In the 1400s, After the Ming Admiral, Zhenghe, Had Successfully

question 47

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In the 1400s, after the Ming admiral, Zhenghe, had successfully led several large sailing expeditions to the coast of Africa and throughout Southeast Asia, the voyages were discontinued and were never revived.

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Definitions:

Sacajawea

A Lemhi Shoshone woman who assisted the Lewis and Clark Expedition, serving as an interpreter and guide in the early 1800s.

Lewis and Clark

Two explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who led an expedition from 1804 to 1806 across the Western United States to explore lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase.

Shoshone Indian

A member of a Native American tribe originally located in the western United States, known for their hunter-gatherer culture.

Pacific Ocean

The largest and deepest of the world's oceans, located between the Americas to the east and Asia and Australia to the west.