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Vocabulary
Exploration
Natural disasters
100
An inactive volcano
What is a mountain ?
100
A portion of ocean or sea almost completely enclosed by land except for a little opening or mouth
What is a gulf?
100
The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power
What is religion?
100
He was claimed to be the first person to arrive in the Americas but he actually landed on Cuba
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
When tectonic plates slide past each they cause the ground to shake
What is an earthquake?
200
This is water that is surrounded by land on all sides
What is a lake?
200
Flat land with lots of grass but little trees or shrubs
What is a plain?
200
Rate of how fast something is
What is speed?
200
The three main reasons for exploration
What is god, gold, and glory?
200
When water rises over the water level and goes onto streets which usually happen during a hurricane or storm
What is flooding?
300
Land that is surrounded by water on all sides
What is an island?
300
A flowing water source that flows down to a lake, another river, sea, or ocean
What is a river?
300
An injury to living tissue
What is wound
300
He Came from the poor town of Malinda in Swahili in search of the spice trade in the Indian ocean is hopes he could dominate it
Who is Vasco Da Gama?
300
A large storm with high winds that goes around in a circle and forms over water
What is a hurricane ?
400
The place where land and water meet
What is a coast?
400
River or stream that flows into a larger body of water like another river or lake
What is tributaries?
400
A room or building equipped for gymnastics
What is gymnasium?
400
Made it possible for Zheng He to explore by funding his explorations
What is the Ming government?
400
A heavy snowstorm with high winds
What is a blizzard?
500
Land that connects two larger pieces of land and has water on two sides. Example: Central America
What is an Isthmus?
500
Elevated land with a flat top
What is a plateau?
500
No more or better than what is specified
What is mere?
500
Sailed around Africa to the Indian Ocean
Who is Vasco Da Gama?
500
This happens when there is an earthquake underwater?
What is a tsunami?
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