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Details Title: Explorers Description: Chapter 17 Total Flash Cards: 17 Created: 04/01/2004 07:51:05	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Spain and Portugal Definition The lines of demarcation seperates what two countries? Term Circumnavigation Definition Circling the globe is called...? Term Prince Henry Definition Who brought togeather mapmakers, mathematicians, and astronomers to study navigation? Term Portugal Definition What country did Vasco da Gama sail from? Term Cartographer Definition What is a mapmaker called? Term Strait of Magellan Definition What was the water passage called at the southern tip of South America? Term Bartholomeu Dias Definition Who discovered the Southern tip of Africa and called it Cape of Good Hope? Term Treaty of Tordessillas Definition What was signed to agree with the western movement of the line of demarcation? Term Italy Definition What country was Christopher Columbus from? Term Line of demarcation Definition What is the name of the imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic from the North Pole to the South Pole? Term circling of the globe Definition What is circumnavigation? Term Portugal Definition What country set out on the Atlantic ocean in search of spices and gold? Term Amerigo Vespucci Definition What Italian explorer was America named after? Term Spain Definition Who did Christopher Columbus sail for? Term Portugal Definition What country did Magellan sail for? Term Portugal Definition What country did da Gama sail for? Term four Definition How many voyages did Columbus go on?