Age of Exploration

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His crew was the first to circumnavigate (sail around) the world.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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A new type of ship capable of sailing in the open ocean.

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caravel

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A device to help sailors determine their location using stars.

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astrolabe

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Western Europeans sought new trade routes to Asia to avoid these two groups.

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Muslims and Italians

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He was a Portuguese explorer and the first European who reached India by sailing south around Africa.

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Vasco da Gama

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Who established a school of navigation in Portugal?

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Prince Henry

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The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.

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Columbian Exchange

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A device that shows the direction north.

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compass

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Early explorer who thought he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Oceans. Landed in what is today the Caribbean.

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Christopher Columbus

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A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.

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Hernan Cortes