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History
Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Christopher Columbus | Italian tried to find Spain, but found the New World |
| Leif Ericson | Viking landed at North America in A.D. 1,000 |
| Marco Polo | Italian thought he found the Indies but found San Salvador |
| Johann Gutenberg | German made printing press |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | Portuguese founded a navigation school |
| Martin Luther | German Monk 95 Theses protesting Roman Church |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Italian figured out that Coulombs discovered the New world |
| Ponce De Leon | first Spaniard |
| Vasco De Balboa | Spanish found Pacific Ocean |
| Magellan | Portuguese began a 3yr. voyage |
| Hernando Cortes | Spanish conquered Aztec Indians |
| Montezuma | Aztec Chieftain |
| Francisco Pizarro | conquered Inca Indians |
| Fransisco Coronado | Spanish found Grand Cayman |
| Hernando De Soto | Spanish found Mississippi River |
| Phillip II | Spanish- Catholic monarch sent Invincible Armada |
| Elizabeth I | sent Spanish Armada |
| Francis Drake | stole Spanish ships |