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Grade 4 History Ch 1
Grade 4 History Ch 1 - New Names and Places
Term | Definition |
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Christopher Columbus | Italian sailor who discovered America in 1492 |
Marco Polo | Italian merchant who visited China and described its riches to Europe |
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria | the three ships used on Columbus's first voyage |
Ferdinand and Isabella | king and queen of Spain who financed Columbus's voyages |
Indians | name Columbus gave to the people of the New World because he thought he was in India |
Vikings | sea-going Scandinavian people |
Leif Ericson | Viking who was the first European to visit America |
John Cabot | explorer who claimed North America for England in 1497 |
Amerigo Vespucci | explorer who was the first call America a New World |
Vasco da Gama | Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the tip of Africa |
Vasco de Balboa | Spanish explorer who claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain and named it the Great South Sea |
Ponce de Leon | first European to explore the land that is now the United States; explored and named Florida |
San Salvador | island in the West Indies |
Vinland | Vikings' name for America |