Life in the Eastern Hemisphere

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Who was the Portuguese explorer who first sailed around the southern tip of Africa and reached the Indian Ocean?

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Who left Italy to travel the Silk Road?

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Marco Polo

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Who was the Chinese emperor who befriended Marco Polo?

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Kublai Khan

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Who was the Portuguese explorer who sailed across the Indian Ocean and reached India?

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Vasco da Gama

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The Chinese invention that made it possible for sailors to determine their direction far out at sea is the

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magnetic compass

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The ruler of an empire is called the

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emperor

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The buying and selling of human beings is called

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slavery

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The science sailors use to plot their course and find their location far from land is

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navigation

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The European country to the west of Spain is

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Portugal

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The major land trade route between Europe and China

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Silk Road