1Anne Boleyn
the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I
2Huitzilopochtli
Aztec protector god
3Tenochtitlan
Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco
4Chinampas
floating farming islands made by the Aztec
5Quetzalcoatl
Aztec main god, Born at Sunrise Dies at sunset
8Shaman
Spiritual Guide, make shift doctors
9Nahuatl
Aztec language, Pictoral writing
10Hernan Cortes
Spanish explorer/conquistador who led conquest of Aztec
11Montezuma
Powerful Aztec monarch who fell to Spanish conquerors
12Columbian Exchange
exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world
13Mitma
forced migration, losing identity or culture over generations
14Tahuantinsuyu
Inca empire – means the land of four quarters, Cuzco Capital
15Chasqui
a runner in the Incan empire who carried messages
16Quechua
Incan language, oral
17Quipu
Incan counting system
18Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered Incan Empire
19Atahualpa
Incan ruler who hoped to use Spanish resources to defeat brother in civil war
20Battle of Cajamarca
Battle where Atahualpa was captured and killed by Spaniards
21Marco Polo
Venetian merchant and traveler
22Book on the Marvels of the World
Based on Marco Polo's travels; motivated later explorers
23Motives to explore
God, Gold, Glory
24Reconquista
reconquering of Iberian Peninsula from Muslim powers
25Edict of Expulsion
Jews and Muslims must convert, leave, or be tortured
26Prince Henry the Navigator
Portuguese navigator who explored west Africa
27Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer who rounded tip of Africa
28Vasco da Gama
first European to reach India by sea
29Alfonso de Albuquerque
Set up Goa and seized control of spice trade
30Pedro Cabral
Claimed Brazil for Portugal; set up sugarcane plantations
31Ferdinand and Isabella
King and Queen of Spain who unified Spain and spread Christianity
32Christopher Columbus
Spanish explorer who found Bahamas and Cuba
33Amerigo Vespucci
Spanish explorer who gave the New World its name
34Waldseemuller Map
First world map to use modern names
35Vasco Nunez de Balboa
First European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas
36Ferdinand Magellan
Set out to circumnavigate the globe; died in Philippines
37El cano
Finished the circumnavigation of the globe after Magellan
38Viceroys
Royal governors in the Spanish colonies
39New Spain
Spanish colony from California to Panama, capital Mexico City
40Peru
Spanish colony from Panama through South America, capital Cuzco
41Encomienda
Early form of slavery
42Bartolome De le Casas
Critic of Encomienda system; promoted African labor
43Repartimiento
How locals were to join the Spanish empire
44Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided the world between Spain and Portugal
45Netherlands
Aimed to build an economic empire through trade colonies
46New Amsterdam
Dutch economic settlement in North America
47John Cabot
English explorer who claimed Newfoundland
48Jamestown
First successful English colony; grew tobacco
49Indulgences
Tickets to heaven sold by the Church
50Martin Luther
German monk who led the Protestant Reformation
51Ninety-Five Theses
Martin Luther's list of Church abuses
52Catholic Beliefs
Faith and works, tradition, Latin mass, indulgences, pope
53Lutheran Beliefs
Faith alone, Bible alone, vernacular worship, no pope
54Address to the Christian Nobility
Luther’s call to break from Rome
55Pope Leo X
Excommunicated Martin Luther
56Diet of Worms
Trial of Martin Luther
57Frederick the Wise
Protected Martin Luther
58Ulrich Zwingli
Opposed anything not in the Bible
59Ana Baptists
Believed in adult baptism and church-state separation
60Henry VIII
Formed Church of England after annulment conflict
61Cathorine of Aragon
Henry VIII’s first wife; only Mary survived
62Thomas Cranmer
Granted Henry VIII’s annulment
63Act of Supremacy
Made Henry VIII head of Church of England
64Jane Seymour
Gave birth to Edward VI, died in childbirth
65Edward VI
Protestant son of Henry VIII, named Jane Grey heir
66Mary I
“Bloody Mary,” persecuted Protestants
67Elizabeth I
Restored Protestantism in England
68John Calvin
Reformer who promoted predestination
69John Knox
Founder of Presbyterianism in Scotland
70Hugenots
French Protestants
71Council of Trent
Reaffirmed Catholic beliefs, ended sale of indulgences
72Jesuits
Founded by Ignatius of Loyola, promoted sacrifice and obedience
73Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Mass killing of Huguenots in France
74Edict of Nantes
Granted religious freedom in France
75Spanish Armada
Failed Catholic invasion of England
76Peace of Westphalia
Ended Thirty Years' War, ruler sets religion
77Malleus Maleficarum
Guide on identifying and executing witches
78Geocentric Theory
Earth is center of the universe
79Nicholas Copernicus
Proposed heliocentric model
80Heliocentric Theory
Sun is center, planets orbit around it
81Johannes Kepler
Proved elliptical planetary orbits
82Galileo Galilei
Proved heliocentrism with telescope
83Isaac Newton
Laws of motion and gravity; Principia Mathematica
84Francis Bacon
Empiricism and scientific method
85Empiricism
Knowledge through observation and experimentation
86Rene Descartes
Separated science and religion
87Thomas Hobbes
Believed in authoritarian rule due to human nature
88John Locke
Natural rights and limited government
89Charles Montesquieu
Promoted checks and balances
90Deism
Belief in a non-mysterious rational god
91Denis Diderot
Edited the first encyclopedia
92Voltaire
Advocated freedom of speech and religion
93Adam Smith
Father of capitalism, wrote Wealth of Nations
94Mercantilism
Government-controlled trade
95French Indian War
Conflict over land; led to global war
96Treaty of Paris
Ended French and Indian War; gave land to Britain
97French Revolution
Caused by debt and rising middle class
98Louis XVI
Called Estates-General to reform tax code
99Estates
Three social classes in pre-revolution France
100Cashier de doleances
Lists of grievances from each estate
101National Assembly
Revolutionary third estate assembly
102Tennis Court Oath
Pledge to draft a constitution
103Bastille
Prison stormed at start of French Revolution
104Declaration of the Rights of Man
Outlined rights of citizens
105March of the Women
Protest to Versailles demanding bread
106Assignats
Failed currency bonds
107National Convention
Abolished monarchy, new constitution
108Maximelien Robespierre
Led Reign of Terror
109Directory
Five-man government after Robespierre
110Napolean Bonaparte
Rose during Revolution, became emperor
111Concordat
Recognized Catholicism, but under state control
112Toussaint L'Ouverture
Led Haitian Revolution
113Continental Sytem
Napoleon's trade blockade of Britain
114Battle of Trafalgar
British naval victory over Napoleon
115Peninsular War
Napoleon's war in Spain and Portugal
116Battle of Leipzig
Napoleon defeated and exiled to Elba
117Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon's final defeat, exiled to St. Helena