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    Age of Exploration and first explorers to Canada
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  • The first Europeans to North America
    Vikings
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  • claiming and controlling new land for one's homeland
    imperialism
  •  10
  • The decline of this empire disrupted trade between Asia and Europe
    Mongol Empire
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  • the network of trade routes between Europe and Asia
    Silk Road
  •  5
  • technology that enabled exploration
    compass, astrolabe, better & faster ships
  •  20
  • country that was first to sail around the south of Africa
    Portugal
  •  15
  • this explorer landed in the Caribbean
    Columbus
  •  15
  • commission
    granting of power by a king
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  • Group of people that did not establish friendly trade relations with Europeans; eventually went extinct
    Beothuk
  •  15
  • Shawnadithit
    the last known Beothuk
  •  10
  • Donnacona
    a FN chief taken captive by Cartier
  •  25
  • Quebec was established by this explorer
    Samuel de Champlain
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  • the main push factor for European exploration in the West
    disruption of trade on the Silk Road due to the collapse of the Mongol Empire
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  • Sieur de Monts
    nobleman from France who sponsored expeditions to North America
  •  25
  • Northwest Passage
    a sea route through the Arctic waters
  •  15
  • a pull factor for European exploration of the Americas
    cod, gold, furs
  •  15