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15 Cards in this Set
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What group of people closed trade routes between Europe and Asia?
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Turks from the Ottoman Empire
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Why did Christopher Columbus sail west from Spain?
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He believed sailing west was a better route.
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Who did the Indians help to fight the Aztecs and why?
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The indians helped the Spanish because they were unhappy from their rule.
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In what continent did the Inca Empire rule?
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South America
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Why did northern European explorers search for a Northwest Passage?
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They wanted to find another route to Asia.
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Who claimed Florida for Spain while looking for the fountain of youth?
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Panfilo de Narvaez
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Who claimed the Hudson River Valley for the Dutch?
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Henry Hudson
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Who traveled with his father and uncle to China and the Indies?
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Marco Polo
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Who helped da Gama sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India?
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Dias
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Who asked his people to stop fighting Cortes' forces?
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Motecuczoma
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Who invented a new way to print books?
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Johannas Gutenberg
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Who set up a school to train sailers in navigation?
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Prince Henry
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Who was the leader of the 1st expedition to sail around the world?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Led the expidition of the first Europeans to see the Mississippi?
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De Soto
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Write a paragraph explaining 2 of the reasons nations sent out explorers in the 1400's and 1500's. Give 2 examples of countries that sponsored explorers.
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There are two reasons why the nations sent out exployers in the 1400 and 1500's. The first reason is to explore new lands. The second was to find greater wealth. Two countries that sponsored the exlorers was Spain and Asia. The European merchants wanted to trade goods with Asia so they traveled the Silk Road. The Silk Road or Route was not a road but a group of overland trade routes between China and Italy. It was dangerous to travel this so the merchants traveled only part way to trade in cities in North Africa and Southwest Asia. The Europeans called this the "Middle East."
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