Exploration Flashcards

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Christopher Columbus

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Wanted to reach the West Indies by sailing west across the Atlantic

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2
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Ferdinand Magellan

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Strait of Magellan

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3
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John Cabot

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Sailed to Canada

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4
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Henry Hudson

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Northeast passage around Europe

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5
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Hernando Cortes

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Captured and demolished Tenichtitlan

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6
Q

Verrazano

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Manhattan

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7
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Pedro Cabral

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Tried to take Da Gama’s route for greater winds

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8
Q

Vitus Bering

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Bering sea and Strait

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9
Q

Jacques Cartier

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Claimed Canada New France

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10
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Vasco da Gama

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Cape of Good Hope

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