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Age of Exploration
Term | Definition |
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Europe | Continent from which the explorers came |
Indian Ocean | Body of water between Africa, Asia and Australia |
Vespucci | Last name of Spanish explorer for whom America is named |
Pacific Ocean | Megellan underestimated its size |
Casalle | Frenchman who explored the lower Mississippi River Valley |
Dias | The first Portuguese sea captain to reach the southern tip of Africa |
Spain | First country to establish colonies in the New World |
Millions lived in North America in 1492 | Indians |
maps | Drawn by early travelers and explorers. |
JG | Initials for the inventor of movable type |
Leif Ericson | Viking sea captain |
SA | Abbreviation for one of the continents |
tribe | A group of Indians that shared a common ancestry, language, culture, and name. |
west | Direction Columbus sailed from Europe. |
Africa | Continent south of Europe |
compass | Navigation Instrument |
sea | Mediterranean ___________________. |
Philippine | Megallan claimed the __________________ Islands for Spain. |
Gunpowder | Chinese invention that helped the Europeans conquer the Indians. |
Aztecs | Their capital was Tenochtitlan |
Cano | After Magellan's death, Juan Sebastian del __________________ led the expedition back to Spain. |
first Americans | What the Indians were. |
west | Columbus discovered the _________________ Indies. |
North America | Continent reached by the Vikings about 1000AD. |
Maya | Indian tribe of Central America with a highly developed civilization. |
west | Columbus thought he had reached the __________________ Indies of the Asian mainland. |
Eastern | Asia, Australia, and most of Europe and Africa are in the ________________ Hemisphere. |
Asia | The world's largest continent |
explorers | People who travel to new and distant lands. |
deGama | First Portuguese explorer to reach India |
Turks | The Crusaders wanted to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslim __________________. |
lines | Latitude and longitude |
Atlantic | Ocean crossed by most of the explorers |
new | __________________ world |
Vikings | Sea warriors from northern Europe |
San Salvador | Island reached by Columbus on Oct. 12, 1492 |
Incas | Indians of Peru conquered by Pizarro |
Australia | The smallest continent |
Indies | The West ____________________ are south of Florida |