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(5th)Social Studies
(5th) Social Studies-Ch.3 Places-Life In The Eastern Hemisphere
Term | Definition |
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Venice | Port City in Northeastern Italy Built on 118 Small Islands in a Lagoon in the Gulf of Venice |
Shangdu | Town in China |
Silk Road | Network of Overland trade routes between China and Europe |
Sahara | Largest Desert in the world Located in North Africa |
Ghana | Country in Africa Named for Early Kingdom of West Africa |
Timbuktu | Town in West African kingdom of Mali One of the important stops along the caravan routes |
Mali | Kingdom of Africa in Early 1300s Present Day country in West Africa |
Mecca | City in Saudi Arabia Pilgrimage site for Muslims |
Songhai | Kingdom in Africa Flourished from mid 1300s through 1500s |
Greenland | Island in the Northern Atlantic Ocean Largest Island on Earth |
Vinland | Name means Land of Wine Given by Leif Ericsson to the present Day Canadian Province of Newfoundland |
Portugal | Country in South Western Europe |
Cape of Good Hope | Southwestern Tip of Africa |