Age of Exploration

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Which nation controlled the majority of the territory in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean?

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Spain

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Why were European explorers setting out from their continent in the 15th and 16th centuries?

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The Ottomans were overtaxing trade on the Silk Network.

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Where are Spain and Portugal located?

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The Iberian Peninsula

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From the 13th-15th centuries Christian Monarchs were pushing the Muslim Moors and Jewish people out of Spain. This period was called the

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Reconquista

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The Christian Spanish monarchs that paid for explorers’ voyages (including Christopher Columbus).

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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Christopher Columbus was the first European to set foot in North America.

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False

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Christopher Columbus was the first to say the world was round.

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False

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The Portuguese prince that funded a navigation school and voyages by explorers:

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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The first Portuguese explorers: Found a route around the southern tip of Africa, Traveled across the Atlantic, Built small submarines with SONAR capabilities, Built elaborate flying machines

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Found a route around the southern tip of Africa

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The Portuguese didn’t set up a traditional empire. Instead, they set up trading cities on the coasts of Africa and India called

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a trading post empire