Italian explorer sent by Spain to discover a new route to the East
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The bridge of land linking North and South America
What is Central America?
The islands just off South America
What are the West Indies?
Those who rejected the errors of the Catholic church during the time of the Reformation became known as these
What are Protestants?
The printing press was invented by this man
Who is Gutenberg?
The first explorer to realize that North America wasn't India; the newly discovered part of the world was named after him
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The Incas lived in what is now this country
What is Peru?
Spanish and Portuguese soldiers who attacked the people of Central and South America
Who are Conquistadores?
The time when countries began to send ships to faraway lands
What is the Age of Exploration?
The first book printed using the printing press
What is the Bible?
The first explorer to land in America, long before the Age of Exploration
Who is Leif Ericsson?
The Mayans lived on this peninsula
What is the Yucatan peninsula?
The long journey that slaves were forced to take from West Africa to Central and South America
What is the Middle Passage?
A new settlement in a land far away, often established for economic or religious purposes
The meaning of the word "Renaissance"
What is rebirth?
The first explorer to sail around Africa to reach India
Who is Vasco da Gama?
The Aztecs built their capital city in the middle of this body of water
What is Lake Texcoco?
Famous Spanish explorer who was searching for a city of gold
Who is Hernan Cortes?
What are the 95 Theses?
During the Renaissance, there was renewed interest in the art and literature of these two ancient cultures
What are Greek and Roman?
The first explorer to sail all the way around the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The capital city of the Aztec empire
What is Tenochtitlan?
The king of the Aztecs
Who is Montezuma?
What is Wittenberg?
When the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople, scrolls were brought west by scholars from this church
What is Eastern Orthodox Christian?