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| 1010 | the year that Thorfinn Karlsefni his settling in Newfoundland (North America) |
| Admiral of the Ocean Sea | the title given to the Columbus |
| Admiral of the Sea of India | name given to Vasco da Gama |
| African items for trade | pepper: ivory: gold and slaves |
| Amerigo Vespucci | an Italian trader who searched along the coast of South America for a way to the Indies |
| Animals from America | dogs; ducks; turkeys; guinea pigs; and llamas |
| Animals from Europe | cattle; sheep; pigs; goats; and horses |
| Bartolomeu Dias | financed by Portugal to find the tip of Africa |
| Black Death (Bubonic Plague) | a disease that swept into Europe from Asia ... 1 out of 3 Europeans died. |
| Cape of Good Hope | the new name for the Cape of Storms |
| Cape of Storms | the name Dias gave the tip of Africa. |
| Cape | a piece of land sticking into the sea. |
| Christopher Columbus | financed by Spain to find a sea route to the Indies... ended up reaching the Bahamas. |
| Columbus' ships | the Nina...the Pinta... Santa Maria. |
| Expedition | a journey organized for a definite purpose. |
| Finance | to supply money for. |
| Food from America | corn; potatoes; sweet potatoes; tomato sauce; paprika; chilies; peanuts |
| Food from Europe | wheat; grapes; sugar cane |
| Indian items for trade | silk ; pepper ; cinnamon and other goods |
| Indies | the name Columbus gave to the Native Americans |
| infectious diseases | illnesses passed from one person to another. |
| Isabela | Spain's first permanent colony on the large island of Hispaniola |
| Items from America | captured natives: parrots:strange plants:and gold trinkets |
| King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella | king and queen of Spain |
| King John II | King of Portugal |
| Legacy | something handed down from past generations. |
| Livestock & corn | corn was brought over to Europe Africa and Asia but the Europeans did not eat much corn and fed it to their livestock...which made the livestock larger and healthier to provide their meat and milk |
| Plantation | a large estate where a single crop is grown for profit. |
| Potatoes & their benefits | potatoes grow in many climates...came from the Andes in South America...easy to grow and provided more food per acre than other crops |
| Santo Domingo | a new settlement for Spain on the large island of Hispaniola |
| Skraelings | the name the Vikings gave to Native Americans |
| Sky dogs | the Indians' name for horses. |
| Strait | a narrow waterway connecting larger bodies of water. |
| Sugar cane plantation & slavery | Columbus brought sugar cane to Hispaniola and had hopes of gaining profits by creating plantations just for growing sugar cane. Plantations required a large labor force |
| Treaty of Tordesillas (Spain & Portugal) | an agreement made between Spain and Portugal that settled their dispute over Portugal's claim of the islands Columbus had found |
| Vasco da Gama | financed by Portugal to find an all-water route from Portugal to Asia |
| Vinland | means "Land of the Vine" |
| Waldseemuller | a German geographer who published a new map...he named the land previously unknown as America after Amerigo Vespucci. |
