Ch 6 & 7

Question 1

Christopher Columbus

Answer 1

Famous voyager

Question 2

John Cabot

Answer 2

Explored American coastline for England

Question 3

Amerigo Vespucci

Answer 3

Wrote letters along various voyages he went on

Question 4

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 4

Took control of Incan empire and much of South America

Question 5

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 5

Encircled the world

Question 6

King Alfonso

Answer 6

Greatest king of the Congo becoming king in 1506

Question 7

Ibo

Answer 7

Active traders that produced more slaves than any other country

Question 8

Juana Ines de la Cruz

Answer 8

Mexican writer, poet and teacher contributing much to the Spanish golden age

Question 9

Huguenots

Answer 9

French Protestants influenced by John Calvin.

Question 10

Henry of Navarre

Answer 10

Stopped the fighting in the French wars of religion by issuing the Edict of Nantes

Question 11

William the silent

Answer 11

Main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish

Question 12

Elizabeth Tudor

Answer 12

Ascended to throne in 1558 and died in 1603. Established Protestant churches and famous for the great works in her time (Shakespeare)

Question 13

Puritans

Answer 13

Protestants in England inspired by Calvinist ideas intending to purify the church from Roman Catholic ideals.

Question 14

Charles I

Answer 14

Believe in the Devine right of kings and he was viewed as a tyrannical absolute monarch. Reigned during first English civil war.

Question 15

Cavaliers

Answer 15

People who fought for the king in the English civil war

Question 16

Roundheads

Answer 16

Those who fought for the parliamentary forces during the English civil war. Parliament won.

Question 17

Oliver Cromwell

Answer 17

A military genius fighting for the Roundheads/parliament during English civil war, crowned lord protector

Question 18

James II

Answer 18

Ruled from 1685 to 1688 when he was killed in the Glorious Revolution. Last Roman Catholic monarch.

Question 19

Louis XIV

Answer 19

Monarch of the house of bourbon, lived a lavish lifestyle that bankrupt France through wars

Question 20

Cardinal Richelieu

Answer 20

Took away the military rights of the Huguenots and left their religious rights alone

Question 21

Frederick William the Great Elector

Answer 21

Elector of Brandenburg and duke of Prussia. Emphasized commercial trade and promoted it.

Question 22

Ivan IV

Answer 22

First czar of Russia expanded territories eastward and crushed the Russian nobility (boyars).

Question 23

William III

Answer 23

Invaded England in the glorious revolution and took the place of James II after his death in the revolution

Question 24

Michael Romanov

Answer 24

First Tsar of Russia

Question 25

Peter the great

Answer 25

Became czar in 1689 and claimed absolute monarch

Question 26

El Greco

Answer 26

Artis that used elongated and contorted figures

Question 27

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Answer 27

Completed Saint peters basilica in Rome

Question 28

William Shakespeare

Answer 28

Arrived in London in 1592

Question 29

Lope de vega

Answer 29

Wrote 1,500 play writes and was a major artist of his time

Question 30

Miguel Cervantes

Answer 30

Famous author of the time. Wrote the famous book Don Quixote.

Question 31

Vasco de gama

Answer 31

Went around the cape of Africa and cut across the Indian Ocean to the coast of India.