Question

PART 1- Identifications. Briefly identify 8 of the following items. Your answers should be no more than 1 or 2 sentences. (2 points each)

Charles V

Martin Luther

James Cook

Nicolaus Copernicus

Council of Trent

Treaty of Tordesillas

absolutism

Montezuma

Tenochtitlan

treasure fleet

Nzinga of Ndongo

Songhay

Phillis Wheatley

Middle Passage

Answer 1

1. Charles V was the royal emperor of Roman and Spanish empire from 24 February 1500 to 21 September 1556.he was also the ruler of Burgundy.   

2. Captain James Cook FRS was one of the most famous explorers, navigator, cartographer, and a royal navy captain of Britain.

3. Nicolaus Copernicus a great mathematician, the astronomer of Renaissance era. He was best known for proposing the model of the solar system.

4. The Council of Trent was the ecumenical council of the Catholic Church(19th) from 1545 to 1563 in Trent.

5. The Treaty of Tordesillas was an authentication which was signed at Setubal. According to it land outside Europe between the crown of Castile and Portuguese.

6. Moctezuma II was the 9th ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1502 to 1520.

7. Absolutism is referred to the principles that hold absolute authority in the matters of politics, philosophy.

8. Treasure fleet refers to the transportation of treasure from one space to another space.