Causes of the Age of Exploration

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if you could go back in time, and you were a European in the 1400s, would you go and conquer unfound lands? Why or why not?

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What are the tools that were invented to help Europeans travel the ocean and how did those inventions help them?

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What does Columbus' choice of language tell us about his attitude towards the people he encountered? How does he describe himself in relation to these people?

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What two countries were the first ones to find an alternate route to Asia and what impact did that have on those countries?