 | Term | Definition |
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Marco Polo |
Wrote Travels about his 17 year journey in China |
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Banking |
Made Italians Rich |
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Renaissance |
Period where Europeans studied Classical works of Greeks and Romans |
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Movable Type and Printing Press |
Spread ideas and knowledge |
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Astrolabe |
Developed to measure latitude |
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Magnetic Compass |
Brought from China and helped determine direction |
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Stern Rudder and Triangular Sail |
Developed by Arabs for sailing into wind |
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Caravel |
Deveoped by Portuguese to carry more cargo and travel faster |
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Ghana |
(400-1200) Made $ from taxes on trade, Traded for salt, cloth, and brass. Trade caused many West Africans to become Muslims. |
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Almoravids |
Group that attacked Ghana and ruined their trade routes |
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Mali |
(1250-1500) Mansa Musa was greatest king. Timbuktu became an important Islamic center because of his pilgrimage to Mecca |
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Songhai |
(1500-1600) Askiya Muhammad is leader; largest empire in Africa. |
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Moroccans |
Defeated Songhai |
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Portugal |
First country to start exploring because they did not have Med. port |
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Henry the Navigator |
Set up navigation center for exploration. |
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Gold Coast |
African area where there is much gold and ivory and where Europeans traded. |
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Dias |
(1487) Sailed to southernmost part of Africa. Located Cape of Good Hope. |
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Gama |
Discovered sea route around Africa |
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Cabral |
Discovered Brazil |
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Queen Isabella |
Sponsered Columbus voyage |
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Line of Demarcation |
Divided land between Spain and Portugal |
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Treaty of Torsedillas |
Moves line further so Portugal can claim Brazil |
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Vespucci |
Mapped coast of South America |
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Balboa |
Claimed Pacific Ocean and adjourning land |
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Magellan |
Circumnavigated world |
