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More people became interested in India, China, and the rest of Asia as the story of who spread and exotic goods from the east appeared in European markets   marco polo  
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What was the period of great intellectual and artistic creativity   the renaissiance  
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This period of time encouraged europeans to pursue new ideas and paved the way for an age of what   exploration and discovery  
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during the 1400s, merchants and bankers wanted to expand their businesses by buying goods from the   east  
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they did this without going through the arab and what cities   italian  
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strong monarchs in spain, portugal, england, and france sought ways to increase what and make their countries stronger   trade  
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technological advances helped prepare the way for european voyages of exploration such as...   the magnetic compass  
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these advances helped launch a new era of exploration as powerful countries began searching for sea routes to...   asia  
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trade of gold,ivory, copper, and iron ore helped create wealthy, powerful kingdoms in... south of the sahara   africa  
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many west africans in ghana became... as a result of their contacts with north american traders   muslims  
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what country led exploration in the early 1400s   portugal  
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why was price henry called henry the navigator   he caused others to explore and started navigation schools  
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where was the gold coast   along the coast of west africa  
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what did the portuguese trade and buy on the gold coast   gold and ivory, bought slaves  
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who led the portuguese expedition to india in 1492   visco da gama  
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how did christopher columbus plan to reach asia   by sailing west  
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when did the viking leif eriksson explore vinland   1000  
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who financed columbus's 1492 voyage   queen isabella  
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what were the names of columbus's three ships   nixa, pinta, santa maria  
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why did columbus write "having trouble with the crew"   the sailors began to worry they were never going to reach asia and threatened to throw him off the ship  
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why are the caribbean islands called the west indies   columbus thought they were the east indies and they were west of europe  
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what imaginary line was drawn down the middle of the atlantic to keep peace between spain and portugal   the line of demarcation  
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what gave spain the right to most of north and south america   the treaty of tortisillas  
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who was the first to circumnavigate the world   ferdinand magellan  
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how long did it take the first voyage around the world take   almost three years  
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