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Age of Exploration
Edge NC History
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History
8th Grade
10/11/2007

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Marco Polo traveled to china in what date?

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1295

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Who discoverd the route to America
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Columbus
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Where was Marco polo found?

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Italy
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Who was the rival of Portugal
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Spain
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Cortez did what?
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Defeated the Aztecs
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Who defeated the Inca.
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Pizzaro
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Who Explored Florida and Claimed it for Spain?
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Ponce de leon
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Who Claimed lands along the mississippi and ohio rivers?
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The French

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Who explored Southern U.S.
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De Soto
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Who offered to explore Spain, if they would fund his voyage?
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Columbus
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Who was killed at sea?
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Gilbert
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Who was Gilberts Half brother
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Walter Raliegh
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How long did Marco Polo's journey last?
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13 years
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What did Marco Polo bring back?
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Spices, Silks, paper money, gun powder, and other goods.
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Portugeses Sailors not only sailed in the Maditerreanean Sea but in what other Ocean?
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Atlantic Ocean
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Whos Journal enspired many new explores?
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Marco Polo
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Who did Raleigh send in 1587 to establish a colony in the new world?
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John White
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What did Prince Henry do for the Sailors?
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Started a School
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Many new Merchants began to travel overland to what contenet?
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Asia
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who found the tip of Africa?
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Portugeses People
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What was the first permanent english settlementin the new world?

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Jamestown
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Who extended dias journey and found the sea route to India
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Da goma
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France and the Netherlands are both interested in what?

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Exploring the New world
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What was quenn Elizabeths nick name?
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The Virgin Quenn
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Who was wrong about the western route to Asia is quicker?
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Columbus
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Did the explores give a good report
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yes they said the new worldwas good land and friendly natives
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What year did Raliegh send Land to establish a colony
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1585
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Were the men nice to the Indians?

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Nope
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who did lane bring with him?
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100 mitary men
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Who came along with John White

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familys
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