section 1 the age of exploration
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1. Christopher Columbus – Italian explorer who claimed land in North and South America for Spain
The Age of Exploration
2. Ferdinand Magellan – Portuguese explorer who discovered an Atlantic-Pacific passage3. strait – a narrow passage that connects
two large bodies of water
4. circumnavigate – travel completely around5. Columbian Exchange – a transfer of people, products, and ideas between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres
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