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Age of Exploration
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History
8th Grade
10/11/2007

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What country did Da Gamba find a sea route to go to?

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India
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Marco Polo had a great impact on other _____?
Definition
Italians
Term
What was the race for?
Definition
To be the first country to find a sea route, and become wealthy.
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What year did Marco Polo travel overland to China?
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1295
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How long did the journey last?
Definition
13 years
Term
His ___ inspired many new explorers
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Jounal
Term
What did Cortes accomplish?
Definition
Defeated the Aztecs
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There is a push for ______ to match Portugal's success

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Spain
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What did Dutch claim?
Definition
Pa,De, and NY/ NJ
Term
Why was the route dangerous
Definition
Robbers
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What did Prince Henry start a school for?
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Sailors
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Where did new merchants begin to travel to?
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Asia
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What did Pizzaro defeat?
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The Inca
Term
Where does the French have a settlement?
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South Carolina
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How long has nations been trading by ship?
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Centuries
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Who is White's granddaughter?
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Virgina Dare
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Why was John White delayed?
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England was at war with Spain
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Where did the group from England settle?
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Virgina at Jamestown
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Why did White go back to England?
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To get more supplies
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What year did White return after the war?
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1590
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What year was the first permanent english settlement in the new world created?
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1607
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What year did Raleigh send John White to try to establish a colony?
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1587
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Why did the colony leave so quickly?
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They were afraid of an indian attack

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Why did men, women, and children come along?
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They'd be more stable and commited
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what year the was colony gone?
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1590
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Other that being White's granddaughter, what was Virgina White?
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She was the first child born in the new world
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When Raleigh gave up, who else gave up for awhile?
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England
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Who gave Sir Humphrey a charter?
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Queen Elizabeth 1.
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What did she give Sir Humphrey Gilbert permission to claim?
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Non-Christian lands
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Who took over Sir. Humphrey's charter?
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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