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1/3 of the population of Europe died from what?
The Bubonic Plague
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How many organized Crusades were there?
Thirteen
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Which Italian merchant wrote a book that influenced Columbus to travel to China?
Marco Polo
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First to expand across the seas
Portugal
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Found the tip of Africa using the stepping stone technique
Bartholomew Dias
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Founded India
Vasco de Gama
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King of Portugal; Founded first maritime school is Lisbon
Prince Henry the Navigator
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Using stars to navigate is called what?
celestial navigation
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What were Columbus's boats named?
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
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In what year was Columbus's first voyage?
1492
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Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Balboa
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First to cirumnavigate the globe?
Magellan
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Magellan's boat, The Victoria, took how many years to circumnavigate the globe?
Two
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Who discovered Mexico and conquered the Aztecs?
Cortez
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Define Tenochtitlan.
Where Mexico City is today
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Main God of the Aztecs
Quetzequotal
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Who conquered Peru
Pizarro
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The gold that the spanish got from Mexico and Peru was used to build their navy. What was the name of their navy?
The Spanish Armada
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Who explored Southwestern US with Coronado?
Cabeza de Vaca
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Who made the decision to make the Treaty of Tordesillas?
The Pope
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In the Treaty of Tordesillas, who got all of the territory to the west?
Spain
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In the Treaty of Tordesillas, who got all of the territory to the east?
Portugal
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Who were the Sea Dogs?
Legalized pirates
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Who led the Sea Dogs?
Sir Francis Drake
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Who was the second person to circumnavigate the globe?
Sir Francis Drake
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When was the defeat of the Spanish Armada?
1588
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The gates to America opened because of the loss of who?
The Spanish Armada
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Philip II was the king of?
Spain
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Elizabeth I was the queen of?
England
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Who looked for the NW passage, a shortcut through North America to China?
Giovanni Verranzano
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Who set up a trading post in Montreal?
Jacques Cartier
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Who created the first permanent settlement in North America? Where?
- Samuel Champlain
- Canada (New France)
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Who was the first governor of Canada?
Samuel Champlain
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Who were the first people to go down the Mississippi River?
- Marquette and Joliet
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Who was the first to go down the Mississipi River all the way?
LaSalle
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Who is noted for discovering LA and who is it named after?
LaSalle; King Louis and his wife Ana
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What is a conquistador?
Conquerer in Spanish
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Who discovered New Foundland?
Giovanni Caboto
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Who started a colony in 1607?
Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh
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First European born in America
Virginia Dare
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Who married John Rolfe, a tobacco planter?
Pocahontas
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