Monsters
the known world
Who they?
Marco Polo
Tid Bits
100

this crustacean, once boiled is delicious

What is a lobster?

100

this place possessed spices.

What is Asia?

100

He bravely circumnavigated Africa.

Who is Bartomeu Dias?

100

He was this old when he set out on a trade mission to China.

What is 17 years old?

100

These five spices were all the rage.

What is pepper, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg?

200

He made wood engravings to warn seafarers.

Who is Sebastian Munster?

200

Only the Northern part of this giant continent was explored by Europeans.

What is Africa?

200

His crew can claim to be the first to go around the world.

Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

200

This place is so big, you could eat with 6,000 of your closest friends.

What is the Palace of the Great Kaan?

200

These metals were used as currency.

What is gold and silver?

300

This ocean was supposedly filled with monsters

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

300

These two continents was supposedly discovered by accident.

What is North America and South America?

300

He discovered the land now known as Brazil.

Who is Pedro Alvarez Cabral?

300

This island has endless gold.

What is Chipangu?

300

Europeans wanted to spread this around the world.

What is Christianity?

400

Eels were often mistaken for this giant sea monster?

What is a sea serpent? 

400

This continent was home to most of the explorers we studied.

What is Europe?

400

He reached Newfoundland.

Who is John Chabot.

400

This city sees a lot of ships from India.

What is the city of Zayton?

400

Islam was spreading fast in these two continents.

What is Africa and Asia?

500

This peaceful giant of the ocean was often mistaken for a sea monster.

What is a whale?

500

This country was the preffered intermediaries of the Arabs.

What is Italy?

500

His family had traveled there but he wrote about it.

Who is Marco Polo?

500

The most unoriginal title for his book that captured the imagination of Europe.

What is the Book of Marco Polo?

500

This polish astronomer helped sailors calculate their positions.

Who is Copernicus?