Protestant Reformation
The belief 'sola scriptura' refers to the idea that this book is all that is needed for Christ's salvation.
What is the Bible?
The search for this resource prompted European exploration.
What are spices?
A rideable animal brought to the Americas during colonization.
What is a horse?
The Bohemian man who was burnt at the stake for defying the Church.
Who was Jan Hus?
The Maya were native to this region of modern-Mexico.
What is the Yucatan peninsula?
The Protestant group who believed that it was wrong to baptize children.
Who were the Anabaptists?
The first European state to sail around Africa.
What is Portugal?
The economic system in which traders brought resources from the colonies under the protection of a strong navy.
What is mercantilism?
The reformer whose 95 theses prompted the Protestant Reformation.
Who was Martin Luther?
This was where Columbus hoped to land on his first voyage.
What are the East Indes?
The Catholic Church responded to Protestantism at this council.
What is the Council of Trent?
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
A vegetable, growing in the ground, brought to Europe during colonization.
What is the potato?
The Portuguese explorer who charted a path to India from Europe.
Who was Vasco de Gama?
The Aztecs lived in a city located in the same place as the modern-day capital of this country.
What is Mexico?
Galileo was punished as part of this movement to identify and contain heretical ideas.
What is the inquisition?
Christopher Columbus landed here and mistook it for Asia.
What is the Caribbean?
The only part of the Americas given to Portugal.
What is Brazil?
Traditional Silk Road trade routes between Europe and Asia were blocked by this Turkish state.
Who were the Ottomans?
This is the country who defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588.
What is England?
The Calvinist belief that people's souls are either bound to heaven or hell from birth onward.
What is predestination?
This technology was fundamental to navigation without having to see the stars.
What is the compass?
Native American civilization with impressive infrastructure located in modern Peru.
Who were the Inca?
The King of England who converted to Anglicanism.
Who was Henry VIII?
This is the country whose "Golden Century" was fueled by colonial wealth.
What is Spain?