Explorers
Sailed west to find a new route to India.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This queen and king married to unite their kingdoms. Together they sponsored several explorers.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
This group of people built Tenochtitlan, a city on a lake.
Who are the Aztecs?
Martin Luther did not like this practice of the Catholic Church.
This invention radially changed the world, and began the renaissance period.
What is the printing press?
Credited with leading the voyage that sailed completely around the world.
Who is Magellan?
This Prince focused on developing schools and fleets to further ocean exploration for Portugual.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
This group of people lived on the Yucatan peninsula.
Who are the Mayans?
This are the statements Martin Luther wrote to explain his problem with the Catholic Church.
What is the 95 Theses?
This is the meaning of the word renaissance.
What is rebirth?
First to sail around the tip of Africa to India.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
This Mali king was most famous for his pilgramage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Who are the Incas?
Henry Vlll wanted to leave the Catholic Church for this reason.
What is he wanted a divorce so he could marry again until he had a male heir?
These are some of the effects of the printing press.
What are more books are published, more people learned to read, and scientists were able to record and share ideas?
This explorer mapped some of "new land" and had the continents named for him.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
This leader was a descendent of Genghis Khan. He overtook Delhi and was known as a fair and just ruler.
Who is Babur?
The Spanish and Portuguese used this type of labor to grow crops and mine gold in their new settlements.
What is slave labor?
Mansa Musa's trip to Mecca encouraged the spread of this religion in west Africa.
What is Islam?
This is one of the reasons people in western Europe had more time to read.
What is they didn't have to constantly worry about invasions?
What is the age of exploration?
This leader was the grandson of Babur.
Who is Akbar?
This Spanish Conquistador over took the city of Tenochtitlan, after being worshiped as a god.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Akbar, grandson of Babur, allowed both of these religions in his empire of India, earning him favor with the people.
What are Hindu and Islam?
This person was credited with inventing the printing press.
Who is Gutenberg?