Age of Exploration, Enlightenment, and Reason

​The Age of Discovery is a historical period of European global exploration that started in the early?

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​15th Century

in 1522, Portuguese navigator, __________________, led a Spanish expedition West, achieving circumnavigation of the world.

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Ferdinand Magellan

To prevent conflict between Portugal and Spain, the ____________________ was signed dividing the world into two regions of exploration

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Treaty of Tordesillas

The first European known to have sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488 was?

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Bartolomeu Dias

On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered?

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the Bahamas

Trade was a significant factor in the development of the civilizations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Persia, Europe, and Arabia. What 4,000 mile trade route assisted these civilizations?

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Silk Route

The purpose of the Age of Enlightenment was?

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Both of the above