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Chapter3_explorers

Hannah's social studies flashcards

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First European people known to have visited the Americas Vikings
leader of first European to visit the Americas Leif Erickson
name of the first European settlement in the Americas Vinland
first European to make a globe Martin Behaim
European whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia Marco Polo
city captured by the Turks, closing off trade routes between Europe and Asia Constantinople
Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators Prince Henry
Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa Bartholomeu Dias
local name for the island on which Columbus first landed Guanahani
Italian explorer who landed in present-day Newfoundland but told people he had found Cathay Giovanni Caboto
Italian explorer who figured out that Columbus had not reached Asia Amerigo Vespucci
body of water reached by Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa Pacific Ocean
European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa Vasco da Gama
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