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In what year did Marco Polo travel Overland to China? |
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| How long did Marco Polo's expedition to China take? |
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| What did Marco Polo bring after returning from his trip? |
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| Spices, silk, paper money, gun powder, and other goods. |
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| What posession of Marco Polo's inspired new Explorers? |
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| Why was the overland route to China dangerous? |
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What is the Sea route to China at this time? |
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| Who was the Portugese Responsible for starting European worldwide expedition that started a school in Portugal? |
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| What type of people were brought in the school for teachers? |
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| Astronomers, Mathematicians, Map and Ship Builders. |
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What island did Vasco Nunez de Balboa settle on around 1500? |
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| Christopher Columbus accidentally discovered "the New World" while trying to do what? |
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| Find a westward route to China. |
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| In what year did Bartolomeu Dias sail around the western tip of Africa? |
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| In what location did Leif Ericson land In North America? |
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| What was the company that first hired Henry Hudson? |
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| Ferdinand Magellan tried to find a western route to...? |
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| The Spice Islands of Indonesia. |
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| Juan Ponce de Leon was well associated with the...? |
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| On what date did Sir Walter Raleigh establish the first English colony? |
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| Hernando de Soto discovered what? |
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| Amerigo Vespucci did what during the years 1499-1502? |
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| Explore the East Coast of South America. |
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Who did John White sail with in 1585 to the New World? |
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| Sir Walter's colony was later known as...? |
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Marco Polo had the greatest imact on what people first? |
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| John White's portraits were really important because...? |
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| It showed what the Native American people looked like. |
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Henry Hudson was chosen by the Dutch East India Company in what year? |
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| An important source for Henry the Navigator's funds was from...? |
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| being the Portugese sucessor to the Knight's Templar. |
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| Hernando de Soto accompanied Francisco Pizarro in the conquest of South America in what year? |
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| In 1584, what did Sir Walter Raleigh won? |
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In 1607, the group from England settled where? |
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| When did Sir Walter Raleigh return discovering the Lost Colony? |
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| Who was the first child born in the New World? |
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| When was the first permanent settlement in the New World? |
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