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Definitions for Renaissance Social Studies 5th Grade

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Renaissance   Means rebirth. It was a great time of science, learning and exploration in Europe from the 14th to 17th centuries.  
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Caravel   a small wooden sailing ship 500 years ago.  
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Navigation   the act of moving a boat over water. Before good compasses and clocks - this was dangerous.  
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Johannes Gutenberg   a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe.  
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Portugal   a south european country that boarders Spain and the Atlantic Ocean  
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Spain   a country that is on the Iberian peninsula, and its capital is Madrid  
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Prince Henry   he was a navigator, into politics, and was Portuguese  
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Barthlomeu Dias   he was an explorer, that sailed to the southernmost point of Africa  
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Capo di buona speranza (Cape of Good Hope)   rocky headland on the Atlantic coast, of the Cape penisula, South Africa  
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