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Marco Polo
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Columbus
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Incas
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This was the name of the port (located on the Black Sea) that the Venetian merchants Niccolo and Maffeo set off on their first journey to the court of Kublai Khan in Cathay.
What is SUDAK?
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the two Buddhist relics found on the island of Ceylon; Kublai sent Marco to purchase these from the Buddhist monks
What are: TOOTH AND BEGGING BOWL OF BUDDHA HIMSELF
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the number of journeys Columbus made from Europe to the New World
What is 4?
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the names of the 3 ships that comprised Columbus's fleet in 1492
What are the: NINA PINTA SANTA MARIA
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the word "Inca" means what in Quechua (the official language of the Incas)
What is LORD?
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The name of the Pope who could not provide the 100 missionaries the Great Khan asked for, but sent a letter of goodwill with the Polos to take to Kublai instead.
Who is GREGORY X?
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the item Marco failed to purchase in Ceylon, a treasure of the ruling kings the monks refused to sell this at any price
What is THE WORLD'S BIGGEST RUBY?
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city where Columbus was born
What is GENOA?
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Columbus's terms for his 1492 expedition; what Ferdinand and Isabella agreed to as "payment"
What is: KNIGHTHOOD TITLE OF ADMIRAL VICEROYALTY OF LANDS HE MIGHT DISCOVER 1/10 OF ALL "PROFITABLE THINGS" HE FOUND
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the capital city of the Incan empire
What is CUZCO?
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This group attacked the Polo's caravan as they traveled to Hormuz; one of the most feared bandit tribes of the region.
Who are the KARAUNAS?
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the richest local industry in Maabar (today the Indian province of Tamil Nadu)
What is PEARL FISHING?
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Columbus's mistaken belief about the amount of land and water on the earth
What is: COLUMBUS BELIEVED THE EARTH WAS 6/7 LAND, 1/7 WATER
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the conclusion Columbus drew after reading a passage in Marco Polo's book (hint- latitude)
What is: SAILING ON 28 DEGREES LATITUTDE WOULD RESULT IN FINDING CIPANGO (JAPAN)
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This Incan military genius was called the "earth shaker"
Who is PACHACUTI?
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due to the great altitude (height above sea level), where there is less oxygen in the air, this happened:
Why did the fires the Polos built on the Pamir Plains not burn well?
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the number of years the three Polos spent in Cathay in total
What is 17 YEARS?
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the name of the city that Columbus sailed from on August 3, 1492
What is PALOS?
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Columbus feared that his crew might mutiny and did not want them to worry, so he decided to do this:
What is: Columbus maintained two logbooks for most of his journey- one for his eyes only (with the actual distance covered) and one with a shortened version of the distance covered.
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The reasons why geography helped and also created difficulties for the advancing Incas.
What is: The rugged landscape of the Andes- the tribes were scattered over small areas of isolated, steep-sided valleys, so tribes could not join together to resist the Incas.
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The 4 wonders of Cathay that impressed Marco
What are: 1. USE OF PAPER MONEY 2. USE OF COAL FUEL 3. HOT BATHS 4. IMPERIAL POST
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the name of Marco's famous book, dictated to his fellow prisoner (Rustichello of Pisa)
What is TRAVELS (originally DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD)
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the names of the captains of the Pinta and Nina, respectively
Who are: MARTIN AND VINCENTE PINZON?
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the first land that Columbus landed on and claimed for Ferdinand and Isabella is now the country we know as:
What is THE BAHAMAS?
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Some of the major foundations of Inca rule enacted by Pachacuti were: (Hint- there are 4, you need to name 3 to get the points!)
What are: - code of laws - standard 12 month calendar (30 days per month) - Sun worship is the official state religion - made himself Emperor (so he was the most powerful person and a god) and Cuzco the capital