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Gr 7 History Ch 14
Grade 7 History Ch 14 Review - People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ignatius Loyola | a Spanish soldier who began the Jesuits |
| Ferdinand II | the Holy Roman Emperor who was determined to return Bohemia to Romanism by force, if necessary |
| Christian IV | the king who became the champion of Lutheran Protestantism |
| Gustavus Adolphus | the great Luterhan warrior-king of Sweden who won many victories for the Protestant forces before he was killed in battle |
| Hapsbrug Family | a family prominent in European politics for almost 900 years |
| Charlemagne | the king under whose rule the Frankish kingdom reached its greatest extent |
| Hugh Capet | the king whose coronation marks the birth of the French nation |
| Margrete of Denmark | the "lady king" who united the countries of Scandinavia under one empire |
| Moors | Muslims |
| Isabella and Ferdinand | the joint rulers of Castile and Aragon who drove Jews and Muslims out of Spain |
| John I | the king whose reign marked the beginning of Portugal's greatest days of glory |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | an avid sailor and explorer who helped Portugal lead the way in the great age of exploration |
| Bartolomeu Dias | the Portuguese explorer who sailed all the way to the tip of Afirca, the Cape of Good Hope |
| Vasco da Gama | the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa |
| Pedro Cabral | the Portuguese explorer who discovered Brazil |