Chapter 3

Front 1

Italian explorer who found newfoundland but told people he had found Cathay

Back 1

Giovanni Caboto

Front 2

European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe

Back 2

Magellan

Front 3

Leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas

Back 3

Eriksson

Front 4

First European people known to have visited the Americas

Back 4

Vikings

Front 5

Poruguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa

Back 5

DeGama

Front 6

Local name for the island on which Columbus first landed

Back 6

Guanahani

Front 7

European whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia

Back 7

Marco Polo

Front 8

Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail around the SOuthern tip Africa

Back 8

Dias

Front 9

Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators

Back 9

Prince Henry

Front 10

Body of water reached by Spanish explorer Balboa

Back 10

Pacific Ocean

Front 11

First European to make a globe

Back 11

Behaim

Front 12

City captured by the Turks, closing off trade routes between Europe and Asia

Back 12

Constantinople

Front 13

Put in order of event:
The trade routes between Europe and Asia are closed off

Back 13

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Front 14

Put in order of event:
The first European school for training sailors in navigation is set up

Back 14

2

Front 15

Put in order of event:
Christopher Columbus recieves support from Spain to sail to Asia

Back 15

3

Front 16

Put in order of event:
Amerigo Vespucci conludes that Columbus did not reach Asia

Back 16

4

Front 17

Put in order of event:
Vasco Nunez de Balboa proves that Vespucci was right and that Columbus was wrong

Back 17

5

Front 18

Put in order of event:
One of Ferdinand Megellan's ships sailed around the world

Back 18

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