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Question | Answer |
the 5 nations that explored what is now north america and south america | spain, portugal, france, dutch, UK |
columbus' 3 ships | nina, pinta, santa maria |
the crusades | 1095-1291 christian europeans vs muslims |
revolution | overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system ex. commercial, geographic |
interest | money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent |
astrolab | instrument that measures the position of stars |
india | christopher columbus failed in finding indies route and died discredited |
circumnavigate | sail all the way around something |
line of demarcation | pope drew line to stop way between spain and portugal |
aztecs | empire taken over my hernan cortes (emperor montezuma) |
incas | empire taken over my francisco pizzaro |
new amsterdam | the center of the new colony of dutch (NY) |
quebec | samuel da champlain established a settlement |
marco polo | man who wrote on an account of the marvels of asia |
prince henry the navigator | man who caused people to explore and started navigation schools |
bartholomew diaz | sent by the king to explore southern part of africa (of portugal) |
vasco da gama | completed eastern sea route to asia |
christopher columbus | queen isabella funded his voyage to find a trade route to indies, left in august, 1492 |
juan balboa | first european to see the pacific ocean from the americas |
ferdinand magellan | portuguese man to circumnavigate the world for the first time |
ponce de leon | made first spanish landing on north america |
hernando cortes | took over aztec tribe |
jacques cartier | french explorer who searched for sea route to asia but failed and found mountain next to a village and named it montreal |
jacques marquette | priest who searched for precious metals and a water passage to pacific ocean but failed |
louis joliet | fur trader who searched for precious metals and a water passage to pacific ocean but failed |
robert lasalle | first european to trace mississippi river to its mouth and claimed it for france |
henry hudson | english sailor searching for passage to india by the netherlands but failed but found a huge bay that now bears his name |
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