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20 Cards in this Set
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Martin Luther
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Led the Protestant Reformation; he thought the Catholic Church was too powerful
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Christopher Columbus
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Explorer who believe he'd discovered a "new world"
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Leif Ericson
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Viking sailor left a written record of his voyages to America
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missionary
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A person who goes to another land to win converts for a religion
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Hernando Cortes
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This conquistador destroyed the Aztec empire
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Ferdinand & Isabella
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King and Queen of Spain who sponsored Columbus's voyages
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John Smith
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Led the Jamestown colony and encourage them to plant crops
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Bartolome de Las Casas
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Suggested using Africans instead of Natives as slaves
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circumnavigate
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To sail around the world
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colony
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A group of people who settle in distant lands, but are still suled by the government of their native land
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alliance
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An agreement among nations to aid and protect one another
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land bridge
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Scientists believe the first people reached the Americas via this during the last ice age which linked Siberia to Alaska
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Northwest Passage
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A waterway through or around North America. Sailors searched for this route because Magellan's route was too long.
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persecution
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The mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs.
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pilgrim
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Anyone who makes a long journey for religious purposes.
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culture
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The entire way of life of a people. It includes their shelter, clothing, government, etc
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Ponce de Leon
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Discovered the "Fountain of Youth"
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John Cabot
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Discovered the Northwest Passage
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Catholics versus Protestants
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Major religious rivalry that arose in Europe
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Tobacco
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Cash crop that saved the people of Jametown
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