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Norse sailors explored and settled limited areas on the shores of present-day Greenland and Canada.
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Collapse of byzantine empire cut off Europe from overland trade with east Asia, Spanish expedition headed by Christopher Columbus sailed west to find a new trade route to the Far East.
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The entire Western Hemisphere came under the control of European governments,leading to profound changes to its landscape.
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Known as the period of the Colombian Exchange. Dramatically widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable disease.
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His travels allowed Spain to tbe the first European power to settle and colonize the largest areas, from North America and the Caribbean to the southern tip of South America.
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Prince Henry the navigator
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Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India and helped establish European trade.
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things that caused it were: spice trade profit, reduce ottoman influences, reconquista of spain
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Portugal colonized Brazil, tried colonizing of the coasts of present-day Canada, and settled for extended periods on the northwest bank of the river plate
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Powers such as France also founded colonies in the Americas; Eastern North America, A number of Caribbean islands.
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Proved the world was round by circumnavigating the globe.
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Ratified by the Pope, these 2 kingdoms divided the entire non-European world
