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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who led a group of people known as the Vikings to North America in 1000 A.D.? | Leif Erickson |
| who is the Italian who recorded his travels from Europe to china and the book that was written inspired Europeans to travel to Asia? | Marco polo |
| why did Europeans explore land routes to Asia? | hoping to find wealth and to trade with one another |
| what is the name of the road that was established between Europe and Asia which consisted of many trading posts throughout the route? | the Silk Road. |
| What caused Portugal to find a water route from Europe to Asia? | The closing of the Silk Road when the Turks captured the trading city of Constantinople. |
| prince Henry believed trading with Asia could be continued by establishing a water route to Asia by sailing around what? | the tip of Africa. |
| When prince henry was tasked with finding a water route from Portugal to Asia he established what useful things for sailors. | Schools for training sailors to navigate the waters along with better compasses, astrolabes and caravels. |
| Prince Henry instructed cartographers to create what item for sailors? | more accurate maps. |
| Who sailed from Portugal to the cape of good hope? | Bartolomeu Dias. |
| who sailed from Portugal to India by adding a successful expedition around Arica? | Vasco da Gama |
| what are some of the foreign goods that were traded Between Europeans and Asians? | Gold, jewels, silks, perfumes, and spices. |