Module 2, Lessons 1 & 2 Key Terms

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Leif Erikson

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Viking who landed in present-day Canada in the year 1000

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Henry the Navigator

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Portuguese prince who established a school of navigation and paid for expeditions

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Astrolabe

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A device that enabled navigators to learn their ship’s location by charting the position of the stars

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Caravels

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Ships that used triangular sails to sail against the wind, and had rudders to improve steering

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Christopher Columbus

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A sailor from Genoa, Italy who believed that he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean

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Line of Demarcation

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Boundary between Spanish and Portuguese territories in the New World

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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A treaty between Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Portuguese navigator whose expedition circumnavigated the globe

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Circumnavigate

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To travel all the way around the globe

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Columbian Exchange

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The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa