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29 Cards in this Set
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northwest passage |
A passage in the arctic used to get to Asia. |
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scurvy |
A disease the you get when you don't get enough vitamin C. |
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Mi'kmaq story |
a lady had a dream about a floating island she white faced man with her came true. |
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empires |
A land that's led by an king or queen.
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Eric the Red |
Exiled to Iceland. He sent sail to Greenland and named it thing people would come to live there. Looking to start a new settlement. He was named that because of his red hair and beard. |
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Leif the lucky (Eric the Red's son) |
Set sail for his home Green land looking for a tree covered island called Helluland meaning "land of flat stone". He also found NFLD which he called it Vinlind. |
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Thorvald the Luckless |
(Leif brother) He went to Vinlind to build a colony. He met aboriginal people.They didn't want him there. A fight happened and he die in the fight. |
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Skirmish |
A fight. |
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The Sagas |
Story that were written about the Norse people. |
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L'Anse aux Meadows |
Its a place in NFL. Found by the Norse people. |
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The Basques |
They were fishermen. They made a lot of money. They never got credit for finding North America. |
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The Renaissance |
Between the 14 and 16 century.Called the "rebirth" it is a time . |
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The printing press |
Book easier to access. |
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Quadrant,sextant and compass |
Tools to help the navigate. |
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The two religions |
The two religions are Roman and the Protestants. |
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King and Queens |
Hire people to search for new land to expand their empires. |
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Portugal |
Portugal people invited the best Europe's to find new land. |
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Spain |
They found gold and silver in America and Chose not to search for the Northwest passage. |
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England and France |
They focused the finding the Northwest passage. Because the Spain and Portugal claimed America. |
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The Netherlands |
When Spain and Portugal left Asia to explore America. The Netherlands took their place in the trade for furs. |
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Cartier and Donnacona |
Cartier is an explore and Donnacona is a chef. |
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Jacques Cartier |
He was created for naming the St.Lawenis river. He sailed for France. He wanted to find the northwest passage. He made three voyages. |
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Hochelaga |
Montreal |
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Stadaconna |
Quebec |
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Cartier first voyage |
He went to Gaspe Bay were he meant the Wendat Donnacona. He erected a cross to claim the area for France. Then he kid- napped Donnacona and brought back to France. He wanted them to learn french. |
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Cartier second voyage |
He went up the St.Lawrance river and reunited Donnacona with his son a year later. |
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Cartier Third voyage |
eHe came to North America but not welcomed in Stadacona. He tried start a settlement but the winter was too hard so the settlers left.
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Kanata |
It's an Algonquian word for Canada that means village. |
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Colony |
A territory controlled by a distance county. |
