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    The Age of exploration was from the late 1400 to the 1700. It was a time period where many countries sought out new resources and trade routes. The two countries that were notorious in exploration during the Renaissance were Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese and Spanish were rivals in exploration. They were always competing with each other over who was better. Spanish exploration was more effective than Portuguese exploration because the Spanish went to land unexplored‚ colonised and made more voyages

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    3-5 4-1 5-3 ----------------------- Task 1. Find and match the biography details to the explorers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 3. He was a Portuguese explorer‚ one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.He is one of the most famous and celebrated explorers from the Discovery Ages‚ being the first European to reach India through sea. This discovery was very impactful and paved

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    The Case of the Speluncean Explorers 01/21/2007 03:58 PM « zurück © 1949 by Harvard Law Review Vol. 62‚ No. 4‚ February 1949 The Harvard Law Review Association Cambridge‚ Mass.‚ U.S.A. THE CASE OF THE SPELUNCEAN EXPLORERS by LON L. FULLER IN THE S UPREME COURT OF NEWGARTH ‚ 4300 The defendants‚ having been indicted for the crime of murder‚ were convicted and sentenced to be hanged by the Court of General Instances of the County of Stowfield. They bring a petition of error before

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    In the Middle Ages the Medieval Knights did some hard and easy tasks/challenges. The Medieval Knights had to learn how fight and go to war‚ but the war was extremely violent in the European countries. Some hard tasks/challenges that the Medieval Knight had was enhancing skills for the war‚ like 2-handed sword‚ battle axe‚ mace‚ dagger‚ and lance. The Knight was expected to stand guard at the castle‚ and support the lord in the Medieval warfare. There are some Knights that rode horses and their horses

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    Spanish Explorers Motivation The Spanish explorers were noble men who traveled across the sea’s to explore new land and new areas. In this case‚ the Spanish explorers were Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortez‚ both of which are from Spain‚ and lived in the late 1400’s and early 1500’s. The reason Columbus and Cortez are so important in our history is because without them Central and South America would be so different today. Due to their huge impact on the Americas‚ it is important to understand

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    Motherboard Components and Form Factors Task 1: Procedure 2. Using Internet Explorer‚ locate information on the LGA 1156 connector. What processors is it used with? What is its purpose on the motherboard? LGA Stands for Land grid array It works a a few processors such as the Intel Core i7‚i3‚i5 Xeon‚ Pentium‚ Celeron. The purpose of the LGA 1156 Is to connect a processor to the motherboard. 3. Using Internet Explorer‚ locate information on the Intel H55 Chipset. What processors is it used with

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    European Exploration

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    European Exploration The things I tend to prove in this essay of European Exploration are major people you need to know‚ and what they did. I also plan to tell about why Europeans were interested in the land. Lastly I plan to tell you about the motivating factors. Overall the Europeans went on an exploration for a reason which is what they encountered. There are a lot of reasons why Europeans were interested in discovering new lands and markets. I am going to list some examples of why Europeans

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    Imagine you are living in the 1400s in Europe. You are an explorer traveling the vast seas looking for uncharted territory. Your goal is to find new trade routes‚ goods‚ and land. This was the goal of many European explorers. Up until this point‚ the Vikings had developed trade networks. Leif Eriksson‚ a son of a Viking‚ sailed from West Norway to Greenland when heavy winds blew his ship to the coast of North America. It was not until 300 years later‚ in the 1400s‚ when people became interested in

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    European Explorers Quiz

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    EUROPEAN EXPLORERS QUIZ (23 Points) 1.) _____ Balboa 2.) _____S. Cabot 3.) _____ Coronado 4.) _____De Gama 5.) _____De La Salle 6.) _____ De Soto 7.) _____ Drake 8.) _____ Jolliet 9.) _____ Marquette 10.) ____ Ponce De Leon 11.) ____ J. Cabot 12.) ____ Cartier 13.) ____ Cortes 14.) ____ Champlain 15.) ____ Dias 16.) ____ Hudson 17.) ____ Magellan 18.) ____ Pizarro 19.) ____ Columbus 20.) ____ Raleigh 21.) Name the three discoveries/inventions that aided these European explorers

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    Did Exploration have a Positive or Negative affect on Our World? “Following the light of the sun‚ we left the Old World.” This is a quote that was stated by one of the most famous explorers of the late 1400’s and continuing into the 1500’s‚ his name was Christopher Columbus. Columbus‚ being the first to find the Americas‚ besides the Indians‚ was the start of a time of exploration. Although exploration can be looked at as a bad thing‚ I would like to recognize the perks of exploration. One positive

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