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Explorers

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Period of artistic creativity   Renaissance  
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Ancient Greek and Roman works   Classical  
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Early navigation tool   astrolabe  
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Caravels   Ships  
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Journey to a holy land   pilgrimage  
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Viking Sailor   Leif Erikson  
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Admiral of the Ocean   Christopher Columbus  
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Leading explorers in the 1400's   Portuguese  
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Means "peaceful"   Pacific  
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To sail around the world   circumnavigate  
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Invention that helped Marco Polo's travels gain a wider circulation   printing press  
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Explorer who discovered the long-awaited eastern sea route to Asia   Vasco da Gama  
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The treaty that gave Spain most of North America and South America   Treaty of Tordesillas  
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Trading post in Western Africa, the Portuguese traded for mostly ______________   gold and slaves  
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Explorer's crew that was the first to circumnavigate the world   Magellan  
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_________________ were influenced by the classical Greek and Roman works.   Renaissance  
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French explorer Cartier arrived in North America, he was looking for the _________________.   Northwest Passage  
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Voyages of Christopher Columbus led to contact and an exchange between Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americans called _______________.   The Columbian Exchange  
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Broke from the Catholic Church and began a new religious movement.   Martin Luther  
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