Age of Exploration

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The compass helped Europeans navigate at sea. Its magnetized needle points to the magnetic _______.

Australia and New Zealand are in the southern Pacific Ocean. Which nation claimed these lands?

Europeans learned about the astrolabe through contact with ___________.

What was Vasco da Gama famous for?

The best way European sailors learned to handle ocean currents was by _______.

Europeans first used gunpowder to take enslaved captives in _________.

All of the following inventions helped the early explorers navigate at sea EXCEPT the _________.

The voyage of Ferdinand Magellan was the first to _______.