MARCO POLO, 2 SEA EXPLORERS
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| When was the age of exploration | late 1400's
🗑
|
||||
| Prince Henry was from where? | Portugal
🗑
|
||||
| Marco Polo explored where and when? | Far east, 1271-1295
🗑
|
||||
| Prince Henry hoped that sailing would bring him what? | adventure, fame, fortune
🗑
|
||||
| Marco Polo was born when and where? | 1254, Venice
🗑
|
||||
| Marco Polo went with who to go where? | his uncle and father, Cathay (China)
🗑
|
||||
| Why did they go to China? | they wanted the silk, porcelain, jade, spices, and gold china had.
🗑
|
||||
| THE SILK ROAD DEF.: | a series of interconnecting routes that stretched about 4000 miles across the continent of Asia.
🗑
|
||||
| It took the Polos's how many years to reach china? | 3 1/2
🗑
|
||||
| Kublai Khan gave the Polo's what in his government? | Positins of authority
🗑
|
||||
| Things that Marco observed in China: | They had a postal system with runners and horseback riders; they had paper money; and they used coal to create heat.
🗑
|
||||
| the polo's stayed in china how many years? | 24
🗑
|
||||
| Marco became a prisoner in | Genoa
🗑
|
||||
| it was a good thing because | it gave other prisoners time to write his stories about china down for a book.
🗑
|
||||
| compass: | a tool used to set a course and follow the direction faithfully.
🗑
|
||||
| astrolabe: | a tool used to measure the angle between the sun or a star and the horizon at a specific time of day or night; from this the sailor can find his latitude.
🗑
|
||||
| dead reckoning: | estimation
🗑
|
||||
| trade winds | fast moving winds, blows toward the equator
🗑
|
||||
| doldrums | calm winds along the equator
🗑
|
||||
| caravels | new ship designed by the portuguese
🗑
|
||||
| Bartolomeu Dias | sailed to the tip of africa; portuguese
🗑
|
||||
| Vasco da Gama | portuguese; sailed to India
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
dodd.anna
Popular History sets