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Who were the first European people known to have visited the Americas?
Vikings
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Who was the Portuguese explorer who started a school for navigators
Prince Henry
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Which Italian explorer figured out that Columbus had not reached Asia?
Amerigo Vespucci
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What is searching for the unknown?
exploration
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What is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land?
isthmus
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Who was the leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas?
Leif Ericksson
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Which Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa?
Barthlomeu Diaz
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What was the body of water that that was reached by Vasco Nunez de Balboa, which he claimed for Spain?
Pacific Ocean
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What is a map maker?
cartographer
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What is a journey taken for a special reason?
expedition
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What was the first globe called?
Earth Apple
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Which Portuguese explorer was the first European who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa?
Vasco de Gama
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Who was the first European to lead an expedition that sailed around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
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What are kings or/or queens?
monarchy
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What is an adventure story that tells the brave deeds of people long ago?
saga
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Who was the first European to create a globe?
Martin Behaim
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Who was the first European Explorer who sailed to the lands now known as the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
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What three new advances in science and technology helped stage European Exploration?
Sails that allowed ships to sail into the wind
faster ships the compass |
What is an instrument used to find direction?
compass
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What is a small, round hill?
knoll
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What was the region where Europeans would go to trade for Asian goods?
Middle East
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What is the name of the Italian Explorer who landed in present day Newfoundland but told people he had found Cathay?
John Cabot
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What changes in European government helped stage European Exploration?
the formation of countries with powerful monarchs
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What is the study of how to plan and control the course of a ship?
navigation
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What is what country paid for Columbus' exploration?
Spain
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