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Ch 13-20 HistoryofUS Test

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What is tool used to determine their direction at sea?
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Hourglass
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What were some reasons given in the textbook for Viking exploration?
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What country did Christopher Columbus believe he landed near during his voyages?
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What is anthropology?
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What is a pilgrimage?
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What is zoology?
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What is archeology?
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Which is some evidence that shows Vikings came to N. America around 1000 AD?
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caravan
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Where did Columbus land on his fourth voyage where he got stranded?
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How were the Taino people that Columbus encountered on his first voyage?
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Where were some Vikings settled around 1,000 AD ?
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Even after all of Colombus's voyages, what did the textbook say that he never truly understood?
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a long spoken tale repeated from one generation to the next
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the concept of North and South Americas being in between the route of Europe and Asia
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the study of human societies and cultures and their development
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magnetic compass
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the study of the behavior, structure, and classification of animals
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Norway, Newfoundland, & Iceland
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overcrowded homelands and a desire for riches & wealth
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saga
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A tool that early explorers use to tell time.
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Japan and China (Cathay)
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a journey taken for religious reasons
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the study of material remains such as tools, jewelry, pottery, etc. of past life and activities
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friendly, helpful, and generous
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possible snail fossils from known Viking regions and a settlement & human remains found at L’Anse Aux Meadows (Newfoundland)
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a group of traders traveling together.
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Jamaica
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Lines that run east and west (horizontally), are called parallels, and are measured in degrees North or degrees South of the Equator are called...
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What is Balboa credited for discovering?
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Lines that run north and south (vertically), are called meridians, and are measured in degrees East or degrees West of the Prime Meridian are called...
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What were some items introduced to Europe from the "New World"?
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What is John Cabot credited to discovering?
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What did Johannes Gutenberg invent in the 15th century that eventually lead to widespread book publishing and literacy in Europe?
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What nationality was Christopher Colombus?
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the period of time that marked a new beginning in arts and sciences and a desire to learn more about the world
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What century is 1578 in?
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the science that sailors use to plot their course and find their location far from land

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