Three Cultures Meet

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Who was Marco Polo?

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an explorer and author

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Which Portuguese prince laid the groundwork for a new era of exploration?

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Henry the Navigator

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England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to discover a:

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northwest passage to Asia.

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What did the French want to establish in the Americas? Options: a slave trade, an empire, gold and silver mines, trading posts for fur

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trading posts for fur

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Under King Mansa Musa, this capital of the Mali empire became a center of trade and learning: Algiers, Ghana, Timbuktu, Morocco

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Timbuktu

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Which agreement gave Spain most of North America and South America?

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Who started the Protestant Reformation?

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Martin Luther

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Which explorer's crew was the first to sail around the world?

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Ferdinand Magellan's

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Which area was known as the Gold Coast because of its abundance of gold? Options: coast of East Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Coast of West Africa, India

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Coast of West Africa.

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Columbus sailed to the Americas under the flag of.

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Spain