4.2 Exploration: Causes

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What are the 3 "G's" of exploration?

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Gold, God, & Glory

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What was an economic theory that involves governments using their economies to increase state power at the expense of other countries?

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Mercantilism

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This explorer, "discovered" America for Europe, and made 4 successful voyages.

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Christopher Columbus

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Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Whose crew became the first known people to circumnavigate the world?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Which explorer was the 1st to sail around the tip of Africa?

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Bartolomeu Dias

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The rocky point of land at the southern tip of Africa is called the ____.

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Cape of Good Hope

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The English explorer whose crew left him adrift in Hudson Bay was __________.

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Henry Hudson

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What is the Northwest Passage?

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A sea route that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic Ocean.

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Who was the 1st European explorer to successfully sail directly from Europe to India and established a sea route that opened up the lucrative spice trade with Asia?

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Vasco da Gama