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20 Cards in this Set
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What is a conquistador?
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Any of the Spanish conquerors in the Americas during the early 1500s.
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Pedro Cabral
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Claimed Brazil for Portugal
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Songhai
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First Trading center in Africa
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The age if exporation started in
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The 15th century
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Magellan is known for
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First to sail around the world
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Cartier is known for
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Claimed Canada for France
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daGama is knwon for
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First European to sail to India
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Who sailed to new york for the dutch?
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Henry Hudson
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Who started the School of Navigation?
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Prince Henry
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Had to continents named after him.
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Reason for exploration: The diffusion of _________
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Christianity
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When did the age of exploration end?
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17th century
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He was the first to sail the southern tip of Africa.
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Bartolomeu Diaz (1488)
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What are 3 reasons for explorors to explore and conquest?
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Gold, Glory, God
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What items from the Far East did the Europeans want?
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spices, silk, & pepper
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Dias is know for
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First Englishmen to sail around the world.
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What is navigation?
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The method of planning and controlling the course of a ship
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Which Italian explorer claimed lands for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and named them the “West Indies”
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Christopher Columbus
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What were the three legs of the Triangle Trade?
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From Europe to Africa, Africa to the Americas, then the Americas to Africa.
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What are colonies?
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Lands that are controlled by another nation
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