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| 63307991 | Johannes Gutenburg | German printer; in 1448 he invented a printing press that used movable type. | 0 | |
| 63307992 | Henry the Navigator | (1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa. (p. 425) | 1 | |
| 63307993 | Bartolomeu Dias | Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean. (p. 428) | 2 | |
| 63307994 | Vasco de Gama | A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean | 3 | |
| 63307995 | Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) | 4 | |
| 63307996 | Amerigo Vespucci | The italian sailor who corrected Columbus's mistake, acknowledging the coasts of america as a new world. America is named after him | 5 | |
| 63307997 | Vasco de Balboa | First Spanish captain to begin settlement on the mainland of Mesoamerica in 1509; initial settlement eventually led to conquest of Aztec and Inca empires by other captains. | 6 | |
| 63307998 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world. (p. 431) | 7 | |
| 63307999 | James Cook | English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) | 8 | |
| 63308000 | Joseph Banks | 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS (13 February 1743 - 19 June 1820) was a British naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. | 9 | |
| 63308001 | capitalism | an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. | 10 | |
| 63308002 | mercantilism | an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | 11 | |
| 63308003 | Hernan Cortes | Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain. (p. 437) | 12 | |
| 63308004 | Moctezuma II | (1466-1520) Aztec ruler from 1502 to 1520; he was the emperor of the Aztecs when Cortés and his army conquered the empire. He was taken prisoner and killed during battle with the Spanish army. | 13 | |
| 63308005 | Francisco Pizarro | Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541) | 14 | |
| 63308006 | Atahualpa | Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru. He was executed by the Spanish. (p. 438) | 15 | |
| 63308007 | encomienda system | system in Spanish America that gave settlers the right to tax local Indians or to demand their labor in exchange for protecting them and teaching them skills. | 16 | |
| 63308008 | repartimiento system | required adult male Native Americans to devote a set number of days of labor anually to Spanish economic enterprises. PROBLEM- abused workers due to sense of urgency and exploitation | 17 | |
| 63308009 | Charles V | Holy Roman emperor (1519-1558) and king of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556). He summoned the Diet of Worms (1521) and the Council of Trent (1545-1563). | 18 | |
| 63308010 | Phillip II | King of Spain, 1556 - 1598; married to Queen Mary I of England;he was the most powerful monarch in Europe until 1588; controlled Spain, the Netherlands, the Spanish colonies in the New World, Portugal, Brazil, parts of Africa, parts of India, and the East Indies. | 19 | |
| 63308011 | Martin Luther | German theologian who led the Reformation | 20 | |
| 63308012 | indulgences | Selling of forgiveness by the Catholic Church. It was common practice when the church needed to raise money. The practice led to the Reformation. | 21 | |
| 63308013 | 95 Theses | written by Martin Luther and is widely regarded as the primary catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. It is vitally important to understand that these theses were used for the intent of displaying Luther's displeasure with the Church's indulgences | 22 | |
| 63308014 | John Calvin | French humanist whose theological writings profoundly influenced religious thoughts of Europeans. Developed Calvinism at Geneva. Wrote Institutes of Christian Religion | 23 | |
| 63308015 | Anglican | a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism | 24 | |
| 63308016 | Council of Trent | an ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 in response to the Reformation | 25 | |
| 63308017 | Jesuits | Also known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism. | 26 | |
| 63308018 | Ignatius Loyola | Founded the Society of Jesus, resisted the spread of Protestantism, wrote Spiritual Exercises. | 27 | |
| 63308019 | Elizabeth I | This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England | 28 | |
| 63308020 | Spanish Armada | the great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588 | 29 | |
| 63308021 | Dutch East India Company | Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies until the british came and took over | 30 | |
| 63308022 | Louis XIV | king of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715) | 31 | |
| 63308023 | nation-state | A country who's population share a common identity. | 32 | |
| 63308024 | serfdom | feudal system, the use of serfs to work the land in return for protection against barbarian invasions | 33 |
