Social Subject By : Edwinita Mandagi

1.Christopher Columbus -captain of the smallest fleet -found the land he’s finding -found the land he’s finding

2.Leif Ericson -a viking that landed on the shores of the North America -a viking of Scandinavia

3.Marco Polo -the son of an Italian merchant -accompanied his father and uncle to China

4. Johann Gutenberg -introduced the movable printing press -printed the Bible

5.Prince Henry the Navigator -found a navigation school -sent ships to explore western coast of Africa

6.Martin Luther -Protest the false doctrines of the church -nailed the Ninety-five theses which attacks false indulgences

7.Ferdinand and Isabella -king and queen of Spain that time -they sponsored Columbus’ expedition

8.Amerigo Vespucci -he was first realize that what they found is a continent -he wrote letters describing his exploits

9.Ponce de Leon -conqueror and governor of Puerto Rico -set out to find a fabled fountain of youth

10.Vasco de Balboa -crossed the isthmus of Panama -founded and discovered the Pacific ocean

11.Ferdinand Magellan -portuguese sailor working for Spain -began a three year voyage around the world

12.Hernando Cortés -conquered the Aztec Indians of Mexico -he was helped in his conquest of the Aztecs

13.Montezuma -powerful chieftain -led the Aztecs

14.Francisco Pizarro -conquered the Inca Indians of Peru -advance in engineering and architecture

15.Francisco Coronado -Marched northward from Mexico -searching for the treasure of those legendary cities

16.Hernando de Soto -discovered Mississippi and Mississippi river -died when going back by fever

17.Juan Cabrillo -Portuguese employed by Spanish -explored coast of California and maybe Oregon

18.Philip II -sent the Invincible Armada -he would crush Protestant England

19.Elizabeth I -proved English attacks on Spanish ships -she was a protestant

20.Sir Francis Drake -Attack Spanish ships -took their cargoes full of gold and silver

21.Jacques Cartier -led an expedition that discovered St. Lawrence river -he is a French

22.Samuel de Champlain -Father of New France -hopped to find a way to Asia

23.Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet -explored central Mississippi river -first white man to see parts of Illinois and Winconsin

24.Robert Cavalier de la Salle -claimed the entire Mississippi valley for France -Named the Mississippi valley Louisiana

Places

1.San Salvador -meaning holy savior -Columbus claimed this land for the King Spain

2.St. Augustine -founded in 1565 by Pedro Menendez -First permanent European settlement

3.Santa Fe -founded in serve as the capital of Spanish colonies in American southward

4.San Diego -first european settlement in california -founded by Spaniars

5.Quebec -Father of new France -the first French permanent settlement in the world

6.New France -the great lakes region, and the mississippi valley -they build forts here as their defense, trade, outpost, and missionary endeavors among the Indians

6.New Orleans -founded in best known city of French heritage in America

Terms

1.Crusades -a request of popes, European kings, and noblemen -to drive the Muslims from the land they had conquered in the middle east

2.Middle Class -arose the merchants and traders -trade as orient revive

3.Renaissence -meaning rebirth -it emphasized the abilities of mankind and largely ignored God

4.Movable-type printing press -perhaps the most important invention -before it was invented, book marking was expensive

5.Protestant Reformation -renaissence prepared the way for more important movement -began in 1517

6.Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria -Columbus’ tiny fleet -sailed from Spain on August 3, 1492

7.Conquistadors -meaning conqueror -followed leading armies of Spanish soldiers to subdue native inhabits

8.Invincible Armada -fleet of ships -sent by Philip II to attack England

Thanks And May God Bless You