star to find their location.
What is the astrolabe?
500
Balboa was the first Spaniard to arrive at this destination in Central America.
What is the Isthmus of Panama?
500
In 1539 Hernando de Soto explored much of this area in North America.
What is the Southeast?
500
In 1492, Antonio de Nebrija wrote this important document which made Castillian Spanish the official language of Spain.