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15 Cards in this Set
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Who is the person who sailed the ocean blue in 1492?
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Christopher Colombus
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Who is the prince who hired sailors, mathematicians,astronomers and mapmakers to study navigation?
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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What explorer set out on August 1487 to discover the southern tip of Africa?
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Bartholomew Dias
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Who in 1479, sent four ships to India in 10 months not 11?
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Vasco De Gama
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Who in 1519 set sail to find a WESTERN ROUTE to Asia from Sevilla?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Who named Magellan's three ships?
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Vasco Nunez Balboa
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Who lead the Portuguese into war and later defeated a large Arab fleet?
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Pedro Alvares Cabral
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Who allied with local enemies of the Aztec and later ruled Mexico after winning a battle against the Aztecs?
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Hernan Cortes
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Who was the Aztec ruler?
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Montezuma II
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Who invaded present-day Peru, captured the Incan ruler and had many Inca killed?
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Francisco Pizzaro
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Who was the Incan ruler?
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Atahualpa
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Who continued the search for the Northwest Passage that was started by Giovanni Verrazano?
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Jacques Cartier
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Who was the French mapmaker who founded Quebec?
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Samuel de Champlain
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Who explored the coast of present-day Newfoundland and discovered the settlement of Jamestown?
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John Cabot
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Which families were monopolies and were very wealthy and gave out loans/money to others?
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Medici Family of Florence and the Fuggers Family of Augsburg
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