Columbus
Columbus came to the new world on three ships. What were their names?
The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
The Line of Demarcation.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
A religious movement to reform the Catholic Church.
Which continent did Explorers go to in order to find a Northwest Passage?
North America.
Where did Columbus think he was when he made it to the new world?
Asia.
What treaty moved the Line of Demarcation?
Treaty of Tordesillas.
The Protestants were people who supported all of the practices of the Catholic Church. (True or False)
False.
What Happened to the people at Roanoke?
No one knows.
An example of a plant that Columbus found in America that did not exist in Europe before 1492 is potatoes. (True or False)
True
What was a Spanish Armada?
A fleet of warships meant to defeat England.
Who started the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther.
What caused 95% of natives in the new world to die?
Disease.
What are three examples of plants from the Americas that were not known to Europe, Africa, or Asia prior to Columbus’ Journeys?
Corn, Squash, Cocoa, Tobacco, and Potatoes.
Which was the first nation to search for a Northwest Passage?
England.
The Protestant Reformation began in what country?
Germany.
North Carolina.
Columbus knew that the world was _________ instead of _________.
Round instead of Flat.
Why did England want to establish a permanent settlement in the Americas? Which individual established the first settlement?
To give England a permanent claim to North America. Or at least part of it.
The ____________________ impacted the Protestant Reformation by making it easier to spread ideas.
Printing Press.
To make up for the rapidly dying native population, Europeans brought slaves from ____________ to the Americas.
Africa.