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41 Cards in this Set
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What happened to the Vikings?
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their civilization died out
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What is a cartographer?
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a maker of maps
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Who is America named after?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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What is a knoll?
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a small round hill
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When did Marco Polo start his voyages?
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around 1271
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What is a saga?
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an adventure story
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Who was the first explorer to travel south around Africa to the Cape of Good Hope?
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Dias
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What was Marco Polo's nickname and why?
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Marco Millions, because of his many stories
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Name three things the Europeans wanted from Asia.
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spices, silk, gold, jewels, perfumes
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Who were the first people to reach North America?
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the Vikings
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What was brought back from Prince Henry's best route?
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slaves, fruit, gold
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What is an exploration?
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the searching of the unknown
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What kind of stories did Marco Polo tell?
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told of the riches found in Asia
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Who created the first globe?
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Martin Behaim
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What were the scientific and technological advances that helped Europe find new trade routes?
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compasses, ships with sails that would go against the wind, faster ships
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The zero degrees line of longitude is called?
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the prime meridian
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What was so important about spices?
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it covered the bad taste of meat
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Where did the Vikings first land?
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Greenland and Iceland
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Who was the first one to sail around Africa to India?
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Vasco da Gama
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What is an encounter?
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a meeting
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What was the result of European trading being cut off in 1453?
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they started to find new routes (ocean voyages)
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Lines of longitude are also called?
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meridians
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Who was asked to set up a new trade route for Portugal?
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Prince Henry
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What continent is included in the Far East?
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Asia
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What continents are included in the Middle East?
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SW Asia and N. Africa
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What is an expedition?
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a journey made for a reason
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What did Prince Henry set up?
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a navigation school that was secretive
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What is a compass?
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an instrument used to find direction
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Why did European trading with Asia stop in 1453?
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the Turks took control of the Middle East
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What is a monarch?
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a king or queen
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Whose ship sailed around the world, but unfortunately he died before this happened?
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Magellen
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Name three things that kept the Europeans from searching for unknown lands?
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believed the world was dangerous, ships were slow, few maps, European rulers were not interested
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Who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513?
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Balboa
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What was wrong with the first globes that were made?
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Africa was shown too small and the wrong shape, No N. and S. America or Antarctica or Australia, Asia & Europe were really 10,000 miles apart
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Lines of latitude are also called?
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parallels
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What is scurvy?
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a sickness caused by not getting enough vitamin C
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The zero degrees line of latitude is called?
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the equator
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What does is mean to navigate?
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to control the course of a ship
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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas is an ___________?
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isthmus
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What settlement did Leif Eriksson find?
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Vinland
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Name three countries from which the Vikings came.
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Norway, Sweden, and Finland
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