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SS Unit 2 Les.1-2
MBCA Smallwood Explorers Lessons 1 & 2
Term | Definition |
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profit | the money that remains after the costs of running a business |
merchants | people who make their living from buying and selling goods |
barter | to trade goods for other goods |
navigation | finding direction and following routes at sea |
Vikings | sailors from Denmark, Sweden and Norway who first explored North America |
Iceland & Greeland | two places where Vikings settled in North America |
Jews, Muslims, and Christians | three faiths who believe Jerusalem is a holy city |
The Crusades | wars fought by Christians against Muslims over control and access to Jerusalem |
silk and spices | two things Crusaders brought back from Asia that people really wanted |
Marco Polo | man from Italy who traveled and lived in China...told everyone about it and inspired exploration |
Prince Henry | man from Portugal who started navigation school for sailors |
reason it was difficult to get from Europe to Asia | robbers and thieves along the route |
reason it was difficult to get from Europe to Asia | traveling was difficult through deserts and mountains |
reason it was difficult to get from Europe to Asia | long, dangerous journey |
salt | natural resource found in Africa used to keep meat from spoiling |
Bartolomeu Dias | first to sail around tip of Africa and see Indian Ocean |
Vasco da Gama | first to sail all the way around Africa to India |
Indies | name for Asia during the Middle Ages |
Christopher Columbus | sailor from Italy who sailed west to find Asia but found North America |
Bahamas | where Columbus actually landed |
Taino | what the Natives of the Bahamas called themselves |
Amerigo Vespucci | traveled to North America after Columbus and named it after himself (claimed he found it first) |
horses | changed hunting for Natives |
cattle and pigs | provided new food for Natives |
sheep | provided wool |
animals and people | carried disease and germs |