Exploration/ Reformation vocab

Question 1

Indulgence?

Answer 1

A remission of sins to God that can only be performed by a priest

Question 2

Council of Trent?

Answer 2

Roman Catholic church’s council that became the embodiment of the Counter Reformation: Response to Protestant Reformation

Question 3

Circumnavigate?

Answer 3

Sail all the way around the world

Question 4

Conquistador?

Answer 4

A Spanish conqueror during the 16th century

Question 5

Mercantilism?

Answer 5

Belief in the benefits of profitable trading

Question 6

Treaty of Tordesillas?

Answer 6

Agreement between Spain and Portugal of which countries they could take in South America

Question 7

Joint-Stock Company?

Answer 7

A business in which stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders

Question 8

Balance of Trade

Answer 8

Difference between value of imports and exports.

Question 9

African Diaspora?

Answer 9

Refers to the communities throughout the world that descended from Africa

Question 10

Encomienda

Answer 10

Granted American colonies to have native Americans work for them (slave)

Question 11

John Calvin

Answer 11

Influential French theologian and pastor during Protestant Reformation

Question 12

Henry VIII

Answer 12

King of England who was known for his help separating the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England

Question 13

Johannes Gutenberg?

Answer 13

Inventor of the movable type printing press

Question 14

Ignatious of Loyola

Answer 14

Spanish knight who founded the Society of Jesus

Question 15

Christopher Colombus

Answer 15

Discovered the new world u dum dum

Question 16

Henry Hudson

Answer 16

Discovered Hudson Bay

Question 17

Francis Drake

Answer 17

Carried out second circumnavigation and some other stuff

Question 18

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 18

The first circumnavigation of the Earth, from Europe to East, and to West; for the first expedition from Europe to Asia by the West; and for captaining the first expedition across the Atlantic Ocean to the Strait of Magellan and across the Pacific Ocean

Question 19

Henry the Navigator

Answer 19

Important figure in 16th century Portuguese Politics

Question 20

Vasco Da Gamma

Answer 20

Portuguese; first explorer to reach India by sea

Question 21

Hernan Cortez

Answer 21

Spanish Conquistador who caused the fall of the Aztec empire

Question 22

Francisco Pizaro

Answer 22

Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Incan empire