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Eurpoenas exploeres reach america period?

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40BC - 1500AD

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“Land Ho!! captino, Land Ho!” said by whom?

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Rodrigo de Trian

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“All you men, keep a good lookout and watch well for land” Said by whom?

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Christopher Columbus

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Villages in old worl europe were..

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seperate and small

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Was there coms between the peopel of europe?

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very little

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Cottages were made up of…

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mud,grass,wood, and had no wndows

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for most people there were no..

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formal eduaction

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Agrarian dets with little

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meats eaten

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The fuedal system was

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Only the wealthy had land with many poor

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All land was owned by whom?

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nobles

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serfs were bound to what?

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their soil

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Manors were

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self suffient and did little trade

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gradually life will begin to change with what?

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with encounters with asia, Africa, and the middle east.

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Crusaders began where and what was there purpose

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They began in the middle east and their purpose was to win back jerusalem in the holy wars.

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because of the crusaders travelling

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it sparked intrest in these new places

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thousands of european soldiers began travelling ..

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through europe , mideast, and asia

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What is brought back to europe

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exotic spices, silken materals, scented soaps, GUN POWDER, and knowledge in mathematics and science

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Europe wants more of what?

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Europe wants more of what the Mid east and Asia have

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The Italian merchants capitalize on euros want of the new items and begin setting up what?

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trade routes from Venice and Genoa

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After europe sampling the stuff from Asia and Africa wanted more and to

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cut our the middle man(which was the middle east)

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Eero nation began competing for what?

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water routes to Asia

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The Portuguese headed what direction around what to get to where with no what?

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They headed south around Africa to get to India with no directons and maps.

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Who starts a school for sailors and navgation in the 1400s?

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prince henry the navigator

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What is prince henrys goal?

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To get portuguese sailors good enough to establish reguler trade routes with Asia

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In prince henrys shcool they were
graduating classes to try and sail further around africa building rich trade connections on the way.
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What chalenge was posed to each class in prince henrys school?
to try and outdistance the previous class.
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Who sailed his ship to the tip of africa in 1487 ( "cape of good hope")
Bartholomew Dias
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Who sailed completley around Africa in the Indian ocean to Aisa in 1498?
Vasco da Gama
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The portugues explorers set up what?
The first water routes to India
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Portugal becomes the what?
The leadng trade port of Europe and one of the richest countries.
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Scientists have what for many years about who really set foot first on the americas
theorized
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Scientists were sure of what
They were sure that the Natives inhabited the continents for thousands of years before any others.
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The vikings approx(1000AD)
Eric the Red and Son Leif Ericson famous norse navagtors used island hopping to reach the Americas. (greeanland - vinland - to Newfoundlan)
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The vikings Eric the Red and Son Leif Ericson were not gven credit because..
Ther settlement was not permanent
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Chrstopher columbus grew up where
In the italian city state of Genoa
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What was Chrstopher columbus trained as a?
Catographer (maps and charts)
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Chrstopher columbus had a plan to go..
west to get to asia
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Chrstopher columbus took 3 ships and their names were...
The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
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Chrstopher columbus wanted to establish a what?
a shorter all water route to Asia
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Italians were satisfied (and rich) with what?
The exisitng land routes they had established ( not interested in financing Chrstopher columbus)
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Chrstopher columbus went to Span where he did what?
Where he formed a relation ship with the king and the queen who in turn financed his journey.
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The king and queens names were..
Ferdinand and Isabella
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Chrstopher columbus sails west and after many weeks and Rodrigo de Triano on board the Pinta calls...
Land on (October 11 1492)
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Chrstopher columbus on October 12 claims the new land in the name of...
Spain
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European nations felt all the land in the "New World" belonged to what?
To the first country which claims it
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In all Chrstopher columbus travels to the Americans how many times and convinced about what?
He travels there 4 times and dies convnced he reached islands off the coast of India.(he didnt)
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France claims:
mid America, the great lakes to the gulf of Mexico.
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England claimed:
Narrow strip along the Atlantic
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Spain claims:
The southern part of North America: (what is now california, NM, Texas, Arizona, Florida, and most of south America)
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Portugla clamed:
The eastern portion of south America.
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The _____ are captured and brought back to spain
The "Indians"
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what happend to genoa and venice when trade started booming?
The became europes richest city states
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Europeans began to look where?
east(cut out the mddle man)
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talian merchants set up their frst trade route on what?
The old Romen silk road
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Rodrigo de Trano was the frst to...
spot america
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What did marco Polo encounter?
The pacific ocean, large cities, burning coal, fine woven materials, silk, leathers, palaces with powerful monarchs wth giant armies, gold, silver, precious, stones, and technology which surpassed the Europeans
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Polo made what with powerful rulers?
treaties and deals( md east and asia)
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In the Mid east and Asia Polo set up formal trade routes which broguht back what?
much wanted goods to European markets
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Compass
Magnetized iron needle which pointed to north
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Longtude to latitude -
Grid system on a map to pnpoint any location on the planet
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Spain and england as long time rivals started to argue over what?
Colonial clams in America
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The british and span empires prepared for what?
war
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Spain bulds a giant army of warships to conquer and invade england. What was this giant army called?
The spanish armada
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England against the spanish armada was..
heavly outgunned and outmanned
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What happens to the spanish armada while sailng to England?
It is hit by a hurricane which sinks half of the armada which ends spains power in the Americas.
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French and England are left as what?
As the main powers of the Americas

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