The period of time, beginning in the late 1400s, in which European explorers looked for new routes to Asia and discovered the Americas.
Age of Exploration

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Age of Exploration
Age Before Common Era
Age of the New World
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Someone who creates maps...
Cartographer
Historian
Archaeologist
Marine Biologist
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An early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars, along with the horizon.
cannon
astrolabe
caravel (ship)
compass
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A person who travels in search of gold, God, or glory
archaeologist
geographer
cartographer
explorer
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas (anything in the Western Hemisphere)
Age of Discovery
Canada
Newfoundland
New World
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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A community ruled by another country, but not its own people
city
state
country
colony
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A Spanish Conquistador who was responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire...
Hernando Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
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