Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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Isabella

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queen of Spain

financed all explorers

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Christopher Columbus

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Spanish explorer

"discovered America"

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Bartholomeu Dias

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Portuguese explorer

discovered that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans were connected

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Mayas

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a group of native Americans in the south/Mexico

they developed temples and pyramids (also shared those ideas with Europe)

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Incas

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a group of native Americans in the south/mexico

they had the largest and strong empire and were organized in mountain wilderness

(no Americans were richer)

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Aztecs

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a group of native Americans in the south/mexico

they fashioned gold into jewelry

(made europeans jealous)

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pueblo Indians

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advanced group of Indians in the south

created their own style of building "pueblo"

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Johan Gutenburg

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inventor of "moveable type" printing

opened a new world of books and spreader knowledge of book printing around the word

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Marco Polo

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publisher of books that explained his 17 year experience in china

revealed the east's gold and jewelry skills

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Prince Harry of Portugal

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"the navigator"

financed and trained explorers to explore the West coast of Africa