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16 Cards in this Set
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European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Body of water reached by the spanish explorer Vasco Nunoz be Balboa
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Pacific Ocean
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First Europeans known to have visited Americas
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Vikings
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Leader of the first Europeans to have visited the Americas
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Leif Eriksson
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Italian explorer who landed in present-day Newfoundland
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Giovanni Caboto
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Italian explorer who figured out that Columbus did not reach Asia
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Name of the first European settlement in Americas
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Vinland
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First European to make a globe
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Martin Behaim
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Local name for the island on which Columbus first landed
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Guanahani
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Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa
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Vasco De Gama
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European whose stories of China made traders want to go to Asia
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Marco Polo
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City captured by Turks, closing of trading routes
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Constantinople
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Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators
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Prince Henry
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Portuguese explorer who was the 1st European to sail around the southern tip of Africa
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Bartholomeu Dias
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What helped set the Stage for European exploration: Changes in Technology
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built faster ships, better navigation, and better sails
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Helped set the stage for European exploration/ Changes in government:
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Strong Monarchs ruled countries, nobles ceased fighting
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