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someone who gives financial support to a person or cause
a) merchant
b) slave
c) colony
d) patron

a person who buys and sells goods
a) epidemic
b) patron
c) merchant
d) colony

an outbreak of a quickly spreading disease
a) merchant
b) colony
c) epidemic
d) slave trade

the buying and selling of humans as property
a) slave trade
b) merchant
c) epidemic
d) patron

a settlement far from the country that rules it
a) colony
b) patron
c) merchant
d) slave trade

Which of the following navigation tools helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator?
a) astrolabe
b) maps
c) magnetic compass
d) the telescope

Which of the following navigation tools helped European sailors know which direction they were going?
a) astrolabe
b) magnetic compass
c) maps
d) the telescope

Who started a Portuguese navigation school around 1419?
a) Prince Henry
b) Leif Ericsson
c) Vasco de Gama
d) Bartolomeu Diaz

Which of the following explains why King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund Columbus’s voyage?
a) They wanted to profit from trade and spread Christianity in Asia.
b) They wanted to move to an island in the Caribbean Sea.
c) They were hoping to invade other Asian countries.
d) They wanted to trade with Native Americans.

Which direction did Columbus sail in his attempt to reach Asia?
a) north
b) south
c) east
d) west

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