Quiz Review: Exploration Vocabulary Quiz

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Astrolabe

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Determines star positions & latitude at sea

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Reached southern tip of Africa; turned back due to bad weather.

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Caravel

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Ship that could sail closely to the wind, enabling navigation around Africa.

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Christopher Columbus: Italian explorer, 4 voyages to New World, never recognized new land, believed he found sea route to Asia, brutal leader of Native Americans.

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Died convinced of finding Asia.

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Columbian Exchange

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Exchange of plants, animals, diseases between Europe and Americas

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Compass

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Instrument with a needle that points north

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Sponsor of early Portuguese exploration; founder of African slave trade.

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Sailed to India in 1498

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Vasco da Gama

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Includes Africa, Europe, Asia, Middle East

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Eastern Hemisphere

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Half of the world with North and South America

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Western Hemisphere