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Group of people traveling together.
caravan
The coins, paper, or gold used as money and it usually varies from country from country.
currency
I was the King of Songhai.
Sunni Ali
I was the ruler of China.
How long did it take Christopher Columbus to sail from Spain to the Bahamas?
a. 70 days
b. 52 days
c. 60 days
d. 80 days
a. 70 days
Shows how something can be divided into parts that together make up the whole.
circle graph
Purposeful journey.
expedition
I was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
Bartolomeu Dias
I was a Chinese Muslim sea captain.
Zheng He
Marco Polo's book was about..
a. shipbuilding methods
b. European rulers
c. the geography of Asia
d. the history of Italy
c. the geography of Asia
The science of determining a ship's sailing direction and location.
navigation
Ship created by Henry and European shipbuilders.
caravel
I was the Emperor of China.
Zhu Di
I was from Portugal and set sail to prove that there was a way to reach Asia by ship.
Prince Henry
In the 13th century, the Black Sea was a trading route between:
a. America and Africa b. Europe and Asia
c. Europe and the Americas d. Asia and America
b. Europe and Asia
Shows patterns and amounts of change over time.
line graph
A diagram that presents information in a way that is easy to understand.
graph
In 1271, I traveled from Europe through Persia an on to China.
Marco Polo
I was the first European ever to reach Asia by sea.
Vasco da Gama
Timbuktu became an important:
a. gold field
b. Medici family banking center
c. route across the Sahara
d. center for trade in Africa
d. center for trade in Africa