Who's that?
This French man explored the Mississippi to find a northwest passage.
Who is Louis Joliet?
This region of the world was a source of valuable spices.
What is Asia/"Indies"?
The land Columbus reached in 1492, he named this.
What is San Salvador?
This is the name of believers who broke away from the Catholic Church.
Who are Protestants?
This new navigational tool helped make sea exploration possible.
What is an astrolabe?
This German monk famously nailed his complaints against Catholocism to the door of his church.
Who is Martin Luther?
This European group established more diplomatic ties with Native American groups in order to better facilitate trade.
Who are the French?
This hoped-for water route was sought after by the French, English, and Dutch to no avail.
What is a northwest passage?
The religious reaction against the authority of the Catholic Church is known as this.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
Someone born of both Spanish and Native American heritage.
Who are mestizos?
This man sailed for the Spanish throne in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This was the labor source of Spain's New World colonies, and as a result, formed an essential part of the economy.
Who are slaves?
He didn't find a northwest passage, but he did discover a river and bay named in his honor.
Who is Henry Hudson?
This invention revolutionized people's access to the Bible and ideas in general.
What is the printing press?
This was the name for Spanish plantations.
What are encomiendas?
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This European group was the first to explore and colonize the western coast of Africa.
What is Portugal?
What is Mexico?
This fleet was created and designed to destroy Elizabeth I's Protestant England.
What is the Spanish Armada?
This was a new type of Christianity prompted by the Reformation.
What is Protestanism?
This Spanish explorer traveled the mainland of North America looking for the fountain of youth.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
European explorers were seeking faster and cheaper routes to Asia & Africa in order to break this European city's monopoly.
What is Venice?
The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases across this ocean is known as the Columbian Exchange.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Portugal invented this technology which lessened the length of time it took to travel by ship.
What are caravels?
This was the name of a colonial royal governor in New Spain.
What is a viceroy?