Vocabulary
Vocabulary continued
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
100
The ruler of an empire is called an ______.
What is an empire?
100
A word that means "rebirth" is called ______.
What is Renaissance?
100
A network of land and sea routes for trading
What is the Silk Road?
100
_____ and _____ were the African kingdoms to become wealthy from trade after Ghana.
What is Mali and Songhai?
100
Why did the Vikings leave the area we now call Newfoundland?
What is they had conflicts with the American Indians living there?
200
The buying and selling of human beings is called ______________.
What is slave trade?
200
A journey taken for religious reasons is called a _______.
What is pilgrimage?
200
Who went to China to bring back trade goods?
What is Marco Polo?
200
What type of trade was often made in Ghana?
What is gold for salt?
200
How did the Portuguese benefit from exploring the coast of Africa?
What is they were able to bring home gold and slaves?
300
A Chinese invention that made it possible for sailors to determine their direction far out to sea is called a ______.
What is magnetic compass?
300
An instrument that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location in latitude is called an _____.
What is astrolade?
300
What two things did NOT have an effect on trade?
What is people becoming more self-sufficient and self centered?
300
Ghana became a major trading center known as a _______________.
What is land of gold?
300
Who were the Vikings?
What is skilled sailors?
400
This is a science sailors use to plot their course and find their location far from land.
What is navigation?
400
A group of traders traveling together is called a _______.
What is a caravan?
400
What effect did Marco Polo's journey cause people in both Europe and Asia to know?
What is more about one another?
400
Many early trade caravans in Africa followed what type of route?
What is a southward route across the Sahara?
400
The European ocean trade routes caused lasting contacts between what two hemispheres?
What is Eastern and Western?
500
A group of traders traveling together is called a _______.
What is caravan?
500
A long spoken tale repeated from one generation to the next is called a _____.
What is saga?
500
Demand for Chinese trade goods grew because of _______ voyages.
What is Zheng He's?
500
What did the Europeans bring to trade in North Africa?
What is cloth and horses?
500
Who were the slave apart of the slave trade?
What is Arabs, Africans ?
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