SS Chapter 3
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- What was the body of water reached by Balboa?
- Pacific Ocean
- Who was the European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe?
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Italian explorer who landed in present-day Newfoundland but told people he had found Cathay?
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G.Caboto
- Who was the Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators?
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Prince Henry
- What was the name of the first European settlement in the Americas?
- Vinland
- What city was captured by the Rurks, and it closed the trade between Europe and Asia?
- Constantinople
- Who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa?
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Vasco da Gama
- Who were the first Europeans to visit America?
- Vikings
- Who's description of the riches of Chian made traders want to go to Asia?
- Marco Polo
- What was the local name for the island on which Columbus first landed?
- Guanahani
- Who was the first person to sail around the southern tip of Africa?
- Bartholomew Dias
- Who made the first globe?
- Martin Behaim
- Who discovered that Columbus had not reached Asia?
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Amerigo Vespucci
- Who was the leader of the first Europeans to visit America?
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Leif Eriksson