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Chp 3 - Soc Studies
Question | Answer |
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500 - 1500 A.D. in European history | Middle Ages |
people who buy and sell goods | merchant |
He traveled from Europe through Persia to China - a book was written about his travels in China. It told stories about China. | Marco Polo |
a purposeful journey - "planned out". | expedition |
shows patterns and amount of change over time. | line graph |
looks like a pie and show percent (%) of how things are divided. | circle graph |
Ruler of China who hired Marco Polo to represent him at political meetings in his empire. | Kublai Khan |
King of Songhai | Sunni Ali |
A country's coins, paper, or gold (money) | currency |
1200's - a group of people traveling together especially through the desert. | caravan |
An important trade city in Songhai located bwetween salt mines in North Africa and gold fields in South Africa. | Timbuktu |
New emperor of China in 1402 who began to increase trade on the Silk Road. | Zhu Di |
1403 Emperor who ordered thousands of sailing ships to be built, seven voyages and visited many countries. | Zhenge He |
African kingdom - very important trade city. | Songhai |
Portugese King known as Henry the Navigator as he tried to find faster ways to Asia. | Prince Henry |
The science of determing a ship's sailing directions and locations. | navigation |
New ship that was 70 feet long, steered easily, and had a large cargo area. | caravel |
First European to sail around southern tip of Africa. Known as "Cape of Storms" then "Cape of Good Hope" | Bartolomeu Dias |
Portugese sea captain who was the first to reach Asia by sea. | Vasco da Gama |