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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New World | European name for lands in the Western hemisphere (Americas) |
| Age of Exploration | period in time during the 1500's when Europeans began searching for lands they didn't know |
| Explorers | men who sailed small ships across the ocean in search of new lands |
| Maps | drawings of bodies of land and water |
| Tobacco | leafy plant brought back to Europe by explorers |
| Flag | used to mark new land claims |
| Bible | helped Europeans spread Christianity to native people |
| Tomato | soon became part of European's diet |
| Compass | used to determine the direction they were sailing even in fog or total darkness |
| Astrolabe | a navigational tools used to determine where they were located as they sailed to or from the New World |
| Gold and Silver | the most valuable items the explorers brought from the New World back to Europe |