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100
This explorer sailed the Atlantic in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
100
Which Native Americans were in modern-day Mexico?
Aztecs
100
An Absolute Monarch that gave himself the nickname of "Sun King".
Louis XIV
100
Parliament's two different houses.
House of Commons and House of Lords
100
Palace built by Louis XIV.
Versailles
200
This monarch wanted a direct route to Asia and built a Navigation School.
Henry the Navigator
200
Which conquistador conquered the Incas?
Francisco Pizzaro
200
A huge fleet of ships created by Philip II that was defeated by the British Royal Navy.
Spanish Armada
200
Royal family that took over England after the Tudors.
Stuarts
200
Military leader that took over England with Parliament's support.
Oliver Cromwell
300
This explorer was the first to reach India.
Vasco de Gama
300
The mixed race population of Spanish and Native Americans were referred to as...
Mestizo
300
This law granted the Huguenots(protestants) religious toleration in France and was later revoked by Louis XIV.
Edict of Nantes
300
The concept that monarchs derive the power/authority from God.
Divine Right of Kings
300
The "middle passage" was the second part of the.....
Triangle trade
400
Double Jeopardy: Explain why "America" is named after Amerigo Vespucci instead of Columbus.
First to realize that North and South America were new continents, not Asia. Columbus never gave up on the idea that he found a direct route to Asia.
400
Double Jeopardy: Provide two reasons that Africans were brought to the Americas.
1. Immune to Disease 2. Permanent Source of Cheap Labor 3. No friends/relatives to help them escape labor system.
400
Who was the Minister to Louis XIV
Mazarin
400
This document set forth the idea that the law was more important than the King.
Petition of Right
400
Spanish monarchs who commissioned Columbus' voyage.
Ferdinand and Isabella
500
Who died on his journey to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
500
List three major exports from the Americas and three major exports from Europe/Africa.
Americas: Corn, Tobacco, Tomatoes, Peanuts, etc. Europe: Potatoes, Horses/Cattle, Sugar, Disease, Christianity (Smallpox, Bubonic Plague, etc.)
500
This ritual involved french nobles observing Louis XIV as he got out of bed.
Levee
500
The Bill of Rights was signed by these two monarchs who ruled England together.
William and Mary
500
Who were the two groups involved in the English Civil War?
Cavaliers: royalists, catholics, supported King. Roundheads: protestants, supported parliament.