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what most un-educated sailors and peasants believed the earth to be
What is flat
100
the land ruled by the great khan with which europeans wished to trade
What is china
100
The direction Portugal decided to try to reach India
What is sailing East or around Africa
100
The place that Columbus hoped to reach by sailing around the world
What is China
100
The name mistakenly given to the natives of the Americas by Columbus
What is Indians
200
instrument that can determine latitude at sea
What is astrolab
200
disease which disurpted European trade to the far east
What is Black Death
200
The Prince who supported navigation, learning, and exploration
What is Prince Henry the Navigator
200
the nation that supplied Columbus with ships
What is Spain
200
Explorer for whom the Americas was named
What is Amerigo Vespuchi
300
term for map makers
What is cartogriphers
300
The religious people who dominated the region of the middle east, disrupting trade with asia
What is Muslims
300
The first European in the age of discovery to sail around the tip of Africa
What is Diaz
300
The King and Queen who supported Columbus journey
What is Ferdinand and Isabella
300
First Explorer to lead an expedition which circumnavigated the globe
What is Magellan
400
ship which combines square sails and triangular sails for both speed and cargo carrying capacity
What is caravel
400
european who first wrote of travel to China
What is Marco Polo
400
The first European in the age of discovery to reach India by sailing around the tip of Africa
What is da Gama
400
Turned down Columbus because this nation already was working to establish a route around Africa
What is Portugal
400
Place where Magellan died
What is Phillipines
500
term for a triangular sail
What is lateen
500
The type of item europeans desired most from the far east
What is Spices
500
The city with which da Gama forced a trade agreement
What is Calicut
500
the names of all three of Columbus' ships
What is Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
500
Pope Alexander VI established this line to devide the wolrd between Spain and Portugal
What is Line off Demarkation