Explorers
Vocabulary
Renaissance
The Silk Road
Misc
100
This explorer was from Italy and worked for Kublai Khan.
Who is Marco Polo
100
Someone who buys and sells goods is a
What is a merchant
100
Renaissance means
What is rebirth
100
This was a group of trade routes from Europe to Asia
What is the Silk Road
100
This Chinese admiral was sent on a series of voyages throughout South East Asia. He even brought back a giraffe
Who was Zheng He
200
This was Mali's greatest king.
Who was Mansa Musa
200
This a group of people and animals who travel together.
What is a caravan
200
Johannes Gutenberg invented this new technology during the Renaissance period
What is the printing press
200
Merchants traveling on the Silk road bought things like
What is silk or spices
200
This was Mali's greatest trading city
What is Timbuktu
300
He started a school for navigation
Who was Prince Henry
300
The science and planning and controlling the direction of a ship
What is navigation
300
This was a Chinese invention that gave sailors the confidence they could protect themselves if they were attacked
What is gunpowder
300
What are 3 types of dangers did they face traveling along the Silk road
What are: 1. sandstorms 2. wild animals or insects 3. bandits
300
People in west African gained this through trade
What is wealth and knowledge
400
This explorer proved that it was possible to sail around Africa to reach the east coast of India
Who was Bartolomeu Dias
400
This is a tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon
What is an astrolabe
400
Explores wanted to find a sea route to Asia because it was faster and would therefore make a larger
What is profit (more money)
400
How long was the Silk road
What is 4,600 miles long
400
Portuguese sailors began exploring along the coast of Africa for this reason
What is they thought they could find a sea to Asia by sailing around the Southern tip of Africa and eventually find a route to India and China
500
This explorer led the first Portuguese voyage to reach India
Who is Vasco da Gama
500
This is the use of scientific knowledge and tools to do things better and more rapidly
What is technology
500
These three inventions made exploration easier.
What is a compass, an astrolabe, and gun powder
500
Explorers began looking for a sea route to Asia because
What is the silk road was dangerous and/or took a long time to travel across
500
The sea route to Asia differed from the land route because
What is it was faster. It was safer. They could bring back more goods and make more profit.
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