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social studies
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History
7th Grade
09/08/2011

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Prince Henry the navigator
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Started a school in Portugal on circumnavigation
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Bartholomeu Diaz
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Braved the stormy Atlantic spying for the first time on southern tip of Africa
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Vasco da Gama
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found an all water route to asia
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Christopher Columbus
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Set out to find an all water route to asia found americas instead
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Dies in the Philippines also sailed to the tip of south america
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empire
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a group of territories or nations under a single ruler
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currents
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moving streams of water
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winds
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movements of air
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circumnavigation
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circling of the globe
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line of demarcation
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an imaginary line running down the Atlantic from the north pole to the south pole
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Global exploration
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Exploring unknown regions of the world
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Conquistadors
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Spanish conquerors
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Colonial expansion
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taking your cultures and beliefs beyond your borders
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