Traveling Asia's Silk Road
Who is Marco Polo?
Explorer
What is the Silk Road?
A network of trade routes
What place was known as "land of gold"
Ghana
Why did the Vikings leave the area we now call Newfoundland?
A lot of fights with the natives broke out
What religion sought to convert others in new lands?
Christianity
Where is Marco Polo from?
Italy
What places did the Silk Road connect?
It connected China and other places.
What type of trade was made in Ghana?
gold for salt
Why did Europeans search for gold, silver, and precious stones?
To pay war debts
What did Bartolomeu Dias discover?
Africa's southern tip which they named Cape of Good Hope
Where to Marco Polo journey to?
China
Why did Zheng He's fleet try to reach many new places?
To show Chinese power and expand Chinese trade
Which African kingdoms became wealthy from trade after Ghana?
Mali and Songhai
Name the 5 main reasons Explorers explored
1. Find a sea route to the spices of Asia
2. Gold, silver, precious stones
3. Spread Christianity
4. Expand Empires
5. Expand knowledge
What did Vasco da Gama discover?
He discovered India
Why did Marco Polo go to China?
He wanted to bring back valuable trade goods.
What did Europeans bring to trade in North Africa?
Cloth, horses, and other goods
Why were spices so valuable?
It was dangerous and difficult to get. People needed spices to preserve their food.
What were 3 of a Vasco da Gama's accomplishments?
1. Bought spices at low prices and shipped them back to Europe
2. Portugal's sea routes made it a rich trading empire
3. Discovered India
His journey made Europe and China want to know more about each other.
What significant event took place under Mansa Musa's rule?
Mali reached its peak as an empire
What were 3 of the Portuguese Explorer's accomplishments?
2. They mapped the African coast
3. They began bringing home African gold