| A | B |
|---|
| Viking | brave and bold sailor |
| 1002 | year Leif Erickson sailed |
| merchant | buys and sells goods |
| Dias | found Africa's tip after a storm |
| Prince Henry | started a school for sea captains |
| Marco Polo | famous for his travels in China |
| Vinland | named after the many wild grapes |
| spices, silks, and jewels | some of the riches of Asia |
| Leif Ericson | his settlement needed wood |
| caravel | ship with 3 masts |
| caravan | traveling together through a desert |
| pepper | spice used for preserving meat |
| Silk Road | overland trading route |
| navigation | science of determining a ship's location and direction |
| Kublai Khan | emperor of China |
| Sunni Ali | king of Songhai |
| Zhu Di | ordered thousands of sailing ships to be built |
| Zheng He | Chinese sailor |
| 1271 | when Marco Polo left for China |
| Timbuktu | large trade city in Songhai |
