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History
Unit 1
Question | Answer |
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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 |