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History Quiz 1
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History
4th Grade
08/19/2010

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Term
the story of what has happened in the life of a country or people
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History
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a large mass of land
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Continent
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seven continents of the earth
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Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, South America, Antarctica
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smallest continent
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Europe
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people who study the earth
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Geographers
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largest bodies of water
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oceans
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most heavily traveled ocean
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Atlantic
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largest ocean
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Pacific
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the study of the earth's surface
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Geography
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European who traveled to China, then wrote about the wonders he saw there
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Marco Polo
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Columbus thought that if he sailed west from Europe he would eventually come to ________.
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Asia
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the king and queen of Spain, who gave Columbus part of the money he needed
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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Columbus' three ships
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Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
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Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador on this date
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October 12, 1492
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Columbus thought he had reached this country when he found land
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India
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Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the tip of Africa
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Vasco da Gama
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Where did Columbus first land?
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San Salvador
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