Social 8 Review

. Who was an Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and discovered America in 1492?

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Viking who sailed to North America around A.D. 1000.

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Who was an Italian merchant who traveled the length of Asia? He spent 20 years in the service of Kublai Khan, the ruler of China?

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German inventor of the movable-type printing press in 1440.

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German monk who protested false doctrines of the Roman church, sparking the Protestant Reformation.

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Italian sailor for whom America is named; first to realize that a new continent had been discovered.

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Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean.

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Island on which Columbus made his first landing on October 12, 1492.

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European attempts to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land; revived interest in trade with the Far East.

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. "Rebirth"; a renewed interest in classical literature, art, and sciences with emphasis on man (ignoring God)

• Protestant

• Reformation

• Renaissance