Christopher Columbus
What country was Christopher Columbus born?
Italy
What does the word "conquistador"?
Conqueror
What is the name of a Protestant reformer?
John Calvin
What colony did France have in Canada?
Quebec
What does the word "circumnavigate" mean?
Travel around
Who were the king and queen to support his voyage? From what country?
King Ferdinand Queen Isabella of Spain
The Spanish defeated the Aztecs, who is the leader of the Aztecs?
Moctezuma
Who did King Henry VIII want to divorce in order to marry Anne Boleyn? What church did he start?
Catherine of Aragon, Church of England
What industry did French have in North America?
Fur
What Dutch explorer traveled to New York?
Harry Hudson
What continent did Christopher Columbus want to travel too?
Asia
Juan Ponce de Leon discovered what colony, which is a US state today?
Florida
What is mercantilism?
Colonies existed to bring wealth to the home country
What state did the Dutch travel too? What current city is Fort Orange?
New York and Albany
What is the exchange between two hemispheres?
Columbian Exchange
Hispaniola is what two countries?
Haiti and Dominican Republic
Gold
Which country defeated the Spanish Armada?
England
France and Holland had a what with the Native Americans?
Alliance
What is the name of the Viking?
Leif Erikson
Name the 3 ships of Christopher Columbus
La Nina
La Pinta
Santa Maria
How did the Spainards mistreat the Native Americans?
Forced labor and high taxes
Name the 3 children of Henry VIII
Who was the Louisiana territory named after? What bodies of water and state did the French travel too?
King Louis XIV and Great Lakes, Michigan
Vikings are from what country?
Scandinavia