Europe Before 1500
This form of government system allows people to vote directly for new laws or people to represent them
Democracy
In 1492, ________ sailed the ocean blue
Columbus
What name do we give the Spanish colonizers? (Do not worry about spelling do your best)
Conquistadors
The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the ______ Navy (which country) led to a change in global powers
British/English
Name one of the two ancient societies that became popular to emulate (copy) during the Renaissance
Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome
Which country was the first to begin conquering the Americas?
Spain/The Spanish
This conquistador led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire - aggressively
Hernan Cortes
Who were the Big 3 European countries for colonizing the Americas?
Spain, France, and England/Britain
This is the name we use for the Holy Wars started by the Pope attempting to take back the Holy Land (Jerusalem) in the 1000s
The Crusades
Some argue that the vikings, not Columbus, were the first Europeans to reach the Americas. Which viking led these expeditions?
Leif Eriksson
(Leif Eriksson Day was Oct 9)
This form of large-scale farming of cash crops would be used throughout the American South and the Caribbean Islands long after the Spanish lost control
plantations
A colonial charter granted by European countries gave certain people the right to what?
Settle land across the ocean on behalf of the European country (colonize)
The name we give the plague that wiped out millions of people in Europe and caused the value of "peasant workers" to skyrocket
the Black Death
The Columbian Exchange allowed for the transfer of goods between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia (Africa, Europe + Asia). Name at least one crop or animal that. transferred from one place to another, and where it originated!
Corn, tobacco, potatoes, horses, pigs, chickens....
This conquistador is known for his conquest of the Inca Empire - aggressively
Francisco Pizarro
The Protestant Reformation led to a split in the types of worshippers for this religion
Christianity
This guy invented the printing press!
Johannes Gutenberg
What were the big 3 "Cash Crops" that kickstarted the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Tobacco, Sugar and Cotton
What were the Big 3 Empires in Meso and South America that the Spanish conquered?
Aztec, Mayan, and Inca Empires
This priest had enough of the Catholic Church selling indulgences (a way to buy your way out of your sins) and nailed his 95 Theses to a Church wall
Martin Luther