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the period of European history from around 500 to 1500.
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Middle Ages
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a shop owner
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merchant
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a journey made for a special purpose
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expedition
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the coins, paper, or gold used as money in countries
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currency
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a group of people traveling together for safety, especially through desert areas
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caravan
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the science of determining a ship's location and direction
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navigation
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a fast sailing ship that could be steered easily and hold large amounts of cargo
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caravel
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a Portugese explorer who became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa
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Bartolomeau Dias
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Portugese sea captain who set out for India with 4 ships.
The first to reach Asia by sea. |
Vasco de Gama
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a merchant who traveled from Europe through Persia and on to china;
upon his return he knew more about China than any other person shared this information with Kublai Khan |
Marco Polo
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ruler of China;
he was entertained by stories from Marco Polo |
Kublai Khan
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city in Songhai ;
important trade city because of its location between the salt mines in northern Africa and the gold fields in the south |
Timbuktu
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Portugese explorer who set out to prove that there was a way to reach Asia by ship.
Also known as: Henry the Navigator He helped make improvements in navigation |
Prince Henry
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a diagram that presents information in a way that is easy to understand
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graph
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a kind of graph that shows changes over time
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line graph
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a kind of graph that shows how something can be divided into parts
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circle graph
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