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Age of Exploration
Edge nc history
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History
8th Grade
10/11/2007

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When did Marco Polo travel to china?
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1295
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What kind of land did Queen Elizabeth I only want to be claimed?
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non Christian land
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Where was Marco polo from?
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Italy
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Were Spain and Portugal rivals?
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yes
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What did columbus discover?
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Route to America
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What did Cortez do?
Definition
Deafeted the Aztecs
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Pizzaro do?
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Defeated the Incas
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Who Claimed lands along the mississippi and Ohio rivers?
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The French
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Who was one of the first english explorers?
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert
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How was Gilbert killed?
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in a storm at sea
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what did Marco Polo bring back with him from china?
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spices silks paper money gun powder and other goods never seen in Europe before.
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Who did raleigh send in 1587 to establish a colony in the new world?
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John White
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what inspired many neew explorers?
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Marco Polo's journal
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After White went to get supplies why couldn't he come back?
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England was at war with Spain.
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What was the first permanent english settlementin the new world?
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Jamestown
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who extended dias journey?
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Da gama
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Who was gilbert's half brother
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Sir walter raleigh
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what was queen elizabeths nickname?
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THe virgian queen
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Who was interested in exploring the new world?
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Who had a settlement in s.c.?
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French
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De Soto did what?
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Explored southeastern us and mississippiriver.
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Ponce de leone do?
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Explored florida and claimed it for florida
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who did columbus offer to exoplore for
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Spain
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did prince henry start a school for sailors?
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yes
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how long did marco polos journey last?
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13 years
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