Chapter 3 Social Studies

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Prince Henry

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Started a navigation school in Portugal to teach explorers. He was known as the "Navigator".

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Giovanni Caboto

Back 2

Sailed from England landed on New Foundland but thought that he was in Asia.

Front 3

Ferdinand Magellan

Back 3

Potuguese explorer that was the first to circumnavigate the world.

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Leif Eriksson

Back 4

Leader of the Vikings that established a settlement of New Foundland called "Vinland" in Canada.

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Martin Behaim

Back 5

Made the first globe.

Front 6

Marco Polo

Back 6

Crossed over to Asia and told stories of his adventures that were studied around the world.

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Bartholomeu Dias

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Potuguese explorer that was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.

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Amerigo Vespucci

Back 8

European explorer that determined that the new continent that was discovered was not Asia but a whole new land.

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Vasco da Gama

Back 9

Sailed around the tip of Africa and on to Asia.

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Constantinople

Back 10

City that was the trade center between Europe and Asia.

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Vikings

Back 11

First Europeans to have traveled to America.

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Vinland

Back 12

Name of the Viking settlement in Canada. Now is known as New Foundland.

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What changes occurred in Europe to stimulate exploration?

Back 13

Monarchs (Kings and Queens), compasses, astrolabe, religious war, sail design, discovery that world is round

Front 14

Problems with the first globe

Back 14

Africa wrong shape, No Australia, No Americas, No Anartica, Globe was too small