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Who led the Vikings to sail from Northern Europe?
Lief Ericson
Another name for the time period from about 500 – 1500 A.D. in Europe
Middle Ages
Genoa, Florence and Venice were important __________________for merchants.
Trading Posts
people who buy and sell to earn a living
Merchants
_______________ was one of the first Europeans to travel to China.
Marco Polo
The ruler of China was _________________.
Kublai Khan
a purposeful journey
Expedition
The network of trade routes that connected Europe and Asia
Silk Road
Marco Polo's account of his travels in Asia led to a new age of European _______________.
Exploration
A ________________ graph shows patterns and amounts of change over time.
Line
A ________________ graph shows how something can be divided into parts.
Circle
the coins, paper, or gold used as
money in a country
Currency
a group of people traveling together, especially through desert areas
Caravan
Songhai was the powerful kingdom that ruled most of _________________________.
West Africa
Songhai was ruled by _____________________.
Sunni Ali
An important trade city in Africa for gold and salt.
Timbuktu
The ruler of Portugal who sent explorers to search for a way to reach Asia by sea.
Prince Henry
the science of determining a ship’s sailing direction and location
Navigation
Shipbuilders created a ship called the ______________________ to make travel easier along trade routes.
caravel
the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
southern tip of Africa
Cape of Good Hope
First European to reach Asia by sea
Vasco da Gama