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When was the renaissance?
What is 1300's-1600's.Which is a rebirth in learning and knowledge.
100
What Viking explorer left his homeland of Greenland to establish the settlement of Vinland?
What is Leif Erickson.
100
What is the definition for Sagas?
What is Norse legends that are the only records of their journeys.
100
What is the definition for Vikings?
What is Norse seafaring people that were said to have come from Norway,Sweden and Denmark.
100
What is the definition for Crusades?
What is 1096-1270 Christians and Muslims fought a series of wars to free the Holy Land.
200
When did the Crusades fight a series of wars to free the Holy Land?
What is 1096-1270.
200
What person was responsible for leading Portugal into the Age Of Exploration?
What is Prince Henry The Navigator.
200
What is the definition for Columbian Exchange?
What is the transfer or exchange of goods and ideas between the Americas and Europe.
200
What three countries made up the area that was inhabited by the people known as the Norse?
What is Sweden,Denmark,and Norway.
200
What is three effects that the Crusades had on Europeans that returned home?
What is ivory,jewels,and soap.
300
On what date did Columbus set out on his first voyage?
What is August 3,1492.
300
What Portugese explorer made it around the southern tip of Africa and eventually landed on the coast of India?
What is Vasco Da Gama.
300
What is the definition for Age of Exploration?
What is a time period led by Portugal that focused on navigation and mapping of the world.
300
What were the boats called?
What is Longships.
300
In the 1200's what four nations emerged as a result of the Crusades and a renewed interest in business and trade?
What is France,England,Spain,and Portugal.
400
On what year did Columbus die?
What is 1506.
400
Who did the French hire in 1524 to look for theNorthWest passage?
What is Verrazono.
400
What is the definition for strait?
What is a narrow channel of water.
400
Around how many years did the Vikings/Norse find America before Christopher Columbus?
What is around 500 years.
400
What historic event marked the beginning of the Middle Ages in Europe?
What is "The Fall Of The Roman Empire."
500
What important event happened on 1271?
What is Marco Polo and his father leave for the East Indies.
500
Who was the first Spanish explorer to discover a way across the Americas?
What is Balboa.
500
Why did Vespucci not Columbus get credit for his name being attached to the Americas?
What is Vespucci later learned that Columbus had not a route to Asia but an actual new world.
500
What was the name of the male that led the Viking sailorsnow known as America?
What is Leif Erickson.
500
Who led the people's Crusades?
What is Peter The Hermit.