Vocabulary
A purposeful journey
an expedition
He was the ruler of China, when Marco Polo was there
Kublai Khan
Marco Polo was from this Italian city
Venice
Vasco da Gama set out for India with four ships in what year?
1497
a merchant
He was a Muslim sea captain who set sail with 62 ships and 27,800 men.
Zheng He
What goods were traded in the Songhai empire?
salt and gold
Marco Polo's trip from Venice to China took him how many years?
24
A new kind of ship that could be steered more easily
a caravel
He was known as the "man with a million stories"
Marco Polo
What European countries sent explorers to find a sea route to Asia in the 1400s?
Spain and Portugal
Who died in 1324 that said, " I have only told the half of what I saw!"?
Marco Polo
a group of people traveling together, especially through desert areas
a caravan
Prince Henry was known as "Henry the Navigator" for what reason?
Because of the improvements he helped make in navigation
What were some things that Marco Polo was introduced to in Asia?
paper money and coal
The period of European history from the years 500 to about 1500 was called what?
The Middle Ages
The science of determining a ship's sailing direction and location
Navigation
Vasco da Gama was known for being the first to do what?
He was the first European ever to reach Asia by sea
How did emperor Zhu Di increase contact between China and other countries?
by increasing trade on the Silk Road
In 1503, the price of what spice dropped to less than half of what it had been when Portugal's explorations first began?
Pepper