Week 11 Review
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope/ Cape of Storms
Bartholomew Diaz
This Portuguese royal led the way for European sea exploration
Prince Henry.
What was the earliest way humans could tell time?
the Sun and Moon.
Who was the famous explorer who went from Europe to Asia then back. He is now also the name of a famous pool game.
Marco Polo.
In ____ Columbus made the first of four trips to the Caribbean on three Spanish ships.
1492
This controversial explorer helped prove that a sea route from Europe to Asia was feasible, allowing Portugal to become dominant in trading.
Vasca da Gama.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
Who was Su Sung?
A Chinese inventor and scientist who created the Heavenly Clockwork.
Which culture do we credit why we divide minutes and hours into 60s.
Babylon.
This sailor was one of the first who discovered the Americas, and paved the way for Americas to be discovered and colonized by other European nations.
Christopher Columbus.
Prince Henry was born in the-
-1200s
-1300s
-1400s
1300s.
Why didn't the Arabs expand westward through sea travel?
-Religious reasons.
-Muslims already have control over land trade.
-Political Priorities.
This Chinese explorer led 300 ships, 28,000 men, and sailed all over Asia and Africa in order to promote Chinese superiority.
Cheng Ho.
This collection of twelve constellations was believed to predict the future. Each culture has their own variants, but the Greek variant is the most popular in modern astrology.
The Zodiacs.
This viking was on of the first to reach the Americas, five-hundred years before Christopher Columbus.
Leif Erikson.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
Before maps were drawn in the way we are used to today, they were made in a specific shape that was often referred to as ______
T O Maps
How many expeditions did Chinese sailor Cheng Ho lead?
7
This Mongolian ruler continued his grandfather's military expansion westward and into China, and demanded a pope's submission, but was unfortunately died during a power struggle before he could launch an invasion into Europe.
Kuyuk Khan of Mongolia.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
What is a Klepsydra?
A Greek water clock.
This country in Asia helped cross the divide between Asia and Europe.
Mongolia.
Before China was referred to as China, it was often called this ______ which means "Everything Under the Heavens."
Thienhia
What was "the Great Withdrawal"
The isolationist policies China adopted during the fifteenth century, where any citizen involved with foreign countries could face death. This "Dooms them to be the discovered."
This Arab navigator became the Muslim patron saint of seamen and called himself "The Lion of the Sea in Fury."
Ibn Majid.
What does A.M. and P.M. actually stand for?
Ante Meridiem (before midday) and Post Meridiem (after midday).
What is the Catalan Atlas?
A map that had most of the known drawn on it.
Vasco da Gama lived from-
-1460-1524
-1524-1560
-1456-1540
1460-1524