S.S. Chapter 3
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- European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Body of water reached by the spanish explorer Vasco Nunoz be Balboa
- Pacific Ocean
- First Europeans known to have visited Americas
- Vikings
- Leader of the first Europeans to have visited the Americas
- Leif Eriksson
- Italian explorer who landed in present-day Newfoundland
- Giovanni Caboto
- Italian explorer who figured out that Columbus did not reach Asia
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Name of the first European settlement in Americas
- Vinland
- First European to make a globe
- Martin Behaim
- Local name for the island on which Columbus first landed
- Guanahani
- Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa
- Vasco De Gama
- European whose stories of China made traders want to go to Asia
- Marco Polo
- City captured by Turks, closing of trading routes
- Constantinople
- Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators
- Prince Henry
- Portuguese explorer who was the 1st European to sail around the southern tip of Africa
- Bartholomeu Dias
- What helped set the Stage for European exploration: Changes in Technology
- built faster ships, better navigation, and better sails
- Helped set the stage for European exploration/ Changes in government:
- Strong Monarchs ruled countries, nobles ceased fighting