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Chapter 3 Review

Eastern Hemisphere

Vocabulary:

emperor navigation Eric the Red slave trade Vasco da Gama Vikings Johann Gutenberg
magnetic compass caravan pilgrimage astrolabe saga Bartolomeu Dias Renaissance

1-They were the explorers from Scandinavia, and they were the first Europeans to step foot on America- ______

2-He traveled to Greenland. He was quick to anger and had red hair.-______

3-Spoken tale passed on from one generation to the next-______

4-Age that marked a new beginning in arts, sciences, and a desire to learn more about the world-______

5-Invented the printing press-______

6-Buying and selling of human beings-______

7-Explorers whose ships were blown by storm around southern tip of Africa into Indian Ocean-______

8-Tool used by sailors to determine their direction at sea-______

9- Science sailors used______to plot their course and find their location far from land.

10- Group of traders traveling together-______

11- Journey taken for religious reasons-______

12-Ruler of an empire-______

13-Tool that used the sun and stars to find a location based on its distance from the equator-______

14-Sailed to India in 1497-______

15-Why did Marco Polo go to China?

16-What places did the Silk Road connect?

17-What is the Silk Road?

18-What effect did Marco Polo’s journey have on others?

19-Why did Zheng He’s fleet try to reach many new places?

20-What was one result of Zheng He’s voyages?

21-What were the effects of trade?

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22- What location became a major trading center known as a “land of gold”?

23-What type of trade was often made in Ghana?

24-Which African kingdoms became wealthy from trade after Ghana?

25-What did the Europeans bring to trade in North Africa?

26-What event took place under Mansa Musa’s rule?

27-What was the effect of Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca?

28- Why did the Vikings leave the area we now call Newfoundland?

29-How did the Portuguese benefit from exploring the coast of Africa?

30-What effect did European ocean trade routes have?

31-To what did China owe its wealth?

32- What method of transportation did many people use to cross the Sahara Desert?

33-How did the Vikings do most of their exploring?

34-Bartolomeu Dias found the tip of Africa, which he called the “Cape of Storms.” What did the king of Portugal rename it?