This is the part of the map helps you to read the map. It contains symbols and other important information.
Map key or legend.
100
Vikings raided towns and villages. Define “raid”.
To attack or steal from.
100
The Vikings were from Scandinavia, a group of countries in which part of Europe? The North, South, East or West?
The North.
100
Name two of the five stations we visited.
Manor house, activity center, grist mill, barn and wool room.
100
What is a legend (not the map legend)?
A story that is passed down from generation to generation and people believe to be true but may not be historically accurate.
200
What continent did Marco Polo start off on The Silk Road and what continent did he end in?
Started in Europe and ended in Asia.
200
Fill in the blank.
On a timeline, events are organized in a _______________ order, in the order that they happened over time.
Chronological order.
200
What are two items that Marco Polo found on the Silk Road and brought back to Italy?
Silk, porcelain, paper money, gunpowder, tea, wallpaper, coal and spices.
200
Tell me about the grist mill. How did it work and what did it produce?
It produced grain to make into flour for baking and trading.
200
What is one thing Brendan the Navigator said he saw on his journey to Paradise that we nowadays are skeptical about?
Ice columns, sea monsters, and giants throwing hot coals.
300
The line of latitude that divides the the earth in half is…
The Equator.
300
The story about Europeans coming to the new world, Encounter, was written from the ___________________ of a Taino child.
Perspective.
300
They came for Gold, Glory, and God. THEY were mostly explorers from which continent?
Europe.
300
What was the tool used to thresh the wheat?
A flail.
300
Name the seven continents.
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, and Africa.
400
Triangle Trade: If a product started out in North America and was traded EAST, what continent is it most likely traveling to?
Europe.
400
What are the three levels of discovery that we learned?
Personal, group and mankind.
400
Arrange these explorers in chronological order: Christopher Columbus, the Vikings, Marco Polo and Brendan the Navigator.
Brendan the Navigator, the Vikings, Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus.
400
Name and describe the three groups of people living at the manor.
Owners, tenant farmers and enslaved individuals.
400
Name 5 items that were traded within the Triangle Trade.
Lumber, rum, molasses, furniture, slaves, tea, spices, tobacco, whale oil, gold, iron products, flour, fish, lumber and cloth.
500
What is the difference between ordinal and cardinal directions? Name the 4 cardinal directions and 4 ordinal directions.
Cardinal directions are North, South, East and West. They follow lines of latitude and longitude. Ordinal directions are NE, NW, SE, and SW. They are diagonals and in between the cardinal directions.
500
What is the Prime Meridian?
The line of longitude that divides the earth vertically into Western and Eastern Hemispheres.
500
Ferdinand Magellan was the first person to sail all the way around the world. What is the word that means “to sail all the way around?”
Circumnavigate.
500
Name 3 facts you learned while we were on our field trip.
:)
500
Many people think that the first humans came to America over an icy land bridge thousands of years ago before Columbus. What is the land bridge called?