Renaissance

What does Renaissance mean?

• retry

• remade

• rebirth

• remember

What had an effect on the Renaissance Period?

• silk making

• typewriter

• camels

• Printing Press

What inspired a lot of Europeans to go to Asia?

• Marco Polo's book

• Seeing the printing press

• The adventure of traveling by camel

• Seeing the Great Wall of China

Which of these were considered problems the Europeans had with traveling to Asia?

• Dangerous mountains

• bandits

• Sandstorms

• All of the above

What was the solution of Europeans getting to Asia since traveling across land was so troublesome?

• Use the printing press to order what they wanted

• Take a short cut through Turkey

• Travel across the ocean

• Travel down a river

What problems did Europeans have with traveling by ocean?

• boats weren't invented

• lack of good maps and poor technology

• there was no way to protect from sharks

• many thought the world was flat and the ocean ended

What was a solution to the lack of equipment for sailing?

• The printing press created new maps.

• Factories began making updated equipment.

• Marco Polo wrote a book.

• Prince Henry opened a school of navigation.

Where was Prince Henry's School of Navigation located?

• Spain

• Portugal

• Indies

• Asia

What were the advantages of the caravel ship?

• It was cheaper to build.

• I could sail in deeper waters.

• It was shark proof.

• It would carry more goods and moved faster.

Before the printing press, how were books created?

• Books were all made on stone.

• There were no books, it was all oral history.

• Books were hand written.

• Books were made on the type writer.