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19 Cards in this Set
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Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
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Balboa
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Who had the first crew to travel around the world?
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Magellan
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America was named for this person?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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What items from the Far East did the Europeans want?
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spices, silk, & pepper
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What were some reasons why the Spanish explored?
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Searching for gold, power and land
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What were the French explorers searching for?
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Fur and the Northwest Passage
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What were the French explorers searching for?
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Fur and the Northwest Passage
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What is a conquistador?
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Any of the Spanish conquerors in the Americas during the early 1500s.
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What is an expedition?
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A journey
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What is an isthmus?
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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
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What is a mutiny?
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A rebellion against the leader of one's group. Example: Henry Hudson
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What is the Northwest Passage?
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A waterway in North America thought to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
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What is an empire?
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The conquered lands of many people and places governed by one ruler.
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What is supply and demand?
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When the supply is low and the demand is high, the cost is high. When the supply is high and the demand is low, the cost is low.
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What is navigation?
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The method of planning and controlling the course of a ship.
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What are figureheads?
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Carvings on ships of Vikings to scare villagers they were attacking.
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Who explored Vinland?
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Leif Ericson
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Who started the School of Navigation?
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Prince Henry
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Whose crew turned against him? (mutiny)
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Henry Hudson
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