Explorers & Rulers
He was 17 years old when he left Italy in 1271 to begin a trading journey to China.
Who is Marco Polo?
Someone who buys and sells goods to earn money.
What is a merchant?
One of the earliest travelers to China, he stayed there for 16 years.
Who is Marco Polo?
Trade between Europe and Asis spread new _____.
Ideas
Several trade routes connecting China and Europe.
What is The Silk Road?
He was Mali's greatest ruler (after Mali conquered Ghana). He was said to be very rich and powerful.
Who was Mansa Musa?
A place ruled by a King or Queen.
What is a kingdom?
More than 100 years after Marco Polo visited China, this Chinese explorer set sail from China with more than 100 ships/1000 sailors, to trade with other peoples.
Who was Admiral Zheng He
People in West Africa gained ___________ and ___________ through trade.
Wealth and knowledge.
The first West African trading kingdom was ________.
Ghana.
This sailor was exploring West African coast when a storm blew him off course; he later realized that he had sailed around the southern tip of Africa and discovered a new sea route to Asia.
Bartolomeu Dias
____________ is the use of scientific knowledge and tools to do things better and more rapidly.
Technology
Developed in 1454 by Johannes Gutenberg, this machine made it possible to print many pages copies of a page quickly.
The printing press.
During the ____________ period in Europe, new learning spread leading to better tools for sailors and explorers.
Renaissance
Renaissance means ______.
rebirth
This King and Queen of Spain funded Christopher Columbus' journey in 14922.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
______________ is the science of planning and controlling the direction of a ship.
Navigation
Portuguese traders forced Africans into _________ and sold them in Europe.
Slavery.
These 2 tools (from North Africa and China) helped Europeans navigate the seas.
Astrolabe and compass.
Another Chinese invention that helped Europeans was ________.
Gunpowder.
This conquistador led an expedition to present day Mexico in 1519.
Hernan Cortes
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The movement of new plants, animals, and peoplw between the eastern and western hemispheres.
In 1492, this explorer landed on an island east of Mexico. He thought he had found a new route to India but had found a new continent.
Christopher Columbus.
Merchants believed they could make more money if they found a faster sea route to _________.
Asia.
Spanish solders conquered the _________ in present day Mexico.
Aztecs.