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Who was the captain of the fleet that found the New World

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Christopher Columbus

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What did Columbus name the West Indies

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San Salvador

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Who was the first person to find North America

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Leif Ericson

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What were the crusades for

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drive the muslims from the holy land

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nations that professed to be christians

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Christendom

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What did the holy wars do

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revived european interest in trade with the East

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What was the middle class

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Merchants and Traders

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Who was the first european to travel the length of Asia

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Marco Polo

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Who did Marco Polo work for in China

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Kublai Khan

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Polo’s ________ spurred in many Europeans a new interest in Asia

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writings

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what does Renaissance mean

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rebirth

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What did the Renaissance do

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emphasized the abilities of mankind and largely ignored God

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How did the Renaissance help set the stage for the discovery of the New World

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navigation, maps, and rudders were improved

The astrolabe and the compass were also made

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Who introduced the movable-type printing press

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Johann Gutenberg

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What was the first book Gutenberg printed

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The Bible

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What did the Movable-type printing press do

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Brought Europe out of the dark ages

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Why did the Europeans want an all water route to the Orient

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to bypass the italians, who controlled trade between East and West

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Who founded a navigation school and sent out two ships to explore the western coast of Africa

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Who reached cape cove on the race to the Orient

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Bartholomew Dias

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Who reached the Orient

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Vasco de Gama

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21
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Who started the Protestant Reformation

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Martin Luther

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What church door did he nail the ninety-five theses to

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Wittenberg

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What did the Reformation do

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brought a revival of Biblical Christianity

Made the people from England who would colonize North America be heavily influenced by the Word of God

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Who were the first people to discover america

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Indians

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How did they get there
A land bridge possibly where the Bering Strait is now
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Who sponsored Columbus on his trip to find the New World
Ferdidnand and Isabella | Spanish king and queen
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What did Columbus called the people that lived on the island he reached
indians
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What ships did Columbus bring with him on the exploration
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
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Where did Columbus really reach
West Indies
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What indian tribe was named after the Caribbean Sea
Caribs
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Who claimed to be the first person to discover that Columbus discovered a new continent
Amerigo Vespucci
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What does conquistadors mean
conquerors
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Who set out to find the fountain of youth
Ponce de Leon
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What did Ponce de Leon accomplish
first Spanish landing on the mainland of North America | Discovered Florida
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Who discovered the Pacific Ocean
Vasco de Balboa
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Who began a three year voyage around the world
Ferdinand Megallan
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Who conquered the Aztec Indians
Hernando Cortes
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Who was the leader of the Aztecs at the time
Montezuma
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Who conquered the Inca Indians
Francisco Pizarro
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Who set out searching for the seven cities of Cibola
Francisco Coranado
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What did Francisco Coronado accomplish
discovered the grand canyon
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Who discovered the mississippi river
Hernando de Soto
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How did Hernando de Soto die
fever
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What was the first permanent settlement in the present day United States
St. Augustine
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What was the oldest road in the United States
El Camino Real
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What was the first European settlement in california
San Diego
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What was the most powerful nation in the world
Spain
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Who was Spain's chief rival
England
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Who was one of England's sea dogs
Sir Francis Drake
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Where did the Spanish Armada meet the English fleet
English Channel
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What did the defeat of the Armada accomplish
Protestant England and Scotland would be free to lay the groundwork for political and religious freedom in North America
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What was the name of the supposed water route through North America to the Pacific
Northwest Passage
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Who discovered the St. Lawrence River
Jacques Cartier
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What is another name for french protestants
Huguenots
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What Forts did the Huguenots establish
Charlesfort and Fort Carolina
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What was the first permanent french settlement in the new world
Quebec
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Who established Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
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What two people explored the central mississippi
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
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Who claimed the entire mississippi valley for france
Robert Cavalier de la Salle
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What was in New France
Canada, the Great Lakes region, and the Mississippi valley
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What indians did the french make a good relationship with
Iroquois, Algonquin, and Huron
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What was the best known city of French heritage in America
New Orleans
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What name was given to the rebirth of learning that took place in Europe in the early 1300s
Renaissance
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Who attacked false doctrines of the roman catholic church by nailing his ninety five theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1517
Martin Luther
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What very important invention, introduced to Europe about 1440, made possible the printing of the bible
movable-type printing press
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Who was the first to realize that what columbus discovered was a new continent
Amerigo Vespucci
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Name the king and queen who sponsored Columbus's voyage
Ferdinand and Isabella
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Sailed all the way around africa to india
Vasco de Gama
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Viking who landed on the shores of North America around A.D. 1000
Leif Ericson
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sent out two ships to explore the western coast of africa
Prince Henry the Navigator
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first European to travel the length of asia
Marco Polo
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who discovered the pacific ocean
Vasco de Balboa
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Who established the first permanent French settlement in the new world
Samuel de Champlain
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Which indian tribe did Hernando Cortes conquer
Aztecs
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Who led an expedition that discovered the St. Lawrence River
Jacques Cartier
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Who led a three year expedition that proved that the earth is round
Ferdinand Megellan
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Which indian tribe did Francisco Pizzaro conquer
Incas
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Who claimed the entire Mississippi Valley for France
Robert Cavalier de la Salle
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Why was the defeat of the Spanish Armada such an important event in America's History
Protestant England and Scotland would be free to lay the groundwork for political and religious freedom in North America
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Where was the first permanent European settlement in the present day America
St. Augustine
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Who were the french protestant that came to America to avoid religious persecution
Huguenots

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