5th Grade - Chapter 3

Prince Henry became known as Henry the navigator, because

• ship improvements scientists working for him made in navigation.

• became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.

• he was the first European to reach Asia by Sea.

• he made seven voyages

Bartolomeu Dias

• became known as Henry the Navigator because of ship improvements scientists working for him made in navigation

• became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa

• was the first European to reach Asia by Sea

• made seven voyages

Vasco da Gama

• became known as Henry the Navigator because of ship improvements scientists working for him made in navigation

• became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa

• was the first European to reach Asia by Sea

• made seven voyages

Zheng He

• became known as Henry the Navigator because of ship improvements scientists working for him made in navigation

• became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa

• was the first European to reach Asia by Sea

• made seven voyages

Many scholars went to Timbuktu to study:

• astronomy, mathematics, music and literature

• science, algebra, art and social studies

• Spanish, German, Swedish and Chinese

• technology, mechanics, engineering and geometry

Who began to increase trade on the ancient silk road?

• Zheng He

• Zhu Di

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

The city of Timbuktu in Songhai became an important city because of

• Calcium mines and bromine fields

• Oxygen mines and cotton fields

• Salt mines and gold fields

• Barium mines and banana fields

Europeans believed that Marco Polo’s book was the most important at the time because it was the first European account of :

• European Society

• Japanese Society

• Chinese Society

• Mandarin Society

Who was Kublai Khan?

• Traveler and merchant, ambassador of China, traveled further than any other European at the time

• became known as Henry the navigator, because of ship improvements scientists working for him made in navigation

• Ruler of china, friends with Marco polo

• the first European to reach Asia by Sea.

Who was Marco Polo?

• Ruler of china

• became known as Henry the navigator, because of ship improvements scientists working for him made in navigation

• became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa

• Traveler and merchant, ambassador of China, traveled further than any other European at the time