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