Social Studies 5th
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- An instrument that helps sailors and other travelers find the cardinal directions?
- magnetic compass
- A period of cultural and artistic growth that began in Italy in the late 1300s?
- Renaissance
- Who ruled the wealthy kingdom of Songhai?
- Sunni Ali
- What did Arabian traders cross to reach the Kingdom of Songhai?
- The Sahara Desert
- One of the first Europeans to reach Asia?
- Marco Polo
- Who invented the printing press?
- Johannes Gutenburg
- A disease caused by the bite of certain mosquitoes?
- malaria
- Who made voyages from China to India, Arabia and Africa?
- Zheng He
- A smalll ship that was fast and easy to steer, even in dangerous water?
- caravel
- Why did China's sea explorations stop in the 1500s?
- The emperor ordered all sailing ships to be destroyed.
- The most important Chinese product imported to Europe in the late 1200s is
- silk
- A caravel is?
- a kind of ship
- A group of people traveling together, especially through desert areas?
- caravan
- Who made great improvements so that navigation was possible?
- Prince Henry of Portugal
- The science of determining a ships direction and location?
- navigation