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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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The ruler of an empire
What is an emperor
100
Buying and selling of human beings.
What is slave trade
100
to bring back valuable trade goods
What is why Marco Polo was interested in China
100
Ghana; gold for salt
What is the "Land of Gold" and what was commonly traded
100
Cape of Good Hope; he reached India
What is where Vasco deGama sailed in 1497
200
Navigational tool that helped sailors find their way using the sun and the stars.
What is astrolabe
200
Journey taken for religious reasons
What is a Pilgrimage
200
China to other lands
What are locations that were connected by the Silk Road
200
Mali, Ghana and Song Hai
What are the African Kingdoms that became wealthy as a result of trading gold for salt?
200
Traveled the southern tipof Africa into the Indian Ocean.
Who is Bartholomeu Dias
300
Plotting course and determining location Hint: GPS
What is navigation
300
desire to learn about arts, science and other parts of the world
What is renaissance
300
A way to share ideas, skills, and customs. A network of land and sea routes.
What is the purpose of the silk road
300
strengthened trade ties between Mali and Muslim Nations.
What is Mans Musa pilgrimage to Mecca
300
A group of traders traveling together so they can bring goods to and from West Africa.
What is a caravana and why they crossed the Sahara.
400
A group of traders traveling together
What is a caravan
400
learn about other cutures and people.
What is how Marco Polo's travel effect people in Europe and Asia?
400
New lands to settle; they left because of conflict with the American Indians
What is what the Vikings were hoping to find and why they left
400
It was a major center of trade and learning
Why Timbuktu is an important place?
500
Spoken tales told from generation to generation
What is a saga
500
A camel; It is the only thing that could survive the long,hot desert trips.
What is "Ship of the desert?" and why it is called this
500
People became interested in other people's customs.They knew what good things others had to offer.
What is how learning about other cultures affected trade in the area
500
They profitted from the slave trade and they brought back African Gold
What is how the Portuguese benefitted fromexploring the coast of Africa.
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trading gold for salt, cloth,horses and other goods
What is how Mali and Ghana gained their wealth?