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Age of Exploration (Pages 176-181)
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Son of King John I of Portugal
Organized a "school of navigators"
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Bartolomeu Dias
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Sailed all the way to the southern tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope
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Vasco da Gama
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the first European to reach the Far East by sea
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Christopher Columbus
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Supported by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to reach the Indies across the Atlantic Ocean
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Indies
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Another name for the Far East
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Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
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Three tiny ships that sailed for the Indies under Christopher Columbus
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October 12, 1492
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Christopher Columbus's crew discovered the New World
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Santo Domingo
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the colony Christopher Columbus founded on Hispaniola
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Amerigo Vespucci
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The first man to realize that Columbus had not arrived in Asia, but discovered a new land
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America
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The name for the New World named in Vespucci's honor
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Arawaks
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The first Indian tribe encountered by Columbus
Practiced a pantheistic religion which involved many immoral practices
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Carib Indians
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The Caribbean Sea is named for them
Notorious for their practice of cannibalism
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Mayas
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Built the first great civilization in the Western Hemisphere
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Incas
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The most important Indian civilization in South America
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Cuzco
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The Inca Indians' capital
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Quechua
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The language developed by the Incas that is still spoken today by many Peruvians
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Aztecs
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The most powerful Native American empire at the beginning of the Age of Exploration
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Tenochtitlan
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The Aztecs' capital city built on an island in a shallow lake
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Ponce de Leon
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Made the first Spanish landing on the North American mainland when he was searching for the "fountain of youth"
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Vasco de Balboa
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Crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Embarked on a three-year voyage around the world in 1519
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Hernando Cortes
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Conquered the Aztec Indians
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Montezuma II
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The Aztecs' powerful chieftain at the time of Hernando Cortes
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Francisco Pizarro
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Conquered the Inca Indians of Peru
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Francisco Coronado
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Went on a quest to find legendary cities of gold
A party of his men discovered the Grand Canyon
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Hernando de Soto
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Discovered the Mississippi River
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Juan Cabrillo
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Explored the coast of California
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Line of Demarcation
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An imaginary line marked by Pope Alexander VI in 1493 to end the rivalry between Spain and Portugal
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Pedro Cabral
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Discovered Brazil and began Portugal's empire in the New World
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Northwest Passage
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A supposed water route through North America to the Pacific
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Giovanni de Verrazano
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An Italian explorer who explored the eastern coast of North America for France
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Jacques Cartier
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discovered the St. Lawrence River in northeastern Canada
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John Cabot
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the first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland
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Newfoundland
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gave England a major claim to territory in the New World
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