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86 Cards in this Set
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group of explorers who saild from Norway, Iceland, or Greenland to North America about the year 1000.
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Vikings
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Queen who became interested in Columbus's plans to sail to the Indies
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Isabella
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European who first discovered the Pacific Ocean
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Balboa
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Spaniard who conquered the Aztec Indians.
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Hernano Cortez
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First European to reach the Mainland of North America
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John Cabot
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Explorer sponsored by Holland and then by England
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Henry Hudson
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Nation ruled in 1492 by Ferdinand and Isabell
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Spain
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Name given by Columbus to the island he landed upon.
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San Salvador
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Country that paid for Columbus's voyage to the New World
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Spain
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Section of North America named by Ponce de Leon
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Florida
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Group of islands where Magellan was killed
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Phillippines
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Home of the Aztec Indians
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Mexico
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Metals that Spanish wanted from the New World
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gold and silver
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Columbus's three ships
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Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
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Cloth the Europeans wanted from China
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silk
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Settlement of people who left their own country for another land
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colony
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religion that europoeans wanted to spread to the New World
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Christianity
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home country of a colony
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mother country
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Gulf explored and named by Cartier
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
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Body of water Columbus saild across to discover the new world
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Atlantic Ocean
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Magic water thought to fight aging
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Fountain of Youth
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narrow water passage
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strait
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first name of the Pacific Ocean
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South Sea
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river discovered by de Soto
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Mississippi
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First Englishman to sail around the world
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Sir Francis Drake
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Queen of England who rewarded Drake
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Elizabeth I
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french explorer who claimed the mississippi valley for france
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sieur de laSalle
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two frenchh explorers who investigated the mississippi river
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louis joliet and father jaques marquette
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french explorer who discovered the gulf of st. lawrence
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jacques cartier
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first englishman to explore North America
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john cabot
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spanish explorer who discovered the mississippi river
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hernando de soto
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continent where the inca indians lived
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south america
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cap at the southern tip of africa rounded by a portuguese explorer in 1487
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cape of good hope
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area columbus wanted to reach by sailing west
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east indies
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island off the coast of north america named by john cabot
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newfoundland
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south amerian country claimed by cabral for portugal
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brazil
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group of islands in the new world, probably discovered by columbus
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bahama islands
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country that financed magellans voyage
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spain
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animals released by coronado's expedition
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horeses
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what cortez brought along to mexico to help him conquer the indians
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horses and guns
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instrument that helped sailors tell directions
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compass
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disease caused by lack of fresh fruits and begetables which killed many of magellans men
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scurvy
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imaginary line drawn by the pope to divide the world between spain and portugal
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line of demarcation
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columbus's flagship
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santa maria
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magellans ship that survived to travle around the world
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victoria
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river explored by cartier
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St. Lawrence
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river explored by marquette and joliet in the hope of finding the northwest passage
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mississippi
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body of water crossed by vasco da gama in his search for the new world
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indian ocean
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ocean crossed by magellan after he rounded cape horn
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pacific
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narrow body of water off the southern tip of south america that is named for an explorer
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strait of magellan
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river where hernando de soto died and was buried
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mississippi
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body of water where henry hudson is thought to have died
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hudson bay
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spaniard who conquered the inca indians
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fransico pizzarro
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man who led an expedition from cuba to mexico in 1519
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hernando cortez
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portugese explorer given credit for first round the world voyage
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ferdinand magellan
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man who drew maps of the new world and gave his name to the new lands
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amerigo vespucci
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explorer who made the first all water voyage to india
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vasco da gama
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man who led an expedition to the southern tip of africa in 1486
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bartholomew diaz
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country where the inca indians lived
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peru
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first european country interested in discovering a new trade route to asia
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portugal
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name columbus gave to an island south of cuba
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hispaniola
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two countries whose right to colonize the world was divided by the line of demarcation
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spain and portugal
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place cortez used as his headquarters
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mexico city
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mountains pizarro had to cross to get to peru
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andes
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sir francis drake's famous ship
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golden hind
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location hunted by many who explored the southwestern part of the united states
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seven cities of cibola
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route to asia through north america sought by england and france
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northwest passage
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body of water that francis drake thought was the western end of the northwest passage
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san francisco bay
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oceans that francis drake sailed through on his trip around the world
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atlantic, pacific, indian
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name given by the vikings to the ocean they crossed
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sea of darkness
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excellent fishing area discovered by explorers off the northeast coast of north america
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grand banks
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leaders of the vikings
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leif eriksson and eric the red
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portuguese nobleman who encouraged exploration and the science of navigation
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prince henry
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explorer who spent many years in china and wrote a book about his travels
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marco polo
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person chosen by a kind to govern a spanish colony
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viceroy
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man who searched for the fountain of youth
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ponce de leon
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first spaniard to reach land that is now part of the united states
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ponce de leon
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leader of the aztec indians
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montezuma
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land over which balboa walked to discover the pacific ocean
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isthmus of panama
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seaport from which columbus sailed for the indies
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palos, spain
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two of the countries where columbus sought support for his trip to the indies
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france,england, and spain
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spanish explorer who first saw the Grand Canyo
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Francisco Coronado
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explorer who laid out the first french settlement in the New World
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Samuel de Champlain
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portuguese explorer who claimed the west coast of north america for spain
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juan cabrillo
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portuguese explorer who was blown off course and gave portugal claim to part of south america
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pedro cabral
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man sent by france to explore the east coast of north america
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giovanni de verrazano
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