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| Things sent from the Western Hemisphere to the Eastern Hemisphere along the Columbian Exchange. |
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| turkey, corn, tomatoes, potatoes, cocoa, and beans |
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| Things sent from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere along the Columbian Exchange. |
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| horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, sugarcane, and smallpox |
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| Name technological factors that helped the explorers. |
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- ships - Caravel
- cartography
- compass
- astrolabe
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| He and his crew were probably the first Europeans to set foot on North America. They called this place off the east coast of Canada, Vinland. |
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| He went on an expedition to find a faster and easier route to the Indies. |
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| Spanish conquistador who traveled through Georgia in search of a rich American city, Confitachiqui. |
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| English sea captain who explored North America in search of a Northwest Passage in the early 1600's. A river in New York state is named after him. |
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| Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition around the world. |
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| An Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of North America is commonly held to be the second European voyage to the continent. |
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| First explorer to sail down the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. |
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