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Explorers Flashcards

1
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scurvy

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a sickness caused by not getting enough vitamin C

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navigation

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the study of how to plan and control the course of a ship

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monarch

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kings or queens

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cartographer

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map maker

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5
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economical

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managing goods and services for financial reasons

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political

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relating to the government

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Renaissance

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an age of thought, learning, art, and science

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saga

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an adventure story told about brave deeds

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9
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Greenland

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The Viking settlement of Vinland is located now in present-day Greenland

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Christopher Columbus

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The first European to land in the Americas

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Europeans Travel to Unknown Lands

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Took 274 years to travel because they did not have maps, though there were sea monsters, and their ships were slow

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Europeans traded with Asia

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slik, spices, and gold

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13
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Trade Stopped between Europe and Asia

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When the Turks captured Constantinople

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14
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Encourage Exploration

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Since this cut off trade routes, they now wanted to find a western route to Asia

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15
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Landed in the Americas in 1492 but thought he was in the Indies

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Christopher Columbus

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16
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Columbus’s sailor mutiny

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They did not think Columbus had a good plan

17
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Columbus first landed in

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Bahamas

18
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Amerigo Vespucci found

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Rio de Janerio

19
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Amerigo Vespucci encouraged more exploration

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He recruited and trained other navigators

20
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Cabot tried to find

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The Northwest Passage

21
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John Cabot was compared to

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Christopher Columbus

22
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John Cabot found

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cod-fishing grounds

23
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Order of Explorers

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Erikson, Columbus, Vespucci, Cabot

24
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Advances in Technology

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cartographers, caravels (new ships, compasses

25
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Cabot was compared to Columbus

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They both wanted to sail west

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