Genose Captian in service of king and queen of Castile and Aragon; succsesfully sailed to new world and retuned in 1492
What is Christopher Columbus
100
focus on humankind as center of intellectual and artistic endeavor;
What is humanism
100
Russians who refused to accept ecclesiastical reforms of Alexis Romanov
What is Old Believers
100
What was the ancient capital of the Incas?
What is Cuzco
100
Who was the oregon ducks libero
What is Amanda Benson
200
French colonies in North America; extended from St Lawerence River along great lakes and down Mississippi River
What is New France
200
cultural and political movement in western Europe;
began in Italy circa 1400;rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce;featured a literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the Middle Ages
What is (Italian) Renaissance
200
also known as Catherine II;German born Russian tsarina in the 18th century;
What is Catherine the Great
200
Spaniards and Portuguese
What is Who were the Iberians?
200
The ugliest animal
What is Naked Mole Rat
300
Southern tip of Africa; first circumnavigated in 1488 by Portuguese in search of direct route to India
What is Cape of Good Hope
300
A German Monk who issued a document containing 95 theses, or propositions
What is Martin Luther
300
division of Poland among Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793, and 1795;
What is partition of Poland
300
grants of American Indian laborers
What is Encomiendas
300
the color of the sky
What is pink
400
Led conquest of Inca Empire of Peru beginning in 1535; by 1540, most of Inca possessions fell to the Spanish
What is Francisco Pizzaro
400
Late marriage age and a primary emphasis on nuclear families or parents and children rather than the extended family characteristics of most agricultural civilizations
What is European-style family
400
dynasty elected in 1613 at end of Time of Troubles;
ruled Russia until 1917
What is Romanov dynasty
400
capital city of Aztec
What is Tenochtitlan
400
Super Bowl of 2015 winners
What is The New England Patriots
500
Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean
What is Vasco da Gama
500
war within the Holy Roman Empire between German Protestants and their allies
What is Thirty Years' War
500
followed death of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) without heir early in 17th century; lasted from 1604-1613, when a new tsar was finally selected;
What is Time of Troubles
500
Spain's first established colony in the New World was located on what island?