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ss chapter 3
age of exploration
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History
5th Grade
11/02/2008

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Brenden and Huishen
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they are two people who are used in a story about finding a land between Europe and Asia (Brenden is from the iris and Hushien is from the Chinese story)
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Bahaim
Definition
He was an explorer.
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Vinland
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Vinland is now knwn as Canada.
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Marco Polo
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He is an explorer who went to Persia,China, and India.
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What is Alexandria,Constanople,Bagdad,and Damascus?
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They are all cities that became trading centers.
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monarchs
Definition
A king or a queen.
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Prince Henry
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He set up the first navigation school.
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Bartholomeu Dies
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He is an explorer who sailed all the way to the Southern Tip of Africa and the Cape of Good Hope and got sick.
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Isabella
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She is the Queen Of Spain
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Nina,the Pinta,and the Santa Maria.
Definition
The three of Christopher Columbus' ships.
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Tainos
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They are Asian people who migrated to the Carribian Islands.
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Balboa
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A spanish explorer who claimed the pacific ocean for spain.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Was an explorer who set out for an expedition in 1519 to find a new way to reach Asia.
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Greenlanders saga
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A story about when a viking first sailed to vinland from Greenland.
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Leif Eriksson
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He landed in Canada and named it Vinland.
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Kublai Khan
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He was a chinese ruler.
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Cathay
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An old name for the East Asia often assumed by the English
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Portugal
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Portugal is near Spain and is a country.
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Vasco De Gama
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He is a portugues navigator.
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ferdinand
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he is the king of spain
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Christopher Columbus
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He is a very famous explorer who found America.
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John Cabot
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He is an italian man and ge sailed across the sea on a voyage.He landed in Newfoundland.
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America Vespucci
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He is the man that America was named after and he was an explorer who sailed to Venezuela and Argentina.
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Phillippines
Definition
A country located in Southeastern Asia.
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