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Life in the Eastern Hemisphere How did exploration and trade lead the West and the east to learn about one another? How did exploration and trade lead the West and the east to learn about one another? How did exploration and trade lead the West and the east to learn about one another? How did exploration and trade lead the West and the east to learn about one another? • The need for trade led the people of Asia and Europe to travel and build stronger ties to people of other continents. Marco Polo and his family traveled to China for valuable trade goods. http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id =153956&title=China_Silk Marco Polo Travelled to China Searching for Spices, Silk, and Tea This is the route Polo took from Venice into China. Why would people want to take on the risks and costs of such long journeys? Read pages 102-103 in your textbook. While you read, list the kinds of trade items that passed between Europe and Asia. Marco Polo brought the teas, spices, and silks of China back to Venice. How did the Venetian people react when they saw these things for the very first time? The desire for trade led to the need for travel. Besides goods, what else was shared among the people from the East and the people from the West? China developed a strong naval fleet and set out to explore the world and develop trade with other countries. The Chinese built a navy of more than 300 ships. It was the largest fleet ever assembled at the time. The Chinese also invented the magnetic compass which made it possible for sailors to determine their direction far out at sea. How would this change travel for all people? Explorers discovered African kingdoms full of riches. • Ghana, Kingdom of Gold – Arab traders brought salt and the religion of Islam to Ghana to trade for gold. • Mali traded gold, animal hides, and kola nuts for European goods such as cloth and horses. How did trade affect these three empires? Make a chart with these three headings: Africa’s Trading Empires Goods Traded Ideas Exchanged Use the headings and the information in lesson 2 of your textbook to complete the chart. Explorers discovered African kingdoms full of riches. • Mali reached its peak as a trading empire under ruler Mansa Musa. • Mansa Musa was a Muslim who went on a religious journey to Mecca, a holy city. The king’s journey strengthened trade with other countries. • After Mansa Musa’s rule, another trading kingdom, Songhai grew. It would be bigger than Ghana and Mali. European Explorers The Vikings Eric the Red was a violent man. The Vikings kicked him out of his homeland. Eric needed a place to live so he began a journey of exploration and settlement that would extend thousands of miles. Eric the Red is banished from his homeland. Eric the Red travels looking for a new home. Eric meets new people and discovers new goods, religions, languages, customs. The Viking ways are spread to different lands. The Renaissance • The Renaissance began new interest in the arts and sciences and a desire to learn more about the world. – Ancient European cultures • Study of religion, music, customs, traditions – Language • Printed language • Reading leads to the spread of new ideas – Engineering increased travel • Ship design and building • Magnetic compass The Portuguese Explore the African Coast Portugal’s Prince Henry wanted the riches of China, too. He sent explorers to map the African shore and find a new sea route to Asia. His goal was to find a route to the rich spice trade of the Indies and to explore the west coast of Africa. The ships that sailed the Mediterranean were too slow and too heavy to make these voyages. Under his direction, a new and lighter ship was developed, the caravel, which would allow sea captains to sail further and faster. A Sea Route to India Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer from Henry’s school of navigation. He travelled south from Portugal along the coastline of Africa. He made it as far as the tip of Africa called, the Cape of Good Hope. A Sea Route to India • Vasco De Gama was the first to sail around the tip of Africa, east across the Indian Ocean and reach India. Summarize the Chapter • About 700 – The kingdom of Ghana thrived in West Africa • 1000- Vikings under Leif Ericsson reached North America, but soon abandoned their settlement • 1274 Traveling from Venice, Marco Polo reached China • 1324 – Mansa Musa, king of Mali, brought thousands of people on a pilgrimage to Mecca Summarize the Chapter • About 1350 The Renaissance, a rebirth of learning, began in Europe • 1405 Chinese fleets began to explore the seas under Zheng He. • 1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gamma established a sea route to India around the southern tip of Africa • Early 1500’s - The kingdom of Songhai reached its peak