Vocabulary 1
Relating to the Middle Ages in Europe
What is medieval?
related to controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle (on land, sea, air or space)
What is "navigational"?
A native of the Asian nation of Mongolia
What is a Mongol?
The Spice Islands are part of what modern-day country?
What is Indonesia?
Name two spices that were grown in faraway Asia and brought to medieval Europe.
What are any two of the following: pepper, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, or mace?
A chain of islands
What is archipelago?
A person who buys and sells goods to earn money
What is a merchant?
A group of people who serve as representatives of their government in another country
What is a diplomatic mission?
What ocean does the Ring of Fire surround?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Why did medieval Europeans use spices? (two reasons)
What are to flavor food and preserve it without refrigeration?
A plant used to add flavor to food
What is spice?
A person who buys and sells goods
What is a trader?
A type of fine pottery
What is porcelain?
What is the official geographic name for the Spice Islands
What are the Maluku Islands?
How did Venetian merchants become wealthy during the Middle Ages?"
What is they bought spices from Arab traders and sold them throughout Europe at high prices.
A situation in which one person, country, or company has complete control of the supply of a good or service
What is a monopoly?
To discuss the terms of an agreement
What is to negotiate?
What was the name of Marco Polo's famous book?
What is "The Travels of Marco Polo"?
Why did medieval Europeans use spices? Name two reasons and be sure to explain why.
What are: 1) To add flavor to food (spices made bland meals taste better and more interesting) 2) To preserve food (spices helped keep food from spoiling before refrigerators were invented.
What two groups of people controlled the spice trade before European exploration?
Who are the Arab traders and the Venetian merchants?
A place where people buy and sell goods
What is a trading center?
An area that gets less rain because it is on the leeward side of a mountain
What is a rain shadow?
In what year did Marco Polo return to Venice?
What is 1295?
How much annual rainfall does the Malay Archipelago receive on average?
What is 80 inches?
What did the Arab traders tell Europeans about the Spice Islands and why?
What is they told stories about fantastic monsters and hideous flesh-eating birds to keep the location a secret?
The Spice Islands became the world's premier spice-growing region due to three key environmental factors. Name all three and explain each of these factors in detail.
What are: 1) Temperature (equatorial location provides warm, ideal growing conditions) 2) Heavy rainfall (average 80 inches per year) 3) Volcanic rich soil (due to Ring of Fire location)