The Age of Exploration - Unit 3

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Before the Age of Exploration began, who were the first Europeans to visit the Americas? Options: The Aztec, the Spanish, the Vikings

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the Vikings

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In the beginning of the Age of Exploration, these Europeans rounded Africa in order to reach Asia. However, they did found a colony in South America, Brazil, which they found by accident.

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the Portuguese

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5.1

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Originally from Genoa in modern day Italy, the explorer took four voyages to the New World for Spain. He never realized he had discovered the New World, instead he believed that he had reach the Indies in East Asia.

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Christopher Columbus

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5.1

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Who is credited for being the first to circumnavigate the world, despite dying during a dispute in the Philippines?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Before anyone else, this Viking explorer sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered Greenland and Vinland (Newfoundland). What was his name?

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Leif Ericsson

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In which country was the school created by Prince Henry to teach navigation and mapmaking located?

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Portugal

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The compass let sailors tell _________ without having to rely on the sun and the stars.

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direction