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9 Cards in this Set
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Navigation
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Science used by sailors to plot their course and determine their location.
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Caravan
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Group of traders traveling.
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Slave Trade
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Buying and selling of human beings.
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Renaissance
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Period in Europe beginning in about 1350 during which there was a new desire to learn more about the arts, sciences, and other parts of the world.
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Pilgrimage
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Journey taken for religious reasons.
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Emperor
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Ruler of an empire.
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Saga
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Long spoken tale repeated from one generation to the next.
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Magnetic Compass
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Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north.
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Astrolabe
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Navigational tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their way.
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