Explorers & Voyages
This explorer traveled to China and inspired European interest in Asia.
👉 Answer: Who is Marco Polo?
This tool helped sailors determine direction.
👉 Answer: What is a compass?
This religion follows the Sunnah and Five Pillars.
👉 Answer: What is Islam?
These resources was most important to the growth of Ghana and Mali.
👉 Answer: What is gold and salt?
This war between England and France lasted over 100 years.
👉 Answer: What is the Hundred Years’ War?
This empire leader united Mongol tribes and became a “roaring lion.”
👉 Answer: Who is Genghis Khan?
This tool helped determine latitude at sea.
👉 Answer: What is an astrolabe?
This language spread through trade across North Africa and Southwest Asia.
👉 Answer: What is Arabic?
These storytellers preserved oral histories in West Africa.
👉 Answer: What are griots?
This major conflict was over who could appoint church officials.
👉 Answer: What is conflict between monarchs and the Papacy?
This Ottoman ruler conquered Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul.
👉 Answer: Who is Mehmed II?
This ship design allowed faster travel and exploration.
👉 Answer: What is a caravel?
This dynasty sponsored voyages led by Zheng He.
👉 Answer: What is the Ming Dynasty?
This city was a major trade center in Mali.
👉 Answer: What is Timbuktu?
This event led to the spread of new ideas after 1066 in England.
👉 Answer: What is the Norman Conquest?
This traveler’s journey to Mecca showed the wealth of Mali.
👉 Answer: Who is Mansa Musa?
This technology from Gutenberg helped spread information in Europe.
👉 Answer: What is the printing press?
This system led by shoguns governed Japan.
👉 Answer: What is feudalism?
This empire expanded after Mali declined along the Niger River.
👉 Answer: What is Songhai?
This scholar argued faith and reason work together.
👉 Answer: Who is Thomas Aquinas?
Which statement best describes a result of Jacques Cartier’s voyages?
A. France created trading settlements in North America.
B. A route around the tip of Africa was discovered.
C. Spain established an overseas empire in South America.
D. An all-water route to Asia was discovered.
What is France created trading settlements in North America.
Who was the Chinese Admiral who led an enormous fleet of ships to explore and make the world "aware" of Empire of China
Who is Zheng he?
What land became the most wanted area of Muslims, Jews, and Christians- leading to the Crusades?
What is the Holy Lands?
What Desert acted as a barrier, while the Sahel is the area between the desert and savanna.
What is The Sahara Desert
What young woman from France had visions and became a warrior to defend her country from English invaders?
Who is Joan of Arc?