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| 8018505496 | Vasco da Gama | First Explorer to sail around the southern tip of Africa all the way to Asia (India) |  | 0 |
| 8018505497 | Ferdinand Magellan | his crew was 1st to circumnavigate globe; died in the Phillippines |  | 1 |
| 8018505498 | Christopher Columbus | wanted to reach the East Indies by sailing across the Atlantic Ocean; mistreated the Taino Indians |  | 2 |
| 8018505499 | Bartholomeu Dias | went to southern tip of Africa & back to Portugal; southern tip of Africa became known as Cape of Good Hope after this |  | 3 |
| 8018505500 | Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador that conquered the Inca |  | 4 |
| 8018505501 | Hernan Cortes | Spanish conquistador that conquered the Aztecs |  | 5 |
| 8018505502 | Henry Hudson | Hudson was hired to find a route to China and India. Instead, like Columbus and Cabot, he ran into the New World instead, and explored the Hudson River which is named after him. |  | 6 |
| 8018505503 | Portugal | Thought of as the country that began the Age of Exploration |  | 7 |
| 8018505504 | conquistadors | Spanish conquerors and explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s. Looking for gold and glory! | 8 | |
| 8018505505 | encomienda | Unfair economic system that the Spanish used to force native Americans into slavery or forced labor | 9 | |
| 8018505506 | The Golden Age of Piracy | Time period that began when bands of criminals realized they could steal treasure (booty) from European ships in the Caribbean. The Caribbean Sea was thousands of miles from European control, making the region a prime target for pirates who patrolled the seas in order to steal. |  | 10 |
| 8018505507 | inflation | economic cycle that involves a rapid rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in the amount of money available |  | 11 |
| 8018505508 | colony | territory settled & ruled by people from another land | 12 | |
| 8018505509 | tariff | tax on imported goods |  | 13 |
| 8018505510 | caravel | Ship built during the Age of Exploration that was much stronger and faster. It's shape also helped ships sail in all types of wind |  | 14 |
| 8018505511 | astrolabe | helped sailors determine latitude by using the position of the starts & the sun |  | 15 |
| 8018505512 | Northwest Passage | non-existent route through northern waters to get to Asia |  | 16 |
| 8018505513 | capitalism | economic system in which the means of production (companies) are privately owned and operated for profit |  | 17 |
| 8018505514 | John Cabot | In 1497, five (5) years after Columbus, Cabot sailed from England, looking for a back door to China, just as Columbus had done. He landed in the New World. He claimed land in what would become Canada for England | 18 | |
| 8018505515 | Leif Eriksson | Famous Norse (Viking) explorer who loved adventuring. Leif and a small band of men sailed across the sea and landed in North America 500 years BEFORE Columbus. | 19 | |
| 8018505516 | Amerigo Vespucius | Vespucius was an Italian explorer. He sailed thousands of miles along the Atlantic shore of the New World. Then a map maker in Germany decided to name the New World after Amerigo (Americus) Vespucius. He named it America. The name quickly caught on and spread through Europe.That's how America got its name. | 20 | |
| 8018505517 | Jacque Cartier | French explorer that made three trips to the New World, looking for a back door to China. He gave the country of Canada its name. Cartier misunderstood the Iroquois word for village - kanata - and thought it meant the region so Kanata became Canada. | 21 | |
| 8018505518 | Samuel de Champlain | This French explorer discovered Lake Champlain in what is now Canada, and founded the city of Quebec. The people in Quebec today still speak both French and English partly because of him. | 22 | |
| 8018505519 | Hernando De Soto | a Spanish explorer, explored the southeastern part of the New World. He discovered the Mississippi River. | 23 | |
| 8018505520 | Juan Ponce de Leon | He led the first Spanish exploration to Florida. He was searching for the legendary fountain of youth. He also sailed with Columbus the second time Columbus came to America. | 24 | |
| 8018505521 | Prince Henry (of Portugal) aka Henry the Navigator | Widely known for opening up a school for shipbuilders, mapmakers, and expert sailors(navigators) | 25 | |
| 8018505522 | Navigator | Expert Sailor | 26 |
