5th Grade - SS - Ch 3 Age of Exploration

What effect did Marco Polo's stories have on the merchants in Europe?

What sailing invention allowed ships to travel into the wind?

In caravans, which animal was used to carry their goods across the desert?

Portuguese sailors forces THESE people into slavery.

What does a printing press do?

THIS is a group of travelers journeying together.

Which group of people introduced the magnetic compasses to European sailor?

Which animal did Admiral Zheng He bring back from Africa for his Emperor?

He stayed in China for 16 years and worked for the emperor.

THIS is money left over after all expenses have been paid.

Who conquered Mali?

What is the name given to the tip of the African continent by the Portuguese?

Who invented the printing press?

What resource did Ghana need to trade their gold for?

Which explorer accidentally found their way around Africa because of a storm?

Besides a compass, what other invention introduced by the Chinese helped European sailors?

The Europeans, at this time, knew about the Americas.

What resource allowed Ghana to become powerful in the 700s?

THIS is a system in which people could be bought or sold and were forced to work without pay.

THIS PERSON set up a school for navigation.

Who were the first Europeans to arrive in North America?

THIS is instrument once used by sailors for navigation.

The Silk Road was NOT a road?

Who did the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai trade with?

Why did merchants want to trade with China?

What period of time did Europeans explore learning and knowledge?

THIS is a country ruled by a king or queen.

Which group of people introduced the astrolabe to European sailor?

THIS is the science of planning and controlling the direction of a ship.

Which explorer led the first voyage around Africa to reach India?

THIS is the use of scientific knowledge and tools to solve problems.

Who conquered Ghana?

THIS is a person who makes money buying and selling goods.

Mansa Musa ruled which kingdom?

Which form of travel was the fastest to get to Asia in the 1400s?

Many people in Ghana changed their religion when they came in contact with Arabs. Which was it?

When Mansa Musa returned from his pilgrimage, he brought these people back with him.

What was the trail called that Marco Polo journeyed on to China?

Prince Henry the Navigator brought these people to his school to teach EXCEPT ...

What was the capital of Mali?

Why did Ghana, and other countries, need salt?

Mansa Musa made a pilgrimage to the city of ???????

Which European country was the leader of sea navigation?

Where did Admiral Zheng He and his crew sail?

What inventions did Marco Polo NOT see during his expedition to China?