Age of Exploration

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What was the main reason why Europeans wanted to travel to Asia?

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to acquire spices for cooking

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Why did European monarchs want a sea route to Asia?

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Muslims and Italians controlled the land routes.

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For what field of activity were lines of latitude and longitude especially useful?

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cartography

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Which advance in technology made it easier for explorers to sail through shallow water?

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the caravel

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What is one way Henry the Navigator changed Europeans’ view of the world?

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He started a school for sailors.

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How did Vasco da Gama change the way Europeans viewed the world?

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He showed that goods could be brought from India by ship.

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Which product did Portuguese explorers bring back from Africa to Europe? gold, sugar, horses, bananas

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gold

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What belongs in the empty box?

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Colonial landowners needed a new source of labor.

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What was Ferdinand Magellan and his crew the first Europeans to do?

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sail around the tip of South America.

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Which food did Spanish explorers introduce to Europe from South America? olives, wheat, cinnamon, sweet potatoes

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sweet potatoes