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10 Cards in this Set
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Scandinavians who visited the New World around the year 1000
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Vikings
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Man for whom America was named
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Merchant who told Europeans about the riches of China
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Marco Polo
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Explorer who claimed all of North America for England
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John Cabot
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Italian sailor who discovered the New World in 1492
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Christopher Columbus
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King and queen of Spain who financed a voyage
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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Explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa to India
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Vasco da Gama
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First European to reach what is now the United States
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Ponce de Leon
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Which body of water did Balboa name the Great South Sea
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Pacific Ocean
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What is a piece of land surrounded on three sides with water
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peninsula
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