It was a piece of magnetized metal which always pointed North even though it came from far East.
What is a compass?
100
This was the famous university which originally refused Columbus any funding for his exploration to the West.
What is the University of Salamanca?
100
These were groups of craftsmen which worked in the town.
What are guilds?
100
They found the TRUE trade route to the real Indies.
Who are the Portuguese?
100
Da Vinci wanted to keep this invention a secret for fear that it would be abused for violence.
What is a scuba diving suit?
200
This man from Genoa was obsessed with the study of geography and the unknown.
Who is Christopher Colombus?
200
Columbus wanted to be knighted and receive these two prestigious titles in return for discovering new land for Spain.
What is Grand Admiral and Viceroy?
200
He was the great enemy of Henry IV.
Who is Pope Gregory VII?
200
This country of Western Europe did not participate in the conquests of any the foreign lands of the East or West because they had too many problems at home.
What is Germany?
200
They were the most important powerful family from the 1400's to the 1500's.
What is the Medici?
300
It was the place that Columbus thought he would arrive in if he sailed far enough Westward.
What is East India?
300
Columbus threatened his newly discovered land to this country if Spain did not fund his trip to the West.
What is France?
300
He was Charlemagne's father and he overthrew the Merovingian rule in the Frank Kingdom.
Who is Pepin the Short?
300
He was the emperor that Cortez had tricked and pushed out of a balcony.
Who is Montezuma?
300
He invented the printing press in Germany.
Who is Gutenberg?
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!
These two powerful Christian kingdoms united in the year of 1479 and were trying to expel all Arabs from their domain.
What are Spain and Portugal
400
Daily DOUBLE!!!!
It was the mythical Golden City that the Spaniards believed to be real and were searching for when they came to America.
What is Eldorado?
400
He became Holy Roman Emperor in 800 A.D.
Who is Charlemagne?
400
He was the last Hohenstaufen, but he was captured and his head was cut off.
Who is Conradin?
400
He was the painter who created a portrait of Maximilian.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
500
This Queen was the queen Columbus talked to in order to persuade the royalty to fund his enormous expedition to the West.
Who is Queen Isabella of Castille?
500
He killed thousands of American Indians and burned many villages in his search for gold.
Who is Hernando Cortez?
500
He crowned himself emperor of Jerusalem.
Who is Frederick II?
500
He was called the "Magnificent" because he was such a generous benefactor to artists and men of talent.