European Exploration
Three reasons for European discovery?
Gold
God
Glory
1492. "Discovered North America"
Spain
Christopher Columbus
Absolute Monarch in France who built the Palace of Versailles.
Louis XIV (14)
Two armies who fought each other during the English Civil War.
Cavilers vs. Roundheads
King vs. Parliament
Traded Tea & Porcelain
China
Conquistadors from Spain who conquered the Inca & Aztec
Pizarro & Cortez
PIP & CAM
Pizarro, Inca, Peru
Cortez, Aztec, Mexico
Created a navigational school. Portugal
Henry the Navigator
Westernized Russia & built St. Petersburg as a symbol of his power.
Peter the Great
King who was beheaded after losing the English Civil War.
Charles I
Military leader of Japan
Shogun
Disease that killed most of the Natives
Smallpox
First to sail from Europe, around Africa, then to India.
Spain
Vasco da Gama
Idea that states, kings and queens have a God-given right to rule.
Divine Right
General of the Roundheads who became dictator of England after winning the English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
Land trade route used to get to China.
Silk Road
Used as slave labor when natives died off due to disease?
Africans
First to sail around the world.
Spain
Ferdinand Magellan
When a king or queen has all of the power.
Name of the event where England chose Charles II to be king after Oliver Cromwell's dictatorship.
Restoration of the Throne
This country was isolated to keep out foreign influence.
Japan
Which empires did European get their navigational technology from?
Islam Empires
Discovered Canada for France
Jacques Cartier
Great leader who expanded the military power of Prussia.
Frederick the Great
The Glorious Revolution was a peaceful transfer of power to which king & queen?
William & Mary
China created these to control trade.
Enclaves
(Spheres of Influence comes later)