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  • What was the capital of the Incas?
    Cuzco
  • Where did the Aztecs build their temples?
    On the top of pyramids.
  • How old was Lajos II when he became king?
    10
  • Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
    He proved that what Columbus had found was a new continent
  • What does colonisation mean?
    Spain and Portugal set up colonies (conquered territories) in the New World.
  • What did Vasco da Gama reach?
    the coast of India
  • When did Columbus start his journey?
    1492
  • Who became the king after king Mathias died?
    Ulászló II
  • When did Szulejmán I attack Hungary?
    1526
  • Why did he name the inhabitants of the 'New World' Indians?
    Because he thought he reached India
  • What was the reason for the discoveries?
    Turks controlled the trading routes to Asia and it became too expensive for Europeans.
  • Who started his discovery journey in 1487?
    Bartolomeu Dias
  • What did Ferdinand Magellan prove and how?
    He proved that the Earth was round, by circum-navigating it.
  • What was the aim of the Turks in 1532?
    To conquer Vienna
  • What happened in 1514?
    the war of peasants with the lead of Dózsa
  • Which states shared Hungary when it was divided into 3 parts?
    Turkish Empire, Habsburg Empire, Transylvania
  • What did the New World export to Europe?
    tobacco, cotton, silver, gold
  • How many Hungarians died at Mohács?
    15 000
  • Who stopped the peasant war?
    János Szapolyai
  • What was the name of the Spanish invader who led the destroying of the Inca Empire?
    Francisco Pizzaro
  • According to which theory was India approachable from the west (from Spain)?
    that the Earth was flat
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