Vocabulary
A "purposeful journey."
Expedition
A name for the network of trade routes that connected China to various parts of Europe and India, more than 4,000 miles away.
Silk Road
This person knew more about China than any other European of his time and wrote the first European account of Chinese society. (Late 1200's)
Marco Polo
Prince Henry brought together people of different backgrounds. Together, they created this new type of ship:
Caravel
A journal; record.
Log
The name of the southern tip of Africa that became important as a new route to the east in the 1400s.
Cape of Good Hope
This Italian captain tried to raise money for his expedition across the Atlantic Ocean by presenting his plan to Spain's King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
Christopher Columbus
In the Middle Ages, agricultural technology improved. Name 2 examples of such improvements.
New plow; windmills; watermills; metal tools
A group of people who travel together.
Caravan
What country is Prince Henry from?
Portugal
Some things Marco Polo saw in Asia were totally new to him. Name 1.
Use of paper money instead of gold and silver; use of coal.
This "place" developed after Columbus met the Taino.
"New World"
A settlement far away from the country that rules it.
Colony
This city became an important trade city because of its location between the salt mines of northern Africa and the gold fields in the south.
Timbuktu
Was king of the powerful Songhai kingdom that ruled most of West Africa.
Sunni Ali.
This event began when Columbus landed in the Americas where products from the Americas and Europe were traded.
The science of determining a ship's sailing direction and location.
Navigation
Name the 3 bodies of water that surround the Caribbean islands.
This explorer became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa which he named "Cape of Storms" because of the strong winds.
Bartolomeu Dias
In 1525, a new emperor of this country ordered that all of the empire's sailing ships be destroyed.
China