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Prince Henry started a school for _____.
sailors
_____ were the first Europeans to reach North America.
The Norse
Traders went to West Africa to _____.
do business with wealthy African kingdoms
Norse sailors were also called Vikings, which meant _________.
raiders
The Crusades gave Europeans greater contact with which continent?
Asia
Christopher Columbus was trying to get to _____ by sailing west.
the Indies
Which country backed Christopher Columbus's voyage?
Spain
Why do historians believe that Columbus kept two logs of his voyage?
to mislead other explorers
Many Native Americans died because of _____ brought by Europeans.
diseases
The Columbian Exchange provided Europeans with _______, which led to healthier diets.
tomatoes and corn
Profit
Profit is the money that remains after a cost of running a business.
Merchants
A class of people that made their living buying and selling goods.
Barter
This system where merchant's exchange goods or other goods, rather than for the money.
What are the Middle Ages?
A period of European history that ranges from A.D. 500 to 1500.
Navigation
Finding direction and following routes at sea
Global grid
Set of crisscrossing line's that the that a divide the earth.
Latitude and longitude
Two sets of lines that make the global grid. Latitude lines go from east to west. longitude lines go from north to south.
What is an Absolute location?
It stays where latitude and longitude lines cross.
What is Relative location?
Relative location describes where a place or region one is located in relation to another.
A line of latitude is called a
Parallel
What latitude is the Equator?
0°latitude
A line of longitude is called a?
Meridian
What is the prime meridian?
Meridian measure the distance east and west of the prime meridian.
The prime meridian is what degrees longitude?
0° longitue