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Age of Exploration
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6th Grade
12/01/2023

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Christopher Columbus
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Born in Italy

Used three ships called the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

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Caravel
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Henry the Navigator Used this type of ship to explore further
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This man's book inspired Columbus to go exploring
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Marco Polo
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Columbian Exchange
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The widespread exchange between Europe and America
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Explorer who was killed while looking for the fountain of youth
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Ponce de Leon
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City said to be made of gold
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El Dorado
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First European to reach India by sea
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Da Gama
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Type of ship used by the Vikings
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Longship
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Native American Tribe defeated by Cortez
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Aztec
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On Magellan's voyage, this man kept a journal and was thought to be a spy
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Pigafetta
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German inventor that improved the printing press
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Johannes Gutenberg
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He set up a school to improve sailing methods
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Who was the Aztec ruler that was defeated in Mexico?
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Montezuma
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New World was named after this explorer
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Amerigo Vespucci
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The Incas of Peru were conquered by this explorer
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Francisco Pizarro
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1st European explorer to circle the globe
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Ferdinand Magellan
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!st to see the Pacific Ocean from the coastline of America
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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People believed this route would take them through America and out to the Pacific Ocean
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Northwest Passage
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This man founded the city of Quebec
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Samuel de Champlain
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This European disease created small bumps on the bodies of its victims
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smallpox
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This person was the father of Leif Erikson
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Erik the Red
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What were the three main motives behind Exploration?
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God, Gold, and Glory
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This mapmaker named the new world after Amerigo Vespucci
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Waldsemuller
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European explorers were searching for a chain of islands to purchase silk and spices called what?
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Spice Islands
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This man explored the Mississippi River
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De Soto
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This man was looking for the fabled cities of gold
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Coronado
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This man discovered the St Lawrence River
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Cartier
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This man established a settlement in Greenland
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Erik the Red
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Who were the king and queen of Spain who funded Columbus?
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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When Columbus reached Hispaniola he was greeted by this tribe
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Taino
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This priest and friar fought to protect the Indians from being enslaved
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Bartolome de las Casa
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This man is the father of New France
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Champlain
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This book which inspired Columbus, documented the expedition of Marco Polo
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Travels
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Name two important animals that came to America due to the Columbian Exchange
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Pigs and Horses
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This was the network of trade routes from Europe to Asia
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Silk Road
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This English explorer spent his life fighting the Spanish
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Francis Drake
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He was the first explorer to discover America

 

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Leif Eriksson
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Magellan was killed in what country?
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Philippines
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