Age of Exploration
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| what group sailed to the America's in the 1500 and explored eastern Canada? | Viking
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| someone who buys and sells goods to ear money | merchant
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| Who left Italy in 1271 to journey to China? | Marco Polo
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| How long did Marco Polo live in China? | 16 years
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| Who did Marco Polo work for? | Kublai Khan
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| What were three things Marco saw in China? | paper, printing and gunpowder
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| What was the name of the route used to transport goods from China? | Silk Road
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| Who was sent by China to explore Southeast Asia and the African east coast? | Zheng He
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| What is a placed ruled by a king or queen? | kingdom
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| What is a group of people and animals who travel together? | caravan
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| Who was the Mali's greatest ruler? | Mansa Musa
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| What did Mansa Musa do in Mecca when he visited? | he set up trade agreements
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| What happened in Europe during 1300's and 1400's? | Renaissance
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| What does Renaissance mean? | rebirth
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| What made the Renaissance special? | new interest in writing, art, science, and ideas from the ancient Greeks and Romans
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| Is the use of scientific knowledge and tools to do things better and more rapidly? | technology
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| In what year was the printing press created? | 1454
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| Who created the printing press? | Johannes Gutenberg
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| Why was the creation of the printing press so important? | allowed books and ideas to spread across europe
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| Is the Science of planning and controlling the direction of a ship | navigation
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| Is a tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon. | astrolabe
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| Who taught the Europeans about the astrolabe | North Africans
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| What is an instrument with a magnetic needle that always points to the north? | compass
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| Who were the first Europeans to find a sea route to Asia? | Portuguese
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| Who created the school of navigation in Portugal? | Prince Henry - the Navigator
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| What is a cruel system in which people are bought and sold and made to work without pay? | slavery
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| Who was the explorer who was the first to go around the southern tip of africa? | Bartolomeu Dias
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| Who was the first explorer to reach India? | Vasco da Gama
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| What year did Bartlolmeu Dias sail around the cape of good hope? | 1487
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| Sailors could use this instrument to find out how far north or south they were? | astrolabe
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| what year did Columbus receive approval from Ferdinand and Isabella to sail to America? | 1492
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| What were the reason's for Columbus expedition? | Looking to make money from God and spices to pay for the Spanish Reconquista and spread Roman Catholicism
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| What were the three names of Columbus ships? | nina, pinta, santa maria
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| What was the island Columbus landed on first? | San Salvador
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| What is a small community of people living in a new place? | settlement
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| What is an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people? | epidemic
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| what were the harmful effects of the Europeans in the west indies? | cut down rain forest, built sugar plantations,
many american animals and plants were destroyed, brought disease
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| What did Columbus bring back to Spain? | corn, peanuts, potatoes, tomatos, chocolate, and certain peppers, beans and squashes
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| What did Columbus bring to the Caribbean? | cattle, horses,pigs, bananas, coffee beans, sheep
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| Who's crew was the first to circumnavigate the world? | Magellan
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| Is to sail completely around something? | circumnavigate
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| Is a journey to achieve a goal? | expedition
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| what is spanish for conqueror? | Conquistador
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| IS many nations or territories ruled by a single group or leader | empire
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| Who was the explorer for discovered the Aztecs | Herman Cortes
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| Who helped Cortes communicate with the Aztecs? | Malinche
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| What was the name of the Aztec ruler? | Moctezuma
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| Who defeated the powerful Inca's? | Francisco Pizarro
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| Who was the first to reach north america? | Ponce de Leon
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| What was ponce de leon looking for? | fountain of youth
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| Is an area of land ruled by another country? | colonies
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| What is the oldest city built in North America? | St. Augustine
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| What is a large farm or ranch? | hacienda
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| means to change a religion or a belief | convert
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| Is a violent uprising against a ruler? | revolt
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| lines- run east and west and measure distance north and south of the equator? | latitude
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| a line of latitude is also called | parallel
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| lines of - run north and south and measure distance of east ans west of the prime meridian? | longitude
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| a line of longitude is also called a | meridian
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| the exact latitude and longitude of a place on the globe is also called is | absolute location
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| the ---- revolt was the most successful Indian uprising in the history of New Spain? | Pueblo
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| who was the leader of the Pueblo revolt ? | Pope
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| What were major accomplishments of the Spanish colonist? | created missions to converted Indians to Catholicism,built forts, cities, haciendas,
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| who were the first explorer to see the grand canyon? | Coronado
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| Who published a book requesting better treatment of the Indians? | Cabeza de Vaca
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| Who was the first explorer to reach the Mississippi river? | de soto
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