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30 Cards in this Set
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Hernan Cortes
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conquered the Aztec Empire
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Mestizos
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people with Spanish and Native American Parents
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Mansa Musa
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Mali’s Greatest King
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Strait
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narrow winding passage to an ocean
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Caravel
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three-masted ship
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Marco Polo
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an explorer and author
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Renaissance
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historical period of intellectual and artistic creativity
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Henry the Navigator
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Portuguese prince who laid the groundwork for a new era of exploration
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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first Spaniard to land on the mainland of North America
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Bartholomeu Dias
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was the explorer to first sail around the southern tip of Africa
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Bartolome de las Casas
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publicly condemned the cruel treatment of Native Americans by the Spanish
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Samuel de Champlain
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explorer who founded Quebec
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Askiya Muhammad
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leader of the Songhai
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Montezuma
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Aztec Emperor
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Leif Eriksson
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Viking sailor
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Gold Coast
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West African coast
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New York City
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called New Amsterdam
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Vasco da Gama
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explorer who discovered the long awaited eastern sea route to Asia
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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agreement that gave Spain most of North American and South America
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Hernando de Soto
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traveled as far west as Oklahoma
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Encomienda
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right granted by the Spanish Government to the conquistadors that turned Native Americans into slaves
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Martin Luther
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believed that faith rather than good deeds was the way to heaven
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John Cabot
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his voyage was used by England as the basis for its claims in North America
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Ferdinand Magellan
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his crew was the first to sail around the world
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Name the three Ships that Sailed with Columbus to the America’s for the first time
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Nina Pinta Santa Maria
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What did England France and the Netherlands hope to discover by exploring the Americas
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Northwest Passage to Asia
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What did the French want to establish in the Americas
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A fishing and fur trade
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What invention helped Marco Polo’s Travels gain wider circulation
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Printing Press
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What did the Portuguese trade from their trading posts in Africa
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Gold and slaves
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Under King Mansa Musa which city became an important center of Islamic art and learning
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Timbuktu
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