Unit 2 Study Guide- Explorers

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A settlement far away from the country that rules it

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colony

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A water route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans believed to flow through N America

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Northwest Passage

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a written record of a voyage, experiment, or other endeavor

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log

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seafaring traders and explorers from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

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Vikings

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movement of people, plants, animals, germs, and ways of life across the Atlantic Ocean following the voyages of Columbus

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Columbian Exchange

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the first known European to explore North America

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Leif Ericson

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Controversial figure who was once credited with discovering America?

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Columbus

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French Explorer who discovered present day Canada

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Jacques Cartier

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The Americas are named for the Italian explorer

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Venetian explorer who first explored North America since the Vikings

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John Cabot