6H Chapter 3 Review

_________ are people who buy and sell for a living.

_______________ are purposeful journeys.

A group of people who are traveling together is called ____________.

__________ is the coins, paper or gold used as money.

This man was from Portugal and was set on proving that there was a way to reach Asia by ship.

• Prince Henry

• Vasco de Gama

• Marco Polo

This man was from Portugal and was the first European to reach Asia by sea.

• Prince Henry

• Vasco de Gama

• Marco Polo

This man traveled to China, and sparked a lot of curiosity in Europeans about other places in the world.

• Prince Henry

• Vasco de Gama

• Marco Polo

Timbuktu became an important ________.

• route across the Sahara

• Medici family banking center

• center for trade in Africa

• gold field

How did the Europeans of the time come to learn of Marco Polo's travels in the east?

• He wrote a book about it

• He sent letters home

• He sent home a messenger to tell tales of the journey

Zheng He was a _____________.

• a famous writer

• emperor of China

• an important Banker