What's in a name?
This man was a Viking from Scandinavia. It is believed that he landed in North America around AD 1000.
Leif Ericson
The country whose monarchs sponsored Columbus' voyages.
Spain
The purpose of the Crusades was to __________.
drive the Muslims from the Holy Land.
Five native tribes united together to defend themselves from others. This union was called the ____________.
Iroquois Confederation
Feudalism is a system of governance that dominated the Middle Ages. All aspects of life were centered around the ownership and use of ________.
land
Ferdinand and Isabella were ___________.
King and Queen of Spain
This was the first place Columbus and his men landed in the New World.
San Salvador
Martin Luther nailed how many complaints to the door of a church?
95 theses
the Apocrypha
This was a revival of learning.
The Renaissance
This guy was an actual pirate, also known as a sea dog.
Sir Francis Drake.
Francisco Coronado was hoping to find the "_______". He ended up discovering parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
"Seven Cities of Cibola"
Da Gama sailed around this continent.
Africa
Invisible line that determined "ownership" of lands discovered on either side.
Line of Demarcation
This man conquered the Incas of Peru.
Francisco Pizarro
The ruler of England during this time
Queen Elizabeth I
The first permanent European settlement in the present day United States. Began as a fort.
St. Augustine
The purpose of the Reconquista was to _________.
drive the Moors from Granada in Spain
French protestants
Huguenots
This world power explored the northernmost regions of North America
France
The name of the land bridge that ancient peoples probably used to come over from Asia/Russia into Alaska and Canada.
Beringia or Bering Land Bridge
Northwest Passage
A supposed water route through North America to the Pacific.
This led to the decline of Spain as a world power.
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Columbus' "home port" away from home while he was in the Caribbean.
Hispaniola
Jesuit missionary and fur trader who explored the Mississippi River.
Louis Jolliet