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19 Cards in this Set
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Nomads
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People who move from place to place in search of food.
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Columbus
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Discovered the West Indies (Bahamas) in 1492; three ships; Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria; most responsible for encouraging European exploration in the new world
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Realized that the land Columbus Discovered was a new world; America named after him
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Leif Ericson
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Viking exlporer Believed to of discovered america around 1,000 A.D.; Named it "Vinland"
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Aztecs
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Built capital city on Mexican lake; Feirce warriors; conquered all surrounding tribes
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Mayas
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located on Yucatan Peninsula;Built stone pyramids; Developed system of mathmatics and writing
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Incas
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Built empire in mountains in Peru; Made pottery and metals
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Orient
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Eastern region of old world where people of Europe sought to travel for goods such as silk spices and porcelain
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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Monarchs of Spain who financed the voyage of Columbus
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Vasco de Balboa
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First to cross the Isthmus of Panama
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Ferdinand Magellan
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1st European to circumnavigate the earth
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Hernando Cortez
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Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs; believed to be invited to the treasure city, Tenochtitlan
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Francisco Pizzaro
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Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas
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Line of Demarcation
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Line drawn by Pope to settle land dispute between Spain and Portugal; allowed countries to divide and conquer land with out running into each other
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Sir Francis Drake
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"Drake the Dragon"; 1st Englishman to circumnavigate the earth; a "seadog" or pirate who plundered spanish ships
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Jacques Cartier
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sailed for France in search of water way across new world
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Robert de La Salle
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Claimed the Mississippi for France and land draining into it
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John Cabot
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Laid claim to Atlantic coast for England in 1497-98
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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English nobleman who encouraged Elizabeth I to allow colinization in the new world;used personal fortune in failed attempt to establish colony at Roanoke Island
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