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100
What is the name of the people who made the voyage on the Silk Road dangerous for traders?
Robbers / Thieves
100
What was the name of the home country of Christopher Columbus?
Italy
100
What was the name of the important trade route in Asia where gold, silk and spices could be found?
The Silk Road
100
What is the name of the new technology that students at Bronx International High School are using in their classes for learning?
iPad
100
What word means to take a long trip?
Voyage
200
What is the name of the famous traveler who wrote the famous book about the Silk Road that inspired many Europeans, including Christopher Columbus, to want to travel to Asia?
Marco Polo
200
What was the name of the home country of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
Spain
200
What were the names of the three ships that Christopher Columbus set sail to Asia with on August 3, 1492?
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
200
What must students give to their homeroom teachers in order to receive their iPads to use in class?
Contract signed by students and parents
200
What word describes a person who has a lot of money?
Wealthy
300
What is the name of the famous Italian explorer who like Marco Polo wanted to travel to Asia where he hoped to find gold, spices and other riches?
Christopher Columbus
300
What was the name of the continent where gold, silk and spices could be found?
Asia
300
What were three motivations of Christopher Columbus to travel to Asia?
Wealth (gold, silk, spices), Fame, Spread Christianity
300
What equipment made it possible for a ship to travel into the wind?
New type of sail
300
What word explains why traders were willing to make the long and dangerous voyage across the Silk Road?
Profits
400
What is the name of the group of people who were the first to try to sail around Africa to travel to India?
The Portuguese
400
What are the names of the three countries Marco Polo visited in 1260 during his voyage to Asia on the Silk Road?
India, China, Iran
400
What did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain want Christopher Columbus to give them in exchange for their financial support for his voyage?
90% of all gold, claim lands for Spain
400
What equipment made navigation easier?
Compass
400
What was the name of the thing that the first man to sight land was supposed to receive?
Reward
500
What are the names of the two important people who gave Christopher Columbus money, ships, men and equipment for his voyage to Asia?
King Ferdinand / Queen Isabella
500
What was the name of the land Christopher Columbus thought he saw? What was the name of the land that Christopher Columbus actually saw?
Japan / The Bahamas
500
What is the name of the system when one powerful country controls a less powerful country?
Imperialism / Colonization
500
What is the name of the type of ship that made it possible to travel long distances on the ocean?
Caravel
500
What word means to have an important reason to do something?
Motivation