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18 Cards in this Set
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Eric the Red
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Discovered and settled Greenland
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Leif Ericson
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explored and briefly settled North America
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Ottoman Turks
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Destroyed Constantinople in 1453; invaded Europe and captured all Balkan territories; threatedn Hapsburgs
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Prester John
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A fabled ruler of kingdoms in Asia and Ethiopia; thought to be descended from one of th eMagi
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Henry the Navigator
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built school at Sagres and improved ships; dominated trade in gold and ivory
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Bartholomew Diaz
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maps Cape of Storms/Cape of Good Hope
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Pedro Cabral
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maps Brazil coast
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Amerigo Vespucci
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used term New World
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Discovers Magellan's passage and Cape Horn; named Pacific Ocean; although he died one of his ships circumnavigated the world
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Hernando Cortes
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Fought Azetec empire
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Francisco Pizarro
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Fought Incan Empire
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John Cabot
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explored Newfoundland for England
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Giovanni da Verrazano
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explored Carolina to New England coastline for France
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Cartier
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Explored St. Lawrence River
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audiencia
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local council
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intendants
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reported to king
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corregidores
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local officials
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Bartolome de las Casas
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urged import of Africans as slaves
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