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Harcourt Social Studies 5th Grade - Chapter 3

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show Ponce de Leon  
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He was the first Spaniard to set foot in the U.S. and sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage   show
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show Hernando Cortes  
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show Hernando Cortes  
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In 1540 he set out to find the Seven Cities of Gold   show
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A route to Asia by sailing through or around North America   show
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Explored for France; sailed up and down the eastern coasts of North & South America looking for the Northwest Passage.   show
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show Jacques Cartier  
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show Henry Hudson  
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Sailed from Cuba to U.S. in 1539. First European to see the Mississippi River. Claimed the land in the southeastern U.S. for Spain.   show
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Led the Reformation in 1517. Wanted to change the Catholic Church. Supporters were called Protestants.   show
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Were sent by the Catholic Church to convert Indians in America to Catholicism.   show
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Sailed to Newfoundland about 500 years before Christopher Columbus   show
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show Johannes Gutenburg  
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show Renaissance  
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Started a navigation school so they could build better ships, maps, and tools.   show
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The science of planning and following a route   show
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show The Indies  
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Who travelled to Asia in the 1200s?   show
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show A sea route to Asia so they could get its "riches".  
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How did Christopher Columbus plan to get to Asia   show
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show King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain  
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What did Columbus name the land he discovered?   show
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Where did Columbus think he was when he discovered San Salvador?   show
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show Because he thought he was in the Indies.  
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What did Balboa sail across to reach the Pacific Ocean?   show
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Who led the expedition that sailed all the way around the world?   show
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For who was North and South America named?   show
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show technology  
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show entrepreneur & benefits  
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show Newfoundland  
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show Amerigo Vespucci  
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa found the key to reaching Asia. He crossed an ________________ and saw the Pacific Ocean.   show
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show grants  
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show conquistadors  
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Found Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth   show
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He was the first Spaniard to set foot in the U.S. and sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage   show
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show Hernando Cortes  
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In 1521 he conquered the Aztecs   show
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show Coronado  
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show Northwest Passage  
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Explored for France; sailed up and down the eastern coasts of North & South America looking for the Northwest Passage.   show
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show Jacques Cartier  
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British explorer that sailed for the Dutch East India Company in Holland. Discovered the Hudson River and Hudson Bay. His crew mutinied and set him adrift in the ocean.   show
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Sailed from Cuba to U.S. in 1539. First European to see the Mississippi River. Claimed the land in the southeastern U.S. for Spain.   show
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show Martin Luther  
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show Missionaries  
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show The Vikings  
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Invented the printing press   show
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show Renaissance  
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Started a navigation school so they could build better ships, maps, and tools.   show
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The science of planning and following a route   show
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What the Europeans called Asia in the 1400s   show
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show Marco Pollo  
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What were the Portuguese explorers searching for?   show
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How did Christopher Columbus plan to get to Asia   show
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show King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain  
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show San Salvador  
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show Asia or the Indies  
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show Because he thought he was in the Indies.  
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show Isthmus of Panama  
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show Ferdinand Magellan  
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show Amerigo Vespucci  
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show technology  
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show entrepreneur & benefits  
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John Cabot sailed west to present-day ______________.   show
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___________________ knew that Cabot and other explorers had found a continent that Europeans did not know about - not Asia.   show
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa found the key to reaching Asia. He crossed an ________________ and saw the Pacific Ocean.   show
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show grants  
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show conquistadors  
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Henry Hudson's crew led a ____________ and set him adrift.   show
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show Francisco Pizarro  
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show sun stroke, hunger, disease, they got lost due to inaccurate maps  
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