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An invention made in the 1100's ,that made navigation easier ,no matter what the situation this invention showed which direction is north;navigation aid that shows the direction in which a person or vessel is traveling.
Compass
100
Use the term strait and circumnavigate to write a scentance about over seas exploration
Megulen set out to circumvaigate the globe.
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________ believed he had arrived in the East Indies,the islands off the coast of Aisa.
Columbus
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In 1513,________ founded a vast bodie of water,the Pacific Ocean.
Balboa
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when Columbus thought he he was in the East Indies ,he called the native people"__________".
Indians
200
The use of scientific knowlaged ,used to solve practicle problems; helped make Coumbus's voyage possible.
Technology
200
What major bodie of whater did Balboa find.
The pacific ocean
200
He found the Pacific ocean.
Balboa
200
In 1522 ________ died.
Magellan
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During the 1400's,_________ countries competed to find a sea route to the Indies-islands located southeast of Asia
European
300
To go completly around ;to go completly around the world.
Circumnavigate
300
What were the three aid to help navigation.(1)pointed north(2&3)measured the angle of a star to the horizen
Compass,Asrolabe,and Quadrant
300
In 1520,_________ Magellan ,a Portuguese sailor working for Spain ,reached the southern tip of South America.
Ferdinand
300
On October 12, 1492 ________ shouted,"Land,land!".
Cristopher Columbus
300
What is exploring.
Discovering new areas
400
A narrow water passage between larger bodies of water.
Strait
400
Which european where first to reach America
The vickings
400
_____ ______ of Spain agreed to fund Columbus's ecpedition.
Queen Isabella
400
In 1502,________ _______ saild along the South American coast.
Amerigo Vespucci
400
What were the three ships Columbus had when he set out from Palos Spain.
Nina,Pinta,and the Santa Maria
500
A carrack,atrudy vessel built to suvive a long ocean voyage.
Santa Maria
500
What did Colubus expect to find on the other side of the Atlantic ocean.
Aisa,India,the Indes,riches,speices
500
Who named the Pacific ocean
Magellan
500
In 1520,Ferdinand Magellan,reach the southern tip of ________ ______?
South America
500
The voyages of Eurpean explorers brought together two parts of the globe that had little cantact up to them:_______,________,and ________ in one hemispher and the Americans in the other.
Europe,Asia,and Africa