A World of Empires
Spanish adventurers who sailed to South America
What are conquistadors?
Name by which the Netherlands is also commonly known
What is Holland?
A group of Christians who wanted to remove all Catholic influences from the Anglican church
Who are the Puritans?
What is Canada?
Japanese knights who fought for the noblemen
Who are samurai?
The land Christopher Columbus was looking for when he sailed west from Europe
What is India?
Built by the people of the Netherlands to keep the sea away from their land
What are dikes?
This man married Pocahontas
Who is John Rolfe?
Champlain founded a city that is known today as this
What is Quebec?
Warlike noblemen who ruled sections of Japan
Who are daimyo?
Special contracts issued by the king of Spain that gave adventurers permission to sail to South America and take all its gold
What are encomiendas?
This woman was sent to France as a young girl because her mother was afraid the Protestant Lords would try to make her a Protestant
Who is Mary, Queen of Scots?
A Catholic who tried to blow up the Parliament building
A legendary sea route from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans
What is the Northwest Passage?
Ieyasu made this the capital of Japan
What is Edo?
The king of Spain in the year 1600
Who is Philip II?
This man grew up in Germany and was taught to be a good Protestant
Who is William the Silent?
King James was known as James VI in this _________, and James I in __________
What are Scotland and England?
This man, for whom a bay is named, was left in a lifeboat when his men returned to England without him
Who is Henry Hudson?
He forced his enemies to take oaths of loyalty to him or surrender their swords
Who is Hideyoshi?
Charles, who by the age of nineteen had inherited the thrones of the Netherlands, Spain, and Germany, wanted this title
What is Holy Roman Emperor?
This man arrived in the Netherlands and beheaded two leaders and killed many Protestants
Who is the Duke of Alba?
The three ships that sailed to Jamestown
What are the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery?
This man hired Samuel Champlain to search for the legendary sea route from the Atlantic to Pacific
Who is Henry IV?
He tried to unify Japan by killing anyone who opposed him
Who is Nobunaga?