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| Prince Henry the Navigator | King of Portugal. Founded a school to train sailors and map makers. Paid explorers to look for new route to Asia. |
| Causes of the Age of Exploration | Kings and Queens of Europe were looking for faster, cheaper, safer route to Asia. |
| Christopher Columbus | First explorer who tried to find Asia by sailing West. Accidentally discovered the Americas. |
| The New World | The name given to North and South America by Europeans after Columbus' voyage. |
| Maintain the Balance of Power | Reason why Kings and Queens of Europe were forced to trade with Asia. |
| Trade | Exchange of resources and goods between different groups or civilizations. |
| 1492 | The year that Columbus landed in the Dominican Republic |
| Vasco De Gama | First person to reach India by sailing around Africa in 1497-98. |
| Cape of Good Hope | The tip of Africa, where the Pacific and Indian Oceans meet. Waves here are gigantic. |
| Names of Columbus' ships | The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria |
| The Crusades | Series of wars where Christians from Europe tried to take Jerusalem back from Muslims. Started in the 11th century. |
| Bartholemeu Dias | Portugese Sailor who was the first to sail around the tip of Africa in 1477. |
| Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand | King and Queen of Spain who paid for Columbus' voyage. |
| Bartoleme De Las Casas | Spanish priest who kept a journal of all the horrible things that Columbus and the Spanish did to the natives. |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Italian Explorer. First to say that the New World was not Asia but two undiscovered continents. |
| Cartography | The science of making maps. |
| Compass | An instrument that shows which direction is North. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Led the first successful voyage that sailed around the whole world. |
| Natural Resources (resources) | Things made by nature that can be sold or used to make manufactured goods. |
| Manufactured Goods (goods) | Things that can be sold that are made by people, usually using machines or tools. |
