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| wars between Christians & Muslims |
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| exchange of goods, ideas, people between Europe and Asia |
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| renewed interest in learning and knowledge |
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| waterway through or around area north of North America |
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| seizing control of a ship |
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| people from Scandanavian countries who didn't build permanent settlements in the Americas. |
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| tied to the land during the Middle Ages |
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| Catholic Church officials |
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| limited the power of kings and nobles during the Middle Ages |
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| an effect of the Crusades on Europe |
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| Europeans developed a greater interest in wanting to establish trade with the East |
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| Polo's book, Description of the World, sparked (caused it to begin) what period of time? |
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| This was Europe's way to respond to Muslim trade control. |
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| looked for a water route to Asia in order to bypass the Muslim trade network |
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| castle, fortress, serf houses, moats |
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| items found on a manor during the Middle Ages |
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| Middle Ages system of land management whereby the owner of the land gave protection to the people who worked the land |
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| He wanted to make Portugal a sea power, find an ocean route to Asia,and locate the source of African gold |
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| during this unique period of time more accurate maps were made than ever before |
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| famous writer during the English Renaissance |
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| trade routes passed through those kingdoms |
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| reason for growth in the African kingdoms of Ghana and Mali |
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| Muslim and Italian merchants controlled trade in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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| reason Portugal's trade route went around Africa instead of across the Mediterranean Sea |
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| West from Europe (across the Atlantic) |
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| direction Columbus sailed to try to reach Asia |
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| King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain |
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| Who were the monarchs (king/queen) who financed (paid for) Columbus' voyages |
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| Give the year Columbus "discovered" America |
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| How did Columbus view the Native Americans? |
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| Columbus was the first explorer to try to reach Asia by sailing West. |
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| How was Columbus' voyage different from all the other explorers who were trying to sail to Asia? |
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| What diseases killed a majority of Native Americans living in Mexico and the Caribbean Islands? |
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| animal that greatly impacted the way Native Americans would be able to battle against settlers |
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| He was the founder (started it) of the first permanent European colony in the Americas |
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| His crew was the first to sail all the way around the world |
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| He gave England its first claim to land in North America. |
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| Western European nations learned to use the resources available in North America. |
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| This was an effect of western European nations failure to find a Northwest Passage to Asia. |
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| He claimed present-day Canada for France. |
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