Explorers
Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire
Who is Hernán Cortés
a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages.
What was the Renaissance
Sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyages
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella
a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s.
What was the Protestant Reformation
Venetian merchant and adventurer who traveled from Europe to Asia in 1271–95
Who is Marco Polo
He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
Who is Hernando de Soto
one having Spanish and indigenous descent
Who are Mestizos
A German given much credit for innovations regarding the printing press
Who is Johannes Gutenberg
a Spanish labor system that rewarded conquerors with the labor of particular groups of conquered non-Christian people
What was encomienda
a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s
What is the Black Death
In pursuit of a rumored fountain of youth located on an island known as Bimini, Ponce de León led an expedition to the coast of what is now Florida
Who is Juan Ponce de León
sail or travel all the way around
What is circumnavigate
He was a German monk who is given credit for starting Protestant Reformation in the 16th century
Who is Martin Luther
were the knights, soldiers and explorers of the Spanish and the Portuguese Empires. During the Age of Discovery
Who were the conquistador
A state that controlled much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.
What was the Ottoman Empire
Led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, also known for the Conquest of Peru
Who is Francisco Pizarro
The second leg of the triangular trade
What is the Middle Passage
He appointed himself Supreme Head of the Church of England
Who is King Henry VIII
A social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property.
What is Patriarchy
Centered in the tropical lowlands of what is now Guatemala, they excelled at agriculture, pottery, hieroglyph writing, calendar-making and mathematics, and left behind an astonishing amount of impressive architecture and symbolic artwork.
Who were the Mayans
He is thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental North America
Who is Leif Erikson
signed in Spain on 7 June 1494, and authenticated in Portugal, divided the newly-discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire,
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas,
Congregations of these religious men and women are numerous all over the Roman Catholic world, and they are the largest religious order in the Roman Catholic Church.
Who are Franciscans
A historical thinking skill that involves the ability to connect historical events and processes to specific circumstances of time and place as well as broader regional, national, or global processes
What is contextualization
Some believe him to be the wealthiest person in history
Who is Mansa Musa