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The World in 1400s
The 1st European Explorations
Question | Answer |
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Who led a group of people known as the Vikings to North America in 1000 A.D.? | Leif Erikson |
Who is the Italian who recorded his travels from Europe to China (Cathay) and the book that was written inspired Europeans to travel to Asia? | Marco Polo |
Why did Europeans explore land routes to Asia? | in hopes of finding wealth and to trade goods with one another |
What is the name of the road that was established between Europe and Asia which consisted of many trading posts along the route? | The Silk Road |
What event caused Portugal to search for a water route from Europe to Asia? | the closing of the Silk Road when the Turks captured the trading city of Constantinople |
Prince Henry believed trading with Asia could be continued by establishing a water route to Asia by sailing around what? | the tip of Africa |
When Prince Henry was tasked with finding a water route from Portugal to Asia he establish what useful things for sailors? | schools for training sailors to navigate the waters along with better compasses, astrolabes and caravels |
Prince Henry instructed cartographers to create what item for sailors? | more accurate maps |
Who sailed from Portugal to the Cape of Good Hope? | Bartolomeu Dias |
Who sailed from Portugal to India by leading a successful expedition around Africa? | Vasco da Gama |
What are some of the foreign goods that were traded between Europeans and Asians? | gold, jewels, silks, perfumes and spices |