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Northwest Passage   a non-existent water route through the Americas to Asia  
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Catholics   look to the pope for guidance  
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Protestants   look to the bible for guidance  
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conquistadors   fought for gold and the Catholic church  
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Protestant reformation   religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches  
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Protestant nations   Germany, Great Britain  
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Catholic nations   Spain, Portugal, France, Italy  
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North America   mostly protestant  
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Marc Polo   Italian who traveled to China in AD 1271. His book about his travels caused Europeans to become interested in Asia  
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classical   anything referring to ancient Greece or Rome  
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technology   the practical use of science  
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Rennaissance   occurred in AD 1400. word means rebirth.  
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Rennaissance   refers to recovery of ancient Greek and Roman learning  
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astrolabe   instrument used for measuring stars (Astronomy, Navigation)  
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caravel   light fast, sailing ship invented by Portugal  
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pilgrimage   journey made for a specific purpose, religious journey  
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mosque   a Muslim house of worship  
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Printing press   Invented in 1450. helped knowledge to spread faster in Europe  
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Vasco da Gama   commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India by way of Africa  
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Christopher Columbus   Italian explorer and navigator who discovered America in 1492.  
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King Ferdinand and Isabella   Spanish rulers who sponsored Columbus  
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Prince Henry   He gathered astronomers, geographers, and mathematicians to share information with sailors  
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line of demarcation   divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal  
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Magellan   Portuguese explorer who led part of the first expedition around the world  
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Strait of Magellan   located at tip of South America between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans  
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circumnavigate   refers to sailing all the way around the Earth.  
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Pizarro   conquers Peru for Spain.  
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Atahualpa   Inca ruler conquered by Pizarro  
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Spain's advantages   guns, horses, huge dogs, disease, divided Indian kingdoms  
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Cortes   he conquered the Aztecs of Mexico for Spain  
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Montezuma   Aztec king defeated by Cortes  
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conquistador   Spanish conquerors of the New World  
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New World   a historic reference to Americas both North and South  
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Columbian exchange   1.from Europe: horses, cattle, pigs, chickens,disease  
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Columbian exchange   from New World: corn, beans ,squash, potatoes, chocolate  
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Latin America   mostly Catholic  
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Protestant reformation   started by German Catholic priest Martin Luther  
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mercantilism   theory that a nation's power depends and its wealth in gold or silver  
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Protestant criticisms of Catholic church   1. rejected Catholic practices not found in Bible 2. salvation by faith instead of salvation by good works  
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