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Conquered the Aztecs
Who Is Hernando Cortés
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
When is 1588
Columbus first made landfall in the New World
Where is San Salvador
Resolved a boundary dispute in the New World between Spain and Portugal
What is The Line of Demarcation
Protested the Catholic Church by nailing his 99 Theses to the church door
Who is Martin Luther
Who is Vasco de Balboa
Columbus discovered the New World
When is 1492
Ponce de León became the first Spaniard to set foot on the North American mainland
Where is Florida
It made a way for English religious and political values to spread to the New World
What was the Spanish Armada
Portuguese Sailor who founded a Navigation School and developed the Caravel
Who is Henry the Navigator
Discovered the Mississippi River
Who is Hernando de Soto
Protestant Reformation began
When is 1517
Named after Louis XIV of France
What is Louisiana
An economic system that focuses on the ownership and use of land
What is feudalism
Credited as the first man to observe that Christopher Columbus had discovered a new continent
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
Conquered the Incas
Who is Francisco Pizarro
Johann Gutenberg made a way for the Bible to be printed
When is 1440
Where is New Orleans
Crusade to drive out the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula
What is Reconquista
Led the crew that was first to circumnavigate the world but died during the voyage
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
Viking who landed in North America around A.D. 1000
Who is Leif Ericson
Quebec was established: the first permanent French settlement in the New World
When is 1608
The capital of the Spanish settlement in the American Southwest
Where is Santa Fe
Large group of Spanish ships that were meant to transport troops for a land invasion of England
What is the "Invincible Armada"
Attempted to find a route to India by sailing west; Landed in the West Indies in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus