Who was the German priest who started the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
Muslim house of worship
Mosque
To sail around the world!
Circumnavigate
technology
Exchange of goods from among the continents
Explorer sent to the Americas from Spain.
Conquistador
A more direct water route through the Americas to Asia.
Northwest Passage
A religious community that has a town, farmland, and a church.
Mission
A large estate or farm.
French fur trappers or "runners of the woods."
Coureurs de Bois
The French explorer who set up a fort in Quebec.
Samuel de Champlain
Narrow sea passage.
Age of classical Greek and Roman learning.
Renaissance
The economic theory that a nation's power is based on its wealth.
Mercantilism
A Spanish fort built in the Americas was called a...
In 1296 he wrote a book called TRAVELS that tells of his trip to Asia.
Marco Polo
When Columbus showed up in the Caribbean what did he call the local people?
Indians
Guns, cannons, huge horses, and ferocious dogs are all examples of ...
Reasons the Spanish were successful in conquering the Native Americans (Aztec, Incas, etc.)
A small fast ship (three sails, Portuguese)
Even though Columbus was Italian, who financed is voyages?
Queen Isabella of Spain
Who sailed into and named the Pacific Ocean?
Ferdinand Magellan
What was traded by Muslims in Africa?
Cloth, copper, salt
Juan Ponce de Leon came to America in search of...
The Fountain of Youth
Science, sculpture, art, etc.
What was an invention used in the 1400s?
Magnetic Compass
Astrolabe
Caravel
He was the Aztec emperor who was conquered by Cortez and later killed.
Montezuma
Who do we believe was the FIRST person to land on North America?
Leif Erikson
He was the Spanish priest who helped free Native Americans out of slavery.
Bartolome de Las Casas
Means money paid for protection. (Aztecs forced their neighbors to do this.)
tribute
He left the Catholic Church and started the Church of England.
Henry VIII (8th)