US History Chapter 2

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US History Chapter 2 Study Guide
Terms to know technology, caravel, mosque,
pilgrimage, circumnavigate, strait, Feudalism,
manor, serf, astrolabe, conquistador, protestant,

• Figures in history to know (know their claims to
  fame)
• Christopher Columbus (3 ships, why did he set
  sail on 1st voyage)
• Queen Isabella (how she was a factor in the
  European discovery of the Americas)
• Ponce de Leon (why did he explore Florida)
• Henry Hudson (where did he explore, what areas
  were named in his honor)
• Eric the Red (what land did he settle, what crime
  was he convicted of in Iceland)
• Jacques Cartier (where area did he explore, why
  did he search for the mystical Indian city)
• Sir Francis Drake (name of the group of
  adventurers he led, how he became a knight)
• Montezuma (king of what group of Native
  Americans, what conquistador did he greet)
• Pope Urban II (conceived what event(s) in
  history)
• Elizabeth I (Queen of what nation, led her
  nation during what famous attack)
• Quetzalcoatl (god of what people, description of
  this god)
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa (most famous discovery)
• Amerigo Vespucci (his claim to fame)
• Ferdinand Magellan (importance of his voyage,
  what had he hoped to accomplish)
• Martin Luther (importance/contribution to
  Protestant Reformation)
• Henry VIII (importance/contribution to Protestant
  Reformation, whose father/husband)
• Phillip II (king of what nation, husband of what
  queen)
• Leif Ericsson (claim to fame, name of land he
  settled)