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| Which group of people was the first to explore the Americas? | Vikings |
| Why did Europeans not explore BEFORE the 1400's? | belief in sea monsters, slow-square sailed ships, few maps, inaccurate information |
| Why did Europeans start exploring during the 1400's? | improved navigational tools (compass * maps), stronger sails, faster ships. |
| Where did the Vikings travel to? | Iceland, Greenland, the Americas |
| Where dod Portuguese explorers travel to? | Around the tip of Africa to India |
| Where did the Spanish explorers travel to? | The Americas, Pacific Ocean, eventually around the world |
| Where did the Italian explorers travel to? | The Americas |
| Why was the Far East (Asia) explored? | For valuable spices and silks |
| Why did the Spanish and Italian explorers sail East when sailing around the world rather than aroound Africa? | To find another water route to Asia (Far East) |
| How did Vespucci figure out Columbus hadn't reached the Indies? | he saw no cities of gold and marble, no people wearing jewels and gold, knew Asia was smaller than most people thought, knew Earth was larger than most people thought, used new tools to measure distance |
| What was incorrect on Martin Behaim's globe? | Earth too small, looked like sailing west to Asia would be easy, North and South America were not included, Australia and Antarctica were not included, Africa was too small and the wrong shape |
