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58 Cards in this Set
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Explorer Motives
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growind gemand for eastern goods (gold), spirit of adventure (glory), converting heathen populations to christianity (god), & thecnological advances
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First exploration (to Portugal) by...
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Prince Henry
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Prince Henry's nickname
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the navigator
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Continued Prince Henry's exploration (in Portugal)
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King John II
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Bartholomew Dias round what cape?
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Good Hope
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Who reached Calicut, India, when?
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Vasco da Gama, 1498
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What eliminated the Moslems in the Indian Ocean , when?
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Battle of Diu, 1509
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Cape of Good Hope was rounded by who?
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Bartholomew Dias/ Diaz
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What was discovered by an explorer being blown off course?
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Brazil
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Who was Brazil discovered by, when?
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Pedro Cabral, 1500
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Christopher Columbus was named Admiral of the Ocean Blue by who?
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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1453, country led by who?
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Fall of Constantinople, Sultan Mohammed II
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christian ruler, discovers mythological christian missionary
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Prester John
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Wrote Travels
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Marco Polo
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Marco Polo traved to where?
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Cathay
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Columbus' 3 ships
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Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
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When did Columbus sail the ocean blue?
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1492
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Christopher Columbus discovered what in 1496, which became the 1st permanent settlement in "mundus novus"?
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Santo Domingo
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Mondus Novus was named for who?
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Americo Vespucci
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Discovered Mondus Novus & then named it after Americo.
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Martin Waldseemuller
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Line of Demarcation formed when, by who, what is it?
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1493, Alexander VI, Left Portugal out of New World
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Treaty of Tordesillas, when, what?
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1494. Settled dispute w/ Spain and Portugal. Made Brazil part of Portugal's sector.
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What did conquistadors do?
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Bring horses to new world
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Juan Ponce de Leon discovered what by looking for what?
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Looked for Fountain of Youth found Florida
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Discovered South Sea after crossing isthmus of Panama
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Ferdinand Magellan
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began first circumnavigation of globe, didnt make it, discovered Philippines
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Wrote Magellan's journal
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Antonio Pigafetta
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Hernando Cortes
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Conquered Aztec Emp.
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mercantilism
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favorable balance of trade
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Hernando Cortes,when?
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Conquered Aztec Empire, 1519
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Malinche
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native girl of Tenochtitlan
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Montezuma people believed that Cortes was who?
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Quetzacoatl, God
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Francisco Pizarro
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Conquered Inca Empire, conquered Peru
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Hernando De Soto, when
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Discovered Mississippi River, 1541
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Francisco de Coronado
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Looked for 7 cities of Cibola, discovered grand canyon
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Pedro De Aviles, when?
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Established St. Augustine, Fl. in 1565
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oldest city in us
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st. augustine, fl
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Bartholomew de las Casas
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Father of the Indians
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John Cabot, when?
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traveled to newfoundland, nova scotia, and new england
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Henry Hudson
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Discovered Hudson River and Bay and Northwest Passage
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Francis Drake
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2nd circumnavigation of globe, greatest of the "sea dogs"
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Walter Raleigh, when
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Established Lost Colony of Roanoke, 1587.
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Jamestown
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First Permanent settlement in America
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James Cook
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Explored Pacific Islands 1768-1779
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Giovanni Verrazano
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explored N. A. for France
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Jacques Cartier
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discovered St. Lawrence River for France
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Samuel de Champlain, when?
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Founded Quebec in 1608
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Coureur des bois
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rover of the forest, fur trappers
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Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet
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Explored Upper Mississippi River
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Robert de La Salle
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Discovered route from great lakes to gulf of mexico via mississippi river
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Peter Minuit
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bought manhattan island from indians
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New Products
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Cocoa, tea, coffee, sugar, vanilla, tobacco, potatoes, tomatoes, corn, turkey, quinine, and opium
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Bounties
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Bonus for finished products/subsidies
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Stock and Insurance companies
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were established
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Pierre d'Ailly
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wrote imago mundi
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Fernando Magellan
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Began 1st circumnavigation of globe
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Sabastian del Cano
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1st to cicle globe
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Antonio Pigafetta
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Wrote journal of Magellan
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