The Protestant Reformation
He discovered the New World - ironically enough, by trying to get to the far east... by going west.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Led by Montezuma, they were conquered by Hernando Cortez.
Who are the Aztecs?
This European nation first dominated the exploration of the New World. Look out for the wind!
Before it was known as New York, it was originally known as this.
What is New Netherland?
What is salvation? (Specifically: justification by faith)
Reached Newfoundland; claimed it for Great Britain. More trouble would follow from this in centuries to come! (And he wasn't even English...)
Who was John Cabot?
Known for erecting these hilly structures, the largest of these is the "Great Snake Mound" in Ohio.
What are the Mound Builders?
This gentleman claimed the land that is modern-day New York for the Dutch. He later disappeared!
Who is Henry Hudson?
This European power promised the Dutch colonists life, liberty, and property in return for the surrender of New Netherland.
Theological emphases of this Swiss theologian included a suspicion of extreme authority (whether popes or monarchs) and an emphasis on God's sovereign power.
Who is John Calvin?
Supposedly discovered the Fountain of Youth. More importantly, he claimed what is now Florida (and named it, too) for Spain.
Who was Juan Ponce de Leon?
These are likely the Natives that the original colonists encountered.
Who are the Eastern Woodland Indians?
He financed the first two English attempts to settle North America; a state capital is named for him.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
This was the Spanish ruler bent on crushing Protestantism in Europe.
Who was Philip II?
This town in Switzerland was home to John Calvin's attempts at aligning every aspect of life and society with the ideals of the Reformation.
What is Geneva?
He and his crew were known as the Sea Dogs; they found themselves at the forefront of the English opposition to the Spanish Armada.
Who was Sir Francis Drake?
Also known as the "cliff dwellers," their name means 'town.'
Who are the Pueblos?
Settlers of Roanoke are better known as (this) colony - all they left was a word carved into bark...
What is the Lost Colony?
This work by Marco Polo was a major impetus for the search for Chinese gold.
What is the Description of the World?
Tradition has it that Martin Luther's protest - in the form of these - were nailed to the church door in Wittenburg, Germany.
Who are the Ninety-Five Theses?
Key word: circumnavigation. (Outlived by his crew.)
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
Many Native Americans suffered as a result of the colonists for many reasons, but this specific reason was a major reason.
What were inadequate immune systems? (Any variation of this.)
This was the only trace of the Roanoke colonists, found by John White carved into the bark of a tree.
What is "Croatoan?"
This one-eyed legged firebrand was the most (in)famous governor of New Netherland - it was his heavy-handed rule that eventually saw the colony slip away to the English.
Who was Peter Stuyvesant?