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Renaissance
Exploration & Encounter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Viking explorers | Leif Erickson & Erik the Red explored Greenland and Vinland. Settled in North America before Columbus |
| Silk Road | The trade route from Europe to China. |
| Reformation | The protests against the Catholic church that resulted in the creation of Protestantism. |
| Middle Ages | The time period between the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Renaissance. |
| Marco Polo | An Italian explorer who's Book promoted trade with India & China. |
| Renaissance | A time period in Europe that was characterized by a rebirth in learning of Greek & Roman culture. |
| Feudalism | The social structure of the Middle Ages. Landowners controlled peasants and forced them to work on their property. |
| Gutenberg | The inventor of the printing press. |
| Black Death | Another name for the Bubonic Plague that killed over one third of the people in Europe. |