1. Chapter 3

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3. Click here for answer Who landed on Vinland, and was the 1 st to make it to the Americas? Why was it called Vinland?

4. Click here for answer First group of EUROPEANS who landed on the Americas

5. Click here for answer This explorer was looking for a water route to Asia by sailing west. He thought he was in Asia, but was in the Americas.

6. Click here for answer This explorer sailed to Newfoundland for England, but he thought he was in Cathay

7. Click here for answer Who started a navigation school? What was his nickname and why?

8. Who was the explorer who came back to speak about the riches of Asia? This made everyone curious….What did he talk about? Click here for answer

9. Click here for answer What was a key turning point in setting the stage for exploration?

10. Click here for answer This explorer found the Pacific Ocean and proved Columbus wrong

11. Click here for answer He did not believe Columbus and Cabot reached Asia. Sailed down SA, and realized they found a new continent.

12. Click here for answer What things set the stage for European exploration?

13. Who is Johannes Gutenberg? Click here for answer

14. This explorer used force to take over the Aztec people. They thought he was their god. Click here for answer

15. Looked for the NW Passage, but had no luck. Sailed up/down the North and South America- Has a bridge named after him Click here for answer

16. He was looking for the Fountain of Youth, but instead named “La Florida.” Why is his exploration so significant? Click here for answer

17. Who proved it was possible to sail WEST to reach Asia? What else did he do? Click here for answer

18. Click here for answer Journey taken for a specific reason

19. Click here for answer A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas

20. Click here for answer Columbus thought he reach Indies, so he called the people ______?

21. Click here for answer A small opening at the tip of South America, which is named after an explorer

22. An astronomer in ancient Egypt that believed the Earth was larger and Asia was smaller than people had thought. Vespucci studied his findings. Click here for answer

23. Click here Click here to select a different question. Leif Ericksson Vines

24. Click here Click here to select a different question. Vikings

25. Click here Click here to select a different question. Christopher Columbus

26. Click here Click here to select a different question. Giovanni Caboto/ John Cabot

27. Click here Click here to select a different question. Prince Henry “The explorer who stayed at home” Set up/sent out many expeditions, but NEVER went on one.

28. Click here Click here to select a different question. Marco Polo Gold, Perfume, silk, spices

29. Click here Click here to select a different question. Turks closed the trading post at Constantinople

30. Click here Click here to select a different question. Vasco Nunez de Balboa

31. Click here Click here to select a different question. Amerigo Vespucci

32. Click here Click here to select a different question. Tech- Faster ships, better sail, improved compass, other tools Govt.- monarchs no longer nobles, trading post closed

33. Invented a new way to print books, which was faster, easier, and cheaper Click here Click here to select a different question.

34. Hernando Cortes (Cortez) Click here Click here to select a different question.

35. Verrazano Click here Click here to select a different question.

36. Juan Ponce de Leon First Spaniard to set foot on North American territory Click here Click here to select a different question.

37. Ferdinand Magellan Named the Pacific Ocean and proved Columbus’ dream was possible Click here Click here to select a different question.

38. Click here Click here to select a different question. expedition

39. Click here Click here to select a different question. isthmus

40. Click here Click here to select a different question. Indians

41. Click here Click here to select a different question. Strait of Magellan

42. Click here Click here to select a different question. Ptolemy