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24 Cards in this Set
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What was one of the largest and richest empires of South America during the 1400’s?
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The Incas
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Who helped spread knowledge of the Renaissance by inventing a new cheaper and easier way to print books?
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Who inspired European exploration of the world by writing a novel of his travels to China and other places in Asia?
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Marco Polo
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Who caused the trading between Europe and Asia to stop by closing trade routes to Asia?
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The Turks
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Who started a school to teach navigation?
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Prince Henry
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What does a cartographer do?
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Make maps
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Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and landed in Africa?
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Vasco de Gama
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Which explorer believed that sailing west was a more direct route to Asia?
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Christopher Columbus
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What year did Christopher Columbus sail west across the Atlantic Ocean?
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1492
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Where did Giovanni Caboto actually land when he sailed to North America?
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Canada
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A mapmaker named the newly discovered land America after which explorer?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Which explorer sailed to the Isthmus of Panama and marched west to the Pacific Ocean?
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Who was the first explorer to sail around the world?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Name three reasons why the Spanish explorers want to come to America.
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-New route to Asia
-Find gold and riches -Bring religion to Native Americans |
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What did the Spanish king offer in order to encourage exploration?
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A grant
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Who claimed the land now called Florida for Spain?
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Which explorer did the Aztecs think was the light-skinned god Quetzalcoatl? What did he do to the empire?
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Hernando Cortes, Destroyed the empire
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Which explorer searched for Cibola or the Seven Cities of Gold?
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Cabeza de Vaca
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Which explorer claimed land for Spain and was the first to see the Grand Canyon?
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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Which explorer led the expedition of the first Europeans to see the Mississippi River?
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Hernando de Soto
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What did European explorers search for in order to find a better trade route to Asia?
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Northwest Passage
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Who claimed land along the St. Lawrence River for France?
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Jacques Cartier
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Who was the English explorer left to die after his crew mutinied?
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Henry Hudson
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How were Native Americans’ lives changed by European exploration?
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Lost: -Lives
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