Chapter 3: An Age of Explorations and Isolation

In 1275, the Italian trader ___________ _____________ reached the court of Kublai Khan in China.

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Prince Henry

What made exploration possible?

• Christianity

• The Dutch East India Company

• Technology

In 1494, Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of ____________, in which they agreed to honor the Line of Demarcation.

The Muslims and the Italians controlled trade from East to West. Why was this a problem for the other European countries?

In 1419, _____________ founded a navigation school on the southwestern coast of Portugal.

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Prince Henry

With da Gama’s voyage, Europeans had finally opened direct sea trade with Asia.

• True

• False

By 1600, the ___________ owned the largest fleet of ships in the world.

• Dutch

• English

• French

• Portuguese

The Portuguese did not believe that Columbus had reached Asia, they knew it was another continent.

• True

• False

_______________ was the first Ming emperor.

Who moved the Royal Court to Beijing?

• Hongwu

• Kangxi

• Zheng He

• Yonglo