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What is technology
Scientific knowledge and tools
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Who is Christopher Columbus
One of his voyages was paid for by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella with hopes to spread the Catholic religion
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What is renaissance
This word means rebirth
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What is mutiny
Rebel
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Who is Amerigo Vespucci
The America's are named after him
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What is an expedition
A trip taken with the goal of exploration
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Who is Marco Polo
Wrote a book about his travels to Cathay and what he found
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What is a caravel
This was a type of ship that could travel faster and carry more goods.
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What is reform
Change
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Who is Henry Hudson
Named a river and a bay after himself
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What is an isthmus
A narrow strip of land that connects two large land masses
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Who is Ferdinand Magellan
His sailors were the first to sail around the world
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What is the Vikings
Leif Erikson led the ________________ on an expedition in about A.D. 1000.
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What is a missionary
A religious teacher
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Who is Juan Ponce de Leon
Searched for, but never found, the Fountain of Youth.
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What is an entrepreneur
People who set up and run a business
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Set up a farm but escaped because he owed people money
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What were ship, crew, and supplies
What are three things that Columbus needed money for?
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What is a grant
Money paid for explorations
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Who is Hernando Cortes
Light skinned fellow who conquered the Aztecs
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What is navigation
The science of planning and following a route
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Who is Francisco Pizzaro
He and soldiers conquered the Incas
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What is diseases
Many Aztecs died in battle, but most died of
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What is a treaty
An agreement between countries
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Who is Martin Luther
He openly called for changes in the Catholic Church
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