The Renaissance
Where did The Renaissance begin and where did it spread to next?
Italy, Germany.
Mansa Musa did not get rich from gold and salt specifically, but from charging these...
Taxes
Name the open, single sailed ships that The Vikings used for exploration...
Longships
How old was Marco Polo when he set off on his first journey on The Silk Road?
17
__________ is the science that sailors use to plot their course while at sea.
Navigation
He invented the Movable Type Printing Press in the year 1440.
Johann Gutenberg
During the time of Mansa Musa, the camel was nicknamed _________.
The ship of the desert.
When Eric the Red sailed west from Europe, he landed first in _______, and then in ___________.
Iceland
Greenland
An end result of Marco Polo's journeys was that it made people in both Asia and Europe want to do this....
Learn more about each other.
This Portugese explorer sailed around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, to finally reach India in 1498.
Vasco da Gama
The Humanist ________ is the idea that people can learn, create, and discover amazing things through their own thinking and curiosity.
The Humanist Ideal
In what ways did Mansa Musa's pilgrimage have an effect on his empire?
1. Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca strengthened trade ties with other Muslim empires.
2. Many scholars and artists returned to Mali with him, which enhanced life in the empire.
The Vikings, led by Leif Erikson named the area where they landed in North America 'Vinland' because of all of the _______ that they found growing there.
Grapes.
Marco Polo traveled on The Silk Road with the goal of bringing back _________ from China.
Valuable trade Goods. Examples might include silks and spices.
The three ships sailed by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage were called...
The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa Maria.
What were two improvements made possible by Johann Gutenberg's printing press?
1. Large numbers of books could be produced quickly
2. Making books became less expensive
Mansa Musa built The Great Mosque in the city of _______.
Timbuktu.
Leif Erikson landed in North America in the year ________.
1000
Ideas, skills, and customs also traveled The Silk Road. Name one of each....
The Magnetic Compass
Navigation
Religion
How many voyages of exploration were led by Zheng He?
Seven
Leonardo da Vinci has been described as a polymath. A polymath is a person who has ________.
Wide knowledge or learning.
Mansa Musa went on his pilgrimage to Mecca in the year ________.
1324
The Vikings created long spoken tales called _________ to record their history.
When Marco Polo reached China, he was welcomed by this Chinese emperor...
Kublai Khan
Name the title of Marco Polo's famous book.
The Travels of Marco Polo