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Miscellaneous
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Viking who landed in present-day Canada in the year 1000.  

Leif Erikson

100

Portuguese prince who established a school of navigation and paid for expeditions.

Henry the Navigator

100

First Englishman to set up a colony in North America

Sir Walter Raleigh

100

Go all the way around the globe.

Circumnavigate

200

Portuguese navigator whose expedition circumnavigated the globe.

Ferdinand Magellan

200

German priest who started the Protestant Reformation.

Martin Luther

200

Water route through North America that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Northwest Passage

200

 Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas.  

Conquistadors

300

Conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire.

Hernan Cortes

300

Sailor from Genoa, Italy that was the first to claim lands in the Americas for Spain.

Christopher Columbus

300

Reformers who protested some of the Catholic Church’s practices.

Protestants

300

 Portuguese ships that used triangular sails to sail against the wind.  

Caravels

400

Wrote a book about his travels to Asia.

Marco Polo

400

Conquistador who captured the Incan capital and killed its leaders

Francisco Pizarro

400

Queen Elizabeth II's ships were called

Sea Dogs

400

A European disease that killed 80-95% of the Native American population

Small Pox

500

Priest who wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity by treating them in a better manner.

Bartolomé de Las Casas

500

Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and on to Southwestern India?

Vasco de Gama

500

Claimed land for the Dutch and was abandoned in Canada by his crew.

Henry Hudson

500

A device used to determine location based on the position of the stars.

Astrolabe

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