Unit 10 Discovery-Great Explorers

Unit 10 Discovery:

Great Explorers

By Saruttaya P

Before Reading​

Unit 10

Vocabulary​

Discovery-Great Explorers

Multiple Choice

I traveled for 8 hours on an airplane before I reached my _____.

• shipwreck

• destination

• theology

• pilgrimage

Multiple Choice

We are going to swim and explore the _____.

• shipwreck

• destination

• theology

• pilgrimage

Multiple Choice

They made a _______ to the holy land.

• shipwreck

• destination

• theology

• pilgrimage

Multiple Choice

We study Christian _______ every Sunday.

• shipwreck

• destination

• theology

• pilgrimage

Open Ended

We are going to swim and explore the _____.

Multiple Choice

Which _____ should we take?

• caravan

• route

• abandoned

• ambassador

• pilot

Multiple Choice

The US ______ will give a presentation at the conference.

• caravan

• route

• abandoned

• ambassador

• pilot

Multiple Choice

We will follow the ______ to the pyramids.

• caravan

• route

• abandoned

• ambassador

• pilot

Multiple Choice

It is my dream to get my license and become a _______.

• caravan

• route

• abandoned

• ambassador

• pilot

Multiple Choice

The baby fawn was ______ by her mother.

• caravan

• route

• abandoned

• ambassador

• pilot

Multiple Choice

My aunt lives near the _____, overlooking the ocean.

• cargo

• contemporaries

• coast

• inspired

• retired

Multiple Choice

The _____ sold fabrics and rare perfumes.

• cargo

• merchant

• coast

• inspired

• retired

Multiple Choice

The ship carries ______ from China to America.

• cargo

• merchant

• retired

• inspired

• contemporaries

Multiple Choice

The scientist was rejected by his ______ for his new theory.

• cargo

• merchant

• retired

• inspired

• contemporaries

Multiple Choice

After working at the company for thirty years he finally ______.

• cargo

• merchant

• retired

• inspired

• contemporaries

Multiple Choice

Her confident leadership _____ her followers.

• cargo

• merchant

• retired

• inspired

• contemporaries

Poll

Quizizz made the vocabulary more fun and interesting.

• Highest

• High

• Moderate

• Low

• Lowest

Open Ended

Why did it take Marco Polo so long to reach China?

Open Ended

Marco Polo set off from his _____ of Venice with his father and uncle.

Open Ended

They went by ship to Anatolia, and travelled the rest of the way _____.

Open Ended

In 1292 Marco Polo received _____ and returned home by sea.

Open Ended

Why didn't people believe Ibn Battuta's account of his travels?

Open Ended

Many of his contemporaries refused to believe the story of his travels and it was only long after his death that he came to be _____.

Open Ended

When he was 21, he _____ from Tangier on the pilgrimage to Makkah.

Open Ended

What do you think motivated the three explorers?

Open Ended

After surviving a _____, he finally reached Cape of Good Hope, the Southern tip of _____.

Open Ended

Shortly after, da Gama departed home with a rich cargo of _____.

Multiple Choice

Some people didn't believe the account of his travels.

• MP

• IB

• VG

Multiple Choice

He returned home not long after reaching his destination.

• MP

• IB

• VG

Multiple Choice

He came from a rich family.

• MP

• IB

• VG

Multiple Choice

He first left home in order to visit a religious site.

• MP

• IB

• VG

Multiple Choice

He worked for the Emperor of China.

• MP

• IB

• VG

Multiple Choice

He did not die in his home country.

• MP

• IB

• VG

Multiple Choice

He didn't write a famous account of his travels.

• MP

• IB

• VG

Multiple Choice

He spent a number of years in India.

• MP

• IB

• VG

Multiple Choice

He wrote about his travels while he was in prison.

• MP

• IB

• VG

Poll

Quizizz made the reading more fun and interesting.

• Highest

• High

• Moderate

• Low

• Lowest

​Vocabulary

Great Journeys

Activate​

Complete the texts with the correct form of the words from the box.

abandon​ ambassador caravan cargo coast contemporary destination inspire merchant pilgrimage pilot retire route shipwreck theology

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1. The ship sailed from Port Said with a ___ of fresh fruit. It's ___ was London docks. When it arrived, a ___ guided the ship safely into port.

2. The study of ___ has become very popular, and has ___ many students to think deeply about religious issues.

3. More than 250 migrant workers died in a ___ off the ___ of Libya in 2009. The ship was on a ___ bound for Italy.

4. Mansa Musa, the emperor of Mali, made a famous ___ to Makkah in 1324. His impressive ___ consisted of 600 men, thousands of slaves and 80 camels, each carrying 300 pounds of gold!​

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5. Christopher Columbus and his ___ knew that the Earth was round, even though some people at that time still believed that the world was flat.

6. 'The ___ of Venice' is a popular play by Shakespeare.

7. The role of a modern ___ is to represent his or her own country and at the time maintain good diplomatic relations with another country.

8. When the mayor ___ , the plans to build a local airport were ___. Many people had protested against it and the new mayor preferred to use the money for a new sports complex.​

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