Age of Exploration

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What is an astrolabe?

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An instrument that measured the height of the sun or star.

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What is a Caravel?

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A ship used in exploration built by Portuguese shipbuilders.

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A patron gives ______ to support another person or cause.

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Money

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In 1493 Columbus reached an island in the Caribbean Sea where the Tainos people lived. He thought he had reached which continent?

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Asia

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Cortez wanted to lead an expedition to Mexico because he had heard of the Aztec Empire and its riches.

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he had heard of the Aztec Empire and its riches.

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Ferdinand Magellan followed in Columbus's path with hopes of reaching

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Asia

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A colony is

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a settlement or area far from the country that rules it

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What did people learn and do at Prince Henry's school?

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Navigation & mapmaking skills

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Why was Ferdinand Magellan's voyage so significant?

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It was the first to circumnavigate the world

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The Colombian Exchange was

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a movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures