| A | B |
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| peninsula | land that is almost completely surrounded by water |
| Political map | Map that shows cities and boundaries |
| Absolute location | Grid system of latitude and longitude to give a location |
| Equator | 0º latitude |
| Prime Meridian | 0º longitude |
| Credit | Borrowing money |
| Profit | Money left over after expenses are paid |
| Physical map | Map features landforms like bodies of water, mountains, etc. |
| Peasants | Largest group of people in the feudal system |
| Pilgrimage | Journey to a sacred place |
| Jihad | Holy war |
| Children's Crusade | Crusade led by 13 year old boy Stephen |
| 25 Million | Number of people who died of Plague |
| Pope | Head of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Renaissance Period | Time period between 1300-1600 in Europe |
| patron | Wealthy person who supports artists & writers |
| perspective | painting technique that shows differences between things close and far away |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Italian Renaissance painter, inventor, sculptor & scientist |
| Michelangelo | Famous painter of celing of Sistene Chapel |
| Johannes Gutenberg | German who invented the first movable type printing press in Europe |
| movable type | Individual metal letters & numbers that can be positioned to form rows of words |
| William Shakespeare | British playwright & poet known for his plays |
| Isaac Newton | British mathematician who explained theory of gravity |
| Caravel | Ship that allowed global exploration |
| Magellan | Generally known for circumnavigation of the globe |
| Columbian Exchange | Exchange of foods, cultures, ideas, and disease between the eastern and western hemispheres |
| Pangaea | Theory that earth was one large continent |
| Ring of Fire | World's most active earthquake and volcano region |
| Volcanic eruptions | Hawaiian Islands were created by this |
