Explorers
Name the explorer that sailed into the Bahama Islands in 1492 on three ships while thinking he landed on the shores of the country of India.
Who is Christopher Columbus
What wast the period of time called that officially began in the early 15th century and lasted until the 17th century. This period is thought of as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes. In addition, some explorers set sail to simply learn more about the world.
What is The Age of Exploration or known as The Age of Discovery.
During the 1400s, how did many Europeans view the world as being?
flat
This person was the main influence in the protestant reformation.
Martin Luther
King Henry VIII created this church.
Anglican Church
A Portuguese navigator, he commanded an expedition that was the first to travel across the world (1480-1521)
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
was an Italian explorer who first proved that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern borders
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
What were the goals that explorers tried to accomplish when setting out to explore?
This was also known as the "3 G's"
1. Glory (Fame and developing strong reputation)
2 Gold (trade routes to Asia and to become wealthy)
3. God (to spread Christianity)
This person invented the printing press that allowed the reformers to spread their ideas rapidly.
Johannes Gutenberg
This year marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation
1517
a Portuguese explorer, soldier and prince. Although he rarely participated in explorations, he sent many expeditions from Portugal to the west coast of Africa, and was responsible for Portugal’s influence in the Great Age of Exploration. His school of navigation resulted in a breakthrough for Portuguese navigation.
Who is Prince Henry (Henry the Navigator)
Why did Columbus call the people he had encountered Indians?
What is he thought he reached the East Indies (India area)
The 95 Thesis were thought to have been posted on the church door in this city.
Wittenberg
What was the counter - reformation?
the Roman Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation, aimed at reforming itself internally and halting the spread of Protestantism
Who was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India? His success in doing so proved to be one of the more instrumental moments in the history of navigation. He subsequently made two other voyages to India, and was appointed as Portuguese viceroy in India in 1524.
Who is Vasco da Gama
a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.
Who is Hernando Cortes
Explain the Triangular Trade, one of the effects of the Columbian Exchange.
1. Tobacco, sugar, grown products to Europe 2. Tea, manufactured goods, etc. made from raw materials from the New World. These goods were sent to the colonies of Africa and eventually the colonies of the "new world". 3. Slaves from Africa were sent to the "new world".
What does excommunication mean?
to be officially expelled or banned from participating in a religious community—most commonly the Roman Catholic Church—due to severe offenses
Give two rules that The Council of Trent ordered the Church to follow?
Mandatory Residency for Bishops, Ban on the sale of Indulgences
The first European to sail around the tip of Africa, Dias opened the doors for seafaring trade with India.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias
Explain two negative effects of the Columbian Exchange.
1. Use of African slaves
2. Spread of Diseases to the New World.
Spanish explorer and conquistador, he helped Vasco Núñez de Balboa discover the Pacific Ocean, and after conquering Peru and the Incas, founded its capital city, Lima.
Who is Francisco Pizarro
This council of the Holy Roman Empire made Luther an outlaw and permitted anyone to kill him without legal consequence.
Diet of Worms
This Catholic court could look into people's religious beliefs and execute heretics.
Roman Inquisition