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U.S. History 1 Unit 1

  1. Who traveled to China with his father and uncle?
    Marco Polo
  2. A great period of intellectual activity
    Reanaissance
  3. Who made the printing press?
    Gutenberg
  4. What made printing books much easier and faster?
    Printing press
  5. What invention helped the sailers know which direction they where going?
    Compass
  6. What helped sailors with latitude?
    Astrolabe
  7. What was a ship able into the wind?
    Caravel
  8. What where the holy wars called?
    Crusades
  9. Who was the Portugese man who pushed the Arabs inventions on his country, also inventing the Caravel?
    Prince Henry the Navigator
  10. Who sailed around the tip of Africa?
    Dias
  11. Who sailed around Africa all the way to India?
    Vasco De Gama
  12. Who discovered the new world?
    Columbus
  13. Who funded Columbus' journey to what he thought was India?
    King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
  14. Who proved that Columbus had actually found a new world?
    Amerigo Vespucci
  15. What three things did Magellan do?
    • 1. That the world is round
    • 2. You can sail around the world
    • 3. That Columbus did find a new world
  16. Who was the first Eurpean to see the Pasific Ocean?
    Balboa
  17. Who conquered the Aztec?
    Cortes
  18. Who was the ruler of the Aztecs?
    Montezuma
  19. Who conquered the Incas?
    Pizarro
  20. Who was the first European to explore North America?
    Hernando De Soto
  21. Who while searching for the seven cities of gold found the ground canyon?
    Coronado
  22. What was the Columbian Exchange?
    The trade between Europe and the new world
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U.S. History 1 Unit 1
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U.S. History Unit 1 Great Age of Exploration
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