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Gr 7 History Ch 14
Grade 7 History Ch 14 Review - People
Term | Definition |
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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 |