U.S. Studies Vocab Question And Answer
2024/2025
Renaissance - ANS_Period in European History lasting from the Fourteenth century
to the sixteenth century that encouraged freedom of thought.
Reconquista - ANS_Campaign that ended in 1492 that reestablished spanish
christian rule on the Iberian Peninsula
Prince Henry the Navigator - ANS_The third son of king John I of Portugal. He
established a school for Portuguese mariners.
Bartolomeu Dias - ANS_A Portuguese explorer who commanded the first European
expedition to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.
Vasco da Gama - ANS_Portuguese navigator whose three voyages to India around
the Cape of Good Hope opened the sea route from western Europe to East.
Christopher Columbus - ANS_He was born in the seaport city of Gienoa, Italy. He
began his seafaring life at age 14. His expeditions led to the discovery of American
continents.
John Capot - ANS_An italian explorer who was hired by Henry V II of England to
explore the unknown lands of the Americas.
Pedro Alvares Cabral - ANS_Portuguese navigator who generally credited as the first
European to land in present-day Brazil in 1500.
Amerigo Vespucci - ANS_Italian explorer and merchant who made early voyages to
the Americas in 1499 and 1501.
2024/2025
Renaissance - ANS_Period in European History lasting from the Fourteenth century
to the sixteenth century that encouraged freedom of thought.
Reconquista - ANS_Campaign that ended in 1492 that reestablished spanish
christian rule on the Iberian Peninsula
Prince Henry the Navigator - ANS_The third son of king John I of Portugal. He
established a school for Portuguese mariners.
Bartolomeu Dias - ANS_A Portuguese explorer who commanded the first European
expedition to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.
Vasco da Gama - ANS_Portuguese navigator whose three voyages to India around
the Cape of Good Hope opened the sea route from western Europe to East.
Christopher Columbus - ANS_He was born in the seaport city of Gienoa, Italy. He
began his seafaring life at age 14. His expeditions led to the discovery of American
continents.
John Capot - ANS_An italian explorer who was hired by Henry V II of England to
explore the unknown lands of the Americas.
Pedro Alvares Cabral - ANS_Portuguese navigator who generally credited as the first
European to land in present-day Brazil in 1500.
Amerigo Vespucci - ANS_Italian explorer and merchant who made early voyages to
the Americas in 1499 and 1501.
