Spanish Monarchy
King and Queen power duo in Spain, responsible for starting the Spanish Inquisition.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
French Monarch known as the "Sun King."
Who is Louis XIV?
Had his voyage sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella; landed in Hispaniola.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Man who claimed land around St. Lawrence Gulf/River (Canada) for France (named it New France).
Who is Jacques Cartier?
First European explorer to sail around Africa to get to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Political system in which a ruler has complete authority over the government and lives of the people.
What is Absolute Monarchy/Absolutism?
Who are Huguenots?
First man credited with circumnavigating the globe. Died in the Philippines.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Name of river Cartier and Champlain navigated.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
Governor who sponsored numerous Portuguese expeditions along the west coast of Africa.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
Authority to rule that comes directly from God.
What is divine right?
Cardinals who sought to destroy the power of the nobles and French Protestants.
Who are Richelieu and Mazarin?
Conquistador of Mexico and the Aztec People.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
"Father of New France" who established first permanent French colony in the Americas.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
First explorer to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
Spanish king who prepared a large armada against the English and Dutch.
Who is Philip II?
Palace that Louis XIV built to invite Nobles to live with him.
What is Versailles?
Name of the Treaty that divided Spanish and Portuguese holdings in the New World.
What is Treaty of Tordesillas?
Name of River claimed for France by La Salle.
What is the Mississippi River?
What is a caravel?
Spanish king who became heir to the Habsburg Empire.
Who is Charles V/I?
Name for Louis XIV's appointed officials who carried out his policies within France's provinces.
Who are intendants?
Conquistador of Peru and the Inca People.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
Man who tried to establish French colony at mouth of the Mississippi River.
Who is Sieur de La Salle?
First European explorer to discover Brazil (featured in our presentation on French Explorers).
Who is Pedro Alvares Cabral?