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Portuguese and Spanish Exploration

Portuguese and Spanish Exploration

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Flashcard

Geography, History

7th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Portuguese explorers aimed to sail around Africa's southern tip to reach...

Back

Asia/West Indies

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who reached Asia by sailing around Africa's southern tip?

Back

Vasco de Gama

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Creator of a school for sailors, shipbuilders, navigators, and scholars.

Back

Prince Henry the Navigator

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Portuguese shipbuilding improvements included sealing bottoms with tar and adding sails that were:

Back

square and triangular

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Spanish explorer credited with circumnavigating the globe.

Back

Magellan

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Columbus is known for:

Back

accidentally discovering the Americas

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Explorer who first circumnavigated the globe.

Back

Ferdinand Magellan

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