Vocabulary
Traders not Named Joe
MidLife Crisis
On the Map
Mystery Category
100
A new type of ship for its era, about 70 ft long, built wider and rounder on one end, and utilized a rudder
What is a Caravel?
100
Sunni Ali.
Who is the king of Songhai, a powerful kingdom that ruled most of West Africa, that controlled most of the trade in the region, especially due to its salt and gold?
100
A network of trade routes that connected China to various parts of Europe and India, more than 4,000 miles away.
What is the Silk Road?
100
Important trade city in Songhai, conveniently settled between salt mines of the Northern Africa and the gold fields in the south. Also known for being a cultural center, where scholars came to learn about astronomy, mathematics, music, and literature.
What is Timbuktu?
100
The Mediterranean Sea, The Black Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal, the South China Sea
What are bodies of water Marco Polo sailed through?
200
The science of determining a ship's sailing direction and location.
What is Navigation?
200
Increased trade along the Silk Road which helped exchange goods such as oranges, gold, and horses from the Arabs, Indians, and Italians to China for its coveted silk.
Who is Zhu Di?
200
Technology improved.
What is the use of Watermills, Windmills, a new deeper digging Plow and other metal tools, leading to more leisure time?
200
The destination city Vasco da Gama reached on his voyage to become the first European to reach Asia by sea.
What is Calicut, India?
200
"Stones that burn like logs"
What was Marco Polo's reaction to coal he saw being used in China?
300
The coins, paper, or gold used as money.
What is Currency?
(People in China were one of the first to have used Paper Money)
300
The Chinese sea captain who commanded a fleet of 62 large ships manned by a crew of 27,800 as he explored Southeast Asia, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the Persian Gulf, East Africa, and Egypt.
Who is Zheng He?
300
Period of European history, from about 500 to 1500 AD.
What are the Middle Ages?
300
Once called the "Cape of Storms," it is the Southernmost tip of Africa, and renamed because of its importance as a new trade route to the east. In 1488 Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to sail around it.
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
300
The things that Marco Polo was introduced to in Asia.
What are coal and paper money instead of precious metals?
400
A group of people traveling together, especially through desert areas.
What is a Caravan?
400
A Portuguese sea captain who, in 1498, after rounding the Cape of Good Hope became the first European to reach Asia by sea.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
400
Traveled from Europe to Persia and then China in 1271 and lived to tell about it in book format.
Who is Marco Polo?
400
The western most country on Europe's mainland:
What is Portugal?
400
A direct, and spicy, result of Vasco da Gama's voyage to India, which cut out the need of the use of the Silk Road and all the middlemen that traded therein.
Compared to prices when Portugal first began to explore, why did the the price of pepper get cut in half in 1503?
500
Also called a purposeful journey.
What is an Expedition?
500
Though not a sailor, nor a sea captain, this Portuguese royal was bestowed a seaworthy moniker due to his contributions to the craft, which propelled others to further advance their explorations and trade for goods.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
500
The ruler of China who hosted Marco, his father, and his uncle for many years in his court.
Who is Kublai Kahn?
500
In part, inspired by Portugal's success, Spain sought a shorter route to Asia and began sailing this body of water.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
500
People who sell and buy for a living.
What are Merchants?