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The first European explorers to rech the shores of North America?
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Scandinavian vikings led by Leif Eriksson
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The Inuit and Aleut used doglseds and one-person canoes called
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kayaks
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Soldiers and lords who gave their services for land were
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vassals
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Children of peasants were born into an economic and social position that...
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determined their status as peasants when they grew up
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Paleo-Indians who first migrated into North American were
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hunter-gatherers
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Symbols and images that represent ideas are
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glyphs
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climates and landscapes that surround living things are called
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environments
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the christians who embarked on the crusades were urged to do so by
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Pope Urban II
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One of the first documents to help protect the rights of free individuals was
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Magna Carta
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Gradual changes in technology, trade and political powere brought about the
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end of Europe's middle ages
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A common European name for the lands of Asia was
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the Indies
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Columbus' 1492 voyage from the Canary Islands across the unknown waters of the Atlantic
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ended 33 days after he set sail
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Spain's all-water route to Asia that columbus sought in 1492 was discovered
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30 years later when Magellan's crew circumnavigated Earth
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Henry Hudson was an English captain who sailed under the flas of
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England and the Dutch
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The European race for a sea route to Asia was won by
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Portugal
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The north American area explored in the 1500s by Jacques Cartier was
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what is now called Canada
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Soon after Da Gama reached southwest India the Portuguese
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realized they were dealing with a culture that had traded with Muslim and Italian merchants for hundreds of years
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Merchants who invested in a joint-stock company were able to
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raise money for new ventures and reduce the indivual risk of starting a business
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After Balboa discovered the South Sea and made peace with the American Indians in what is now Panama
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Spanish authorities had him executed for treason
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The South Sea was renamed the Pacific by
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Magellan
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The Cape of Good Hope was named by
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Bartolomeu Dias
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As a reult of the Treaty of Tordesillas, Brazil
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was placed under Portuguese control
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MAgellan discovered the passage he sought through South America at
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the southern tip of the continent
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The rebirth of european interest in the arts and learing of ancient greek and rome is known as
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Renaissance
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Cabral, whose fleet was blown off course as he followed de Gama's route to India,
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accidentally discovered the coast of what is now Brazil
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How did the Commerical revolution change the way merchants conducted business?
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Merchants became more aggressive about adjusting prices in order to make profits
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The Renaissance combined new ideas about art society, science and technology with the rediscovery of
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ancient greek and roman works
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Commanded the Ming fleet that brought wealth an knowledge of other cultures to China
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Zheng He
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Remains of objects made by humans
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artifacts
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common values and traditions of a society
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culture
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settlement established by a culture or society
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colony
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climates and landscapes that surround living things
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environments
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system of government in which people pledge loyalty to a lord in exchange for protection
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feudalism
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study of the unwritten past
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archeology
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religion that strengthened cultural ties across Europe during the Middle Ages
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Christianity
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religion that spread by military conquest and along trade networks
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islam
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groups that share traditions, values and organizing structures
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societies
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to sail completey around
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circumnavigate
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boundary of Spain's exploration and monopoly rights
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Line of Demarcation
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money or property that is used to earn money
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capital
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path around or through north america thta would allow ships to sail from atlantic to the pacific
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Northwest passage
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small but sturdy ship built to be very maneuverable and fast
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caravel
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change the religious beliefs of a person
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convert
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allowed navigators to determine thier ship's position by charting the position of the stars
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astrolabe
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narrow, winding sea passage
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strait
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sole economic control
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monopoly
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royal governor of Spanish lands
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viceroy
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