Chapter 3: The Age of Exploration

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What did historians call the time of new ideas?

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The Renaissance

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What were Europeans searching for when they FIRST started exploring the Americas?

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a faster and easier sea route to Asia

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What made the Age of Exploration possible?

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The creation of the astrolabe

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Why was Johannes Gutenberg's printing press important?

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It helped spread knowledge by printing more books in a faster and less expensive matter.

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Why is Marco Polo relevant in this Chapter? How did he influence the Age of Exploration?

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His book "The Travels of Marco Polo" motivated explorers to travel to Asia and trade goods.

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What explorer and group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years BEFORE Christopher Columbus?

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Leif Erikson and the Vikings

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Which European nation sponsored Columbus's expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?

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Spain

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How did Christopher Columbus's voyages influence the Age of Exploration?

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They led to a widespread knowledge that a continent existed west of Europe and east of Asia.

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Why was Prince Henry the Navigator important?

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Created a navigation school to study the new technology.

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How did Vasco Nuñez de Balboa become famous?

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He was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas