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Marco Polo/Explorers
#3 Marco Polo/Explorers
Question | Answer |
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Italian Merchant,who inspire Europeans to find a sea route to Asia | Marco Polo |
Person who buys and sells goods to make a living | Merchant |
Countries of India, China, as well as the Spice Islands | Indies |
Wanted to trade with distant regions of Asia they called the Indies | Europeans |
Trade route that linked the continent of Europe with the Indies | Silk Road |
The Silk Road in the late 1400’s was closed by the_____________ | Ottoman Empire |
Resources from the Indies | Gold, spices, silk, and porcelain |
Columbus called the islands he landed on the | Indies |
Today the Caribbean Islands are known as the | West Indies |
Both North and South America were named after | Amerigo Vespucci |
A waterway connecting Atlantic and Pacific Oceans | Northwest Passage |