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| Question | Answer |
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| Who led a group of people knowing as the Vikings to the North America in 1000 A.D.? | Leif Erikson |
| Who is the Italian who recorded his travels from Europe to China (Cathy) and the book that was written inspired Europeans to travel to Asia? | Marco Polo |
| Why did Europeans explore land routes to Asia? | In hopes of finding wealth and to trade goods with one another. |
| What is the name of the road that was established between Europe and Asia which consisted of many trading Post along the route? | the Silk Road |
| what event caused Portugal to search for a water route from Europe to Asia? | the closing of the Silk Road when 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 establish what useful things for sailors? | schools for training sailors to navigate the waters along with better compasses, astrolabes and carvels |
| 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 my leading successful expedition around africa | Vasco da Gama |
| what are some of foreign goods that were traded between Europeans and Asians | gold, jewels, silk, perfumes and spices |