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The leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas.
Leif Eriksson
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A Portuguese explorer who successfully found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa.
Vasco de Gama
100
The name of the first European settlement in the Americas.
Vinland
100
What is the name of continent H?
South America
100
What is the name of continent
Africa
200
The first European to make a globe.
Martin Behaim
200
An Italian explorer who landed in present-day Newfoundland but told people he found Cathay.
Giovanni Caboto
200
The local name for the island on which Columbus first landed.
Guanahani
200
What is the name of continent C?
Europe
200
Which vocabulary word means "an instrument used to find direction"?
compass
300
An Italian trader whose stories of the riches of China make traders want to go to Asia.
Marco Polo
300
An Italian explorer who figured out that Columbus and Caboto had not reached Asia.
Amerigo Vespucci
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What information did Marco Polo bring back to Europe?
Stories about the people and wealth of Asia.
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What is the name of continent D?
Asia
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Which vocabulary word means "a decision or an idea reached by a thoughtful study"?
conclusion
400
A Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators.
Prince Henry
400
A European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe.
Ferdinand Magellan
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Name 3 desired goods Europeans brought wanted from Asia?
Jewels, Spices, Silk, Gold, Perfumes
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Australia
400
Which two continents does the Panama Isthmus connect?
North America and South America
500
A Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
Bartholomeu Dias
500
The name of the city captured by the Turks, closing off trade routes between Europe and Asia.
Constantinople
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What conclusion did Vespucci form?
The land Columbus and Caboto sailed to was not Asia, but another continent.
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What is the name of continent G?
Antarctica
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Which vocabulary word means "the study of how to plan and control the course of a ship"
navigation