This term refers to a person who
moves from place to place in search
of food.
This term describes a heritage or
lineage traced through the mother’s
family rather than through the
father’s.
This is a political system in which a
king grants land to nobles in
exchange for loyalty, military
service, and political support.
This is a term that refers to people
who hold religious views or beliefs
that are different from the views or
beliefs of the majority. At one time,
being one called one of these could
get you burned at the stake.
Martin Luther touched off this
religious revolution against
Catholicism in reaction to centuries
of corruption. The split in
Christianity is still a source of
tension in some places to this day.
This refers to the time in England
after Cromwell died when
Parliament decided to invite the
executed king’s son, Charles II, to
reclaim the throne.
This was an intellectual movement
that celebrated a renewed interest in
classical culture, learning, scientific
advancements, and human
achievements.
This is an economic policy that
measured wealth in gold and silver
reserves and required all colonial
areas to support the economic needs
of the mother country.
This is an economic policy that
requires private wealth be used to
create additional wealth in the form
of investment. There is an element of
risk, but also of great profit.
This term means a person who
makes maps.
This was a ship that incorporated the
most cutting edge technology (for
the 1400s) to revolutionize sailing
and sparked a surge in European
exploration of the seas.
This was an ancient instrument of
navigation that used the position of
the sun to determine direction,
latitude, and local time.
This term refers to the Spanish
leaders of military expeditions sent
out to conquer the remaining
territory they considered “New
Spain.”
This Portuguese royal set up a school
for navigation and led the early
European efforts to explore the seas.
This Portuguese captain was the first
European to reach the southern tip of
Africa, which he named the Cape of
Good Hope.
This Portuguese captain made it
around the Cape of Good Hope and
THEN went on to India to finally
establish a sea route to Asia.
This Portuguese explorer named the
Pacific Ocean and is credited with
being the first to circumnavigate the
globe, even though he died before
his crew finished the trip.
This Italian sailed for Spain trying
twice to reach Asia by sailing west.
He finally decided he was not in
Asia, and wrote a detailed
description of the land. A later
scholar suggested his name to
identify the “new” continent.
This Spanish military commander
conquered the Inca of South America
near modern day Peru.
This Italian explorer sailing for
England is credited with discovering
New Foundland, but because he
found no gold or other great wealth,
England neglected to begin
colonizing the land. He disappeared
after leaving on a return trip to the
west.
This business strategy allowed
individual investors to pool their
own resources to finance big, money
making projects around the world
without having to wait for
government financing.
This became the very first written
plan for self government in the
English colonies.
These people were Protestant
Christians in England who wanted to
rid the newly formed Anglican
Church of all its Catholic elements.
These were gentlemen soldiers who
supported Charles I during the
English Civil War and are
distinguished from the Roundheads
by their long, flowing hair and their
frilly dress.
This was the first assembly of
representatives in the New World
that met in Jamestown, 1619 to
propose laws to govern themselves.
These were people in England and in
the colonies who believed that the
monarchy in England should remain
in power.
These were people too poor to pay
for passage to America, and so
agreed to work for a number of years
to pay off their debt and until they
could afford their own land.
This was the last major cultural
development in America before the
Revolution that stressed individual
piety and a union with God. This
message was spread through large
public revivals.
This term refers to the complex
exchange of food, animals, and
diseases that happened as a result of
contact between vastly different
people after Europeans came to the
Americas.
This was an intellectual movement
that encouraged logic and rational
thinking to find and understand the
natural laws that governed social,
economic, and political relationships.