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22 Cards in this Set
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Who led the Vikings to sail from Northern Europe?
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Lief Ericson
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Another name for the time period from about 500 – 1500 A.D. in Europe
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Middle Ages
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Genoa, Florence and Venice were important __________________for merchants.
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Trading Posts
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people who buy and sell to earn a living
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Merchants
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_______________ was one of the first Europeans to travel to China.
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Marco Polo
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The ruler of China was _________________.
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Kublai Khan
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a purposeful journey
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Expedition
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The network of trade routes that connected Europe and Asia
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Silk Road
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Marco Polo's account of his travels in Asia led to a new age of European _______________.
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Exploration
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A ________________ graph shows patterns and amounts of change over time.
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Line
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A ________________ graph shows how something can be divided into parts.
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Circle
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the coins, paper, or gold used as
money in a country |
Currency
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a group of people traveling together, especially through desert areas
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Caravan
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Songhai was the powerful kingdom that ruled most of _________________________.
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West Africa
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Songhai was ruled by _____________________.
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Sunni Ali
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An important trade city in Africa for gold and salt.
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Timbuktu
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The ruler of Portugal who sent explorers to search for a way to reach Asia by sea.
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Prince Henry
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the science of determining a ship’s sailing direction and location
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Navigation
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Shipbuilders created a ship called the ______________________ to make travel easier along trade routes.
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caravel
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the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa
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Bartolomeu Dias
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southern tip of Africa
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Cape of Good Hope
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First European to reach Asia by sea
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Vasco da Gama
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