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4th gr Ch 3 SS test
Life in the Eastern Hemisphere
Question | Answer |
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emporer | ruler of an empire |
magnetic compass | tool used by sailors to determine their direction at sea |
caravan | group of traders traveling together |
pilgrimage | journey taken for religious reasons |
astrolobe | tool that used the sun and stars to find a location based on its distance from the equator |
saga | long spoken tale repeated from one generation to the next |
Renaissance | period of time that marked a new beginning in arts and sciences and a desire to learn more about the world |
navigation | science sailors use to plot their course and find their location far from land |
slave trade | buying and selling of human beings |
Marco Polo | brought back goods from China |
Marco Polo | journeys allowed people in Europe and Asia to know about each other |
Silk Road | network of land and sea routes for trading |
Silk Road | connected China and other lands |
Ghana | "land of gold" |
Mansu Musa | during his rule, Mali reached its peak as an empire |
Ghana | traded gold for salt |
Europeans | brought cloth and horses to bring to trade to North Africa |
Mansa Musa | took a pilgrimage to Mecca because he wanted to create stronger trade ties between Mali and other Muslim nations |
Vikings | left the area called Newfoundland because there were conflicts with the American Indians living there |
Portuguese | profited from exploring the coast of Africa because the brought home gold and slaves |
Renaissance | rebirth |
China's sources of wealth | silk, tea, and spices |
what was the purpose of caravans crossing the Sahara? | to bring goods to West Africa |