Weeks 1-2
The ancient ________________________made maps out of reeds and shells.
Polynesians
Ptolemy included a(n) ________________________ ___________________ on the back of his maps that gave the latitude and longitude that he had calculated for each location.
Alphabetical index
Muslims didn't try to make their own theories about the world instead they just stuck to what the ______________________ had figured out.
Romans
Sailors believed that _________ ____________had sea monsters in it, but never actually saw any.
Cape Bojador
The King and Queen of __________________ would only pay half of the sponsorship for Columbus.
Spain
True or False:
The earth is perfectly round.
False
The numbers on our clocks are ______ degrees apart.
30
_________________________ didn't draw maps but was still important to history because of the knowledge he brought back about the lands in the east.
Marco Polo
I found it interesting that Johann _________________ was also trained as a goldsmith.
Gutenberg
Giovanni Caboto was born in the same town, _________, and the same year as Columbus.
_____________ saw the shadow of the Earth in a partial eclipse and thought the world was round.
Aristotle
The names for the other "lines" came from _________________________________________.
Constellations
The ___________________ talked about the Earth having four corners so Europeans thought the Earth was flat. They also thought that they were on the ___________ of the Earth because they could stand up without falling toward the sky.
Bible / Top
Henry the Navigator was not only a _____________________ and an
_________________________, he was also third in the line for the throne of Portugal.
Sailor / Explorer
Giovanni Caboto changed his name to _________________ ______________________ to sound more English.
John Cabot
Eratosthenes was very good at ________________ and this helped him find the circumference of the earth.
Geometry
Ptolemy spent a lot of time creating the world map he also made smaller maps of ______________________ and _________________________.
Italy and Spain
The Europeans had started gaining architectural skills that by the year 1,000 they were building _________________ __________________.
elaborate cathedrals
Venetians traded copper and silver for _________________________.
spices
Vasco De Gama ______________________ vessels for traveling money.
looted
Mesopotamians drew maps on __________________ _____________________.
Clay Tablets
The ______________ maps were destroyed.
Chinese
The ________________________ figured out how to live in marshlands.
Venetians
I found it interesting that the Chinese and Koreans had invented printing with
_____________________ ___________________.
Moveable Type
________________ ______ _____________________ was supposed to leave all of the goods on his ship, in case he didn't come back, but instead he left sailors.
Vasco De Gama