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18 Cards in this Set
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Spanish Queen who sponsored Columbus's voyages.
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Isabella
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Lines on a map that show distances north and south of the equator
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Latitude
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A state that conquers other lands and then rules them
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empire
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Genoese explorer who discovered America for Spain, October 12, 1492
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Columbus
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Venetian explorer in the service of England who discovered North America in 1497
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Cabot
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A narrow piece of land extending into a body of water connecting two larger land masses
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isthmus
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The smallest of the three ships of Columbus on his first voyage to America
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Nina
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A region governed by a foreign power
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Colony
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A fleet of ships
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armada
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An instrument that measured the positions of the stars, which enabled the sailors to calculate a ship's latitude
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astrolabe
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A three-masted vessel developed the Portuguese
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Caravel
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The first Asian Country European explorers reached by water
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India
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Continent that Columbus hoped to reach by sailing west from Europe
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Asia
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Portuguese prince, patron of explorers and sea expeditions, known as "the Navigator"
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Henery
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European country that explored Central and South America
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Spain
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Country that led the way in the early voyages of exploration
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Portugual
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Ocean discovered by Vasco de Balboa and first crossed by Ferdinand Magellan
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Pacific
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Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain, whose crew first sailed around the wourld
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Megellan
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