US history Chp. 1 Flashcards

1
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The story of what has happened in the life of a person or nation

A

History

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2
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The study of the earth’s surface

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Geography

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3
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A large mass of land

A

Continent

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4
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The largest bodies of water

A

Oceans

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5
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Name given to Europe after the Americas were discovered

A

Old World

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6
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The name given to the Americas

A

New World

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7
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Italian Sailor who discovered America in 1492

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Christopher Columbus

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8
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Italian merchant who visited China and described its riches to Europe

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Marco Polo

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9
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The three ships used on Columbus’s first voyage

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Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria

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10
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King and queen of Spain who financed Columbus’s voyages (gave money and resources to him)

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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11
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Name Columbus gave the people of the New World because he thought he was in India

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Indians

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12
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People from Scandinavia who sailed the seas and settled in Greenland and Iceland

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Vikings

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13
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Viking who was the first European to visit America

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Lief Ericson

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14
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English explorer who claimed land in North America for England in 1497

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John Cabot

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15
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Explorer who was the first to call America a New World

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Amerigo Vespucci

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16
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Portuguese explorer who was the first to sell around the tip of Africa

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Vasco da Gama

17
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Spanish explorer who claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain and named it the Great South Sea

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Vasco de Balboa

18
Q

First European to explore the land that is now the United States; explored and named Florida

A

Ponce de Leon

19
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Island in the West Indies where Columbus first landed

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San Salvador

20
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Vikings’ name for America

A

Vinland