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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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European Superpowers in the Age of Exploration
These activities focus on the countries of Europe that had the most influence during the Age of Exploration (Portugal, Spain, France, England and the UK, Italy, and the Netherlands).
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 | United Kingdom (England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales) |
 | Spain and Portugal |
 | Italy |
 | France |
 | The Netherlands (Holland) |
| Henry the Navigator | Ruler of Portugal who started a school to train sailors and explorers |
| Queen Isabella | Sponsored Columbus' voyage to the New World |
| Hispaniola | The island where Columbus landed in 1492 |
| Ferdinand Magelland | First person to sail around the world |
| Bartolameau Diaz | First to sail around the Horn of Africa |
| Bartoleme De Las Casas | Spanish priest who chronicled the mistreatment of natives in the New World |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Italian explorer. The New World was named after him. |
| Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria | The names of Columbus' ships |
| Gold | The real reason European explorers came to the Americas |
| Tainos | Natives of Hispaniola who were enslaved, tortured, and murdered by Columbus and the Spanish |
| Cape Verde Islands | Colonized by the Portugese. Later became a stop over in the slave trade. |
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Edwards Middle School |
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