Explorers
Religion
European Big Shots
Is This the Indies?
Not So Merry England
100
The crew of this sailor were first to sail around the world, but he was killed before the journey's end.
Who is Magellan
100
This German monk nailed his 95 theses to a church door in Wittenburg, which led to the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
Beginning with Ivan the Great, Russian rulers took this title, to proclaim their power.
What is the tsar?
100
In 1492, this man attempted to sail to the Indies, but ended up "discovering" the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This English king lost his head after he angered his parliament.
Who is Charles I?
200
This famous admiral explored for China in the 1400s.
Who is Zheng He?
200
The religion of Islam split into two branches, the Shi'ite and this branch.
What is Sunni?
200
The head of the Catholic Church bears this title.
What is the pope?
200
These Spanish soldiers fought for God, glory, and gold.
Who are the conquistadors?
200
This Puritan man became the military leader of the Parliament army in the English Civil War.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
300
Europeans searched for a sea route to the Indies in order to get these, which improved the flavor of spoiled food.
What are spices?
300
When Henry VIII could not divorce his wife, he split with the pope and formed what church?
What is the Church of England?
300
This Portugese Prince never went sailing, but was responsible for great progress in exploration and sailing technique in the 1400s.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
300
This Native American people had a vast empire that stretched along the western coast of South America.
Who are the Incas?
300
The Parliament supporters in the civil war were called this, due to the style of their haircuts.
What are the Roundheads?
400
Spanish explorers in the New World were greedy for this.
What is gold?
400
The people of Russia, in the time of Ivan the Great, believed this to be the one true church.
What is the Russian Orthodox Church
400
She was the Queen of England during the glory years of Shakespeare.
Who is Elizabeth I?
400
One of these did not originate in the Americas: corn, potatoes, wheat, tobacco.
What is wheat?
400
The time during which England was led by Parliament rather than a king is known as this.
What is the Commonwealth?
500
This famous English sea captain captured Spanish Gold, sailed The Golden Hind around the world, and helped defeat the Spanish Armada.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
500
This religion, founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama, was widely embraced in Japan.
What is Buddhism?
500
This Swedish king was the hero of Protestant Europe because of his courage during the Thirty Years War.
Who is Gustavus Adolphus?
500
This powerful Native American civilization built the city of Tenochtitlan on an island in what is now Mexico.
Who are the Aztecs?
500
When the English tired of the Puritan leadership, they invited this man to come and be their king.
Who is Prince Charles, or Charles II?
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