Chapter 2 Section 1 Quiz Flashcards
1
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Seafaring people from Scandinavia ( Norway, Sweden, Finland)
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Vikings
2
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Discovered Greenland and Iceland- 980
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Erick the Red
3
Q
He sailed to Greenland in 1001 then to Vinland ( some where in Canada Newfoundland)
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Leif Erickson
4
Q
He was from Genoa,Italy, he had the idea that you could reach mysterious east indies by sailing west
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Christopher Columbus
5
Q
1510 discovered the Pacific ocean ( called it the south sea)
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Balboa
6
Q
Portuguese sailor who sailed for Spain, he was the first person to be a circumnavigator the world.
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Magellan
7
Q
A transfer of both people and products between the east and west hemispheres.
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The Columbian Exchange
8
Q
Given turkey, deer and maize
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Europeans
9
Q
Received sugar cane, rice and wheat. Also received chicken pox, influenza, measles, and small pox
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Indians
