He explored the New England coastline of the Americas for England
Who is John Cabot
100
He began the Protestant Reformation in the early 1500s. His doctrine became known as the first Protestant faith.
Who is Martin Luther
100
This document allowed authorities to draft native labor to work in the silver mines.
What is Mita
100
An economic system in which people risk money by investing in businesses that might create wealth
What is Capitalism
100
A work force of people
What is Labor
200
He wrote letters about his expeditions. America is named after him.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
200
He was a Christian humanist. His view of religion was called the "philosophy of Christ."
Who is Desiderius Erasmus
200
The offspring of Africans and Europeans
What is Mulattoes
200
A set of principles where people believed that prosperity of a nation depended on a large supple of gold and silver.
What is Mercantilism
200
Large for profit agricultural estates
What is a Plantation
300
He believed he could reach Asia by sailing west instead of east around Africa. He reached the Americas and explored the coastline of Cuba.
Who is Christopher Columbus
300
A nun who wrote poetry and prose and urged women to be educated. She worked outside her convent by running schools and hospitals.
Who is Juana Inez da la Cruz.
300
Spanish and Portuguese officials who had been born in Europe and held all important government positions
What is Pensulares
300
He discovers a land route to the Pacific. He names the Pacific and is the first European to see the Pacific.
Who is Balboa.
300
A settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control.
What is a Colony
400
He went around Africa and cut across the Indian Ocean to the coast of India. When he arrived in Calicut, he received a cargo of spices.
Who is Vasco da Gama
400
He was one of the new leaders of Protestantism. He believed in the "eternal decree" that life is planned out before a person is born.
Who is John Calvin
400
Below the pensulares, they controlled land and business
What is Creoles
400
He explored the interior of American in search of the 7 cities of Cibola.
Who is Coronado
400
An African state devastated by a slave trade.
What is Benin
500
He sailed down the coast of South America to find a sea passage through America. His ships were the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan.
500
Describe the changes to religion in Europe brought by Martin Luther. Be sure to include details and examples.
Answers will vary
500
The offspring of Europeans and Native Americans
What is Mestizos
500
He explored the Caribbean and searched Florida for the Fountain of Youth
Who is Ponce de Leon
500
The right of landowners to use Native Americans as slaves. A system when Native Americans were forced to pay tribute and provide Spanish labor to Spanish landowners.