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| distance east or west of the prime meridian |
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| a river that flows into a larger river or lake |
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| a place to live that is set up in a new area |
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| a place set up by a religious group to teach religion and other ways of life to native people |
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| the act of sailing around something |
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| a science used by sailors to find their place and plan their route |
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| the practice of owning people and forcing them to do work without pay |
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| an official document from an authority to do something |
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| a distance north or south of the equator |
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| a place where people meet to trade goods |
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| a long and carefully organized trip |
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| a tool that shows which direction is nort |
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| a person who makes maps or charts |
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| a person who starts a new business |
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| to change someone's or one's own beliefs |
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| a tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their direction |
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| an area or place that is ruled by a distant country |
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| Which words give you a clue for finding cause and effect ideas? |
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| Why did colonists often build settlements near the sea or along rivers? |
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| It made transporting people and supplies easier |
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| Where did Atlantic trade routes carry goods and enslaved people between? |
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| Africa, Europe, and the Americas |
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| What are two present-day cities founded by the Dutch? |
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| What were the goals of European exploration? |
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1. finding new trade routes to Asia
2. controlling new lands
3. to establish colonies
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| What are other words for expeditions? |
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| What caused more Europeans to become interested in Asia? |
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| How did travel by sea change in the 1400s? |
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| It was improved by new technologies. |
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| What was a goal of the Counter Reformation in the New World? |
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| To convert the people to the Catholic religion |
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| Which countries claimed land in the Americas? |
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| Spain, Portugal, France, England, the Netherlands, Sweden and France |
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| Spanish explorer best known for exploring present day Florida |
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| English explorer who sailed to North America for both the English and the Dutch |
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| Portuguese explorer who reached India by sailing around Africa |
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| First European to see the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of the Americas |
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| Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand |
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| Sponsored Columbus's expedition |
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| Frenchman who explored parts of North America including the Mississippi River and claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France |
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| Led the first expedition to sail completely around the world, although did not live to complete the voyage. (He was killed in battle.) |
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| His book was based on his memories of the trip and was sold throughout Europe. He was an Italian merchant whose travels helped inspire European interest in Asia. |
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| Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to see the Mississippi River. He led an expedition that began in what is now Florida in 1539. |
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| He was the Spanish conquistador of the Inca Empire in South America |
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| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado |
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| He was the Spanish explorer of the present-day southwestern United States. |
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| He was the first European explorer to sail around the southern tip of Africa. He became the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. |
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| French explore and founder of Quebec, Canada. He explored the St. Lawerence River and founded a trading post in 1608 that became the city of Quebec. |
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| Spanish conquistador of the Aztec Empire in present-day Mexico. He defeated the Aztecs in 1521 and captured the city of Tenochitition. |
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| He was an explorer whose voyages opened the New World to Europeans. He sailed in search of a western route from Europe to Asia. He found and claimed land in the Americas for Spain in 1492. |
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| Explorer whose name was given to the New World. |
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