Social Studies Chapter 12
Terms
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- dhow
- an arab ship
- diplomat
- a person skilled in developing treaties between nations.
- junk
- a chinese wooden boat with four-sided sails
- lateen sail
- a triangle-shaped sail that allows a ship to travel into the wind
- monsoon
- strong seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean
- Swahili
- a people and a language of East Africa
- doge
- a leader in the Italian city-state
- Greek fire
- a chemical mixture, used by the Byzantine navy, that caught fire when water hit it.
- embargo
- a ban on trade
- Hansa
- a group of northern European merchants who worked together to protect themselves
- saga
- an adventure story about the brave deeds of people
- territorial expansion
- the adding of new lands
- archipelago
- a chain of islands
- atoll
- an island formed from a coral reef
- lagoon
- a small body of water found in the center of an atoll
- outrigger
- a wooded frame placed on the side of a boat or canoe to keep the craft steady in rough seas.
- star path
- the way stars seems to move because of the Earth's rotation