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What are they known for?
Tools
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Who did Christopher Columbus sail for?
Spain
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What was Christopher Columbus trying to find?
A way to sail to Asia to find riches.
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What are the people who rule called?
Monarchs, Kings, Queens
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Who is responsible for 8 million deaths?
Christopher Columbus
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What tool shows the direction you are heading?
Compass
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Who did John Cabot sail for?
England
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What was John Cabot trying to find?
The northwest passage to Asia
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Why did explorers want to find a water route to Asia?
To find a safer and faster way
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Who was the English explorer who landed on North America?
John Cabot
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What tool was continuing to improve as explorers traveled?
maps
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Who did Ponce De Leon sail for?
Spain
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What was Ponce De Leon trying to find?
Fountain of Youth
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Why where the native people called Indians?
Columbus thought he was in India
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Who was the first to sail around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
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What tool is a 3D representation of the earth?
Globe
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Who did Amerigo Vespucci sail for?
Italy
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What was Ferdinand Magellan trying to find?
A way around the world
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What continents were not on early maps?
North America and South America
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Who was search for the fountain of youth?
Juan Ponce De Leon
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What did the explorers travel in to find the new world?
Sail Boats
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Who did Magellan sail for?
Portugal
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What was continent where the explorers trying to find?
Asia
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Who did John Cabot bring back to England?
Two Inuit People
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Who is America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
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What are the four main directions a compass shows?
North, South, East, West