The Age of Explorations

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People explored during the Age of Explorations to gain wealth through:

• trading valuable goods and spices
• establishing new colonies
• discovering new lands

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all of the above

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Cartographer

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map maker

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What is an astrolabe?

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tool for determining latitude while at sea

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What are two ways Henry the Navigator supported exploration?

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By funding expeditions and establishing a navigation school

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What did Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias discover?

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Southern tip of Africa

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What did Bartolomeu Dias prove?

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proved ships could reach Asia by sailing around Africa

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Where did Vasco da Gama explore to in 1497?

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Calicut, India

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Scurvy

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swollen bleeding gums due to lack of vitamin C