The Age of Exploration

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Before anyone else, this Viking explorer sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered Greenland and Vinland (Newfoundland). What was his name?

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Leif Ericsson

Front

In which country was the school created by Prince Henry to teach navigation and mapmaking located?

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Portugal

Front

The expeditions of Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama achieved which goal?

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To find an all water route to Asia

Front

Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to suggest sailing which direction to reach Asia?

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west

Front

Which conquistador was responsible for ending the Aztec Empire?

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Hernando Cortez

Front

While he was killed in the Philippines, who's crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?

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Ferdinand Magellan

Front

Which U.S. river is Hernando de Soto credited for "discovering?"

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the Mississippi River

Front

Who traveled to Cathay, or China, and told Europeans about the compass, gunpowder, silks, and spices?

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Marco Polo

Front

John Cabot investigated the coast of present-day Canada, but for which country did he explore for?

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England

Front

While his life ended quite violently, Vasco Nunez de Balboa does get credit for discovering the Pacific Ocean after crossing what isthmus of land?

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Panama