European Exploration
This motivated the Europeans to spark the European exploration.
What is the pursuit of wealth, new trade routes, and the spice trade
These are the most valuable items China was trading.
What are Silk and Porcelain?
This is the highest ranking official with power.
What is the Shogun?
This famous Muslim admiral launched several Chinese expeditions.
Who is Zheng He?
Due to ineffective leaders, this African kingdom fell under British control by 1887.
What is the Zulu land?
This country agreed to China's strict trade rules.
What is the Netherlands/the Dutch?
This was the number of official ports that trade was allowed to occur.
What is 3?
The period between 1467 to 1568 is known as this. (we want both Japanese and English)
What is The Sengoku or "Warring States Period"?
This is the first European to reach the southern tip of Africa.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
The Babylonian Empire reaches its peak from 1782 B.C. To 1750 B.C. under this ruler.
Who is Hammurabi?
This instrument replaced the astrolabe in measuring the height of stars above the horizon.
What is the sextant?
In the 17th and 18th centuries Korea earned this nickname.
What is "The Hermit Kingdom"?
This city grew from a small town to one of the largest city's in a century and a half.
What is Edo? (leggo my edo)
This person was Portugal's most enthusiastic supporter of exploration.
Who is Prince Henry?
The Olmec people worshipped this deity most of all.
What is the jaguar god?
This Pope stepped in to keep the peace between Spain and Portugal.
Who is Pope Alexander VI?
These crops were brought over from the Americas to China.
What are corn and sweet potatoes?
This Japanese poet has been known as one of the best haiku poets of all time.
Who is Matsuo Basho?
This person distributed gifts, gold, silver, silk, and scented oils to show Chinese superiority.
Who is Zheng He?
This Russian leader has been described as 6 ft 8, a practical joker, and a great reformer.
Who is Peter the Great?
These islands are known as the Spice Islands.
What are the Moluccas?
This Chinese writer wrote Dream of the Red Chamber.
Who is Cao Zhan?
This is the location of the one port Europeans were legally allowed to trade through.
What is Nagasaki?
Vasco da Gama reached this Indian port on the southwestern coast of India where he brought back spices, silk, and gems.
What is Calicut?
The 1936 Summer Olympics were held in this city.
What is Berlin?