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Many of the Vikings were from this European nation whose western coast borders the North Sea.What is Norway?
He was the first Viking to see North America.who was Bjarni herjulfson
This was the name that the Vikings gave to their settlement in present-day Canada.what is vinland
This Viking tried to colonize present-day Canada.Who was Leif Ericson?
In addition to Norse and Northmen, this term, also starting with an n, was another name for the Vikings.norman
On his first voyage, when he accidently “discovered” America, Columbus was sailing for this European nation.what is spain?
on his first voyage trying to reach the Indies, this was one of the reasons why columbus first saild southwest to the Canary island.What is, to catch the wind that would push him west;
Columbus used to convince himself that he had found the Indies.What is gold? (also in Asia)
king and queen of Spain at the time of Columbus’s first voyage on his Enterprise of the Indie.who were isabella and ferdinand.
Columbus’s goal when he set out on his first voyageto find an all water route to Asia, or try to sail west to reach the east?
The year that the Puritans began their Massachusetts Bay Colony in America1630
year that the Vikings first saw North America.What is 986
The Protestant Reformation first began during this century.What is, 16th
The year that pilgrims first began their colony in new worldWhat is 1620
These English men and women wanted to simplify, or purify, the rituals, materials, and procedures, in the Church of Englandpuritans
These radical English Puritans wanted to completely break away from the Church of England. The first group of these separatists came to the New World on the Mayflower in 1620.who were the pilgrims
name that columbus gave the first island that he landed on in the new worldsan salvador
In c. 770, a group of Vikings settled this large island west of Norway. It’s name would suggest that it was very inhospitableiceland
Eric the Red brought group of viking settlers to the southwestern tip of this enormous island, approximately 500 miles east of present day canadagreenland
after reaching the new world, columbus landed on a island in this body fo watercarribean sea
name pilgrims gave colony in Americaplymouth



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