Early Explorers

Who were crusaders?

• Military figures sent by the pope

• An explorer

• An army

The crusader's were Muslims against Cristians. How did they inspire exploration?

• Discovered better maps and ships

• Wrote a book

• Found better spices and resources, and wanted to trade these items

Marco polo traveled to _____(Italy) to ____(China) and wrote a ______.

• Venice, Cathy, book

• Itlay, China, trade routes

• Nothing, nothing, nothing

Italian Merchants dominated trade (a ________) and created ___ trade routes.

• monopoly, 1

• domination, 3

• Monopoly, domination

• Monopoly, 3

How did Italian Merchants inspire exploration?

• Made prices high so people wanted to find new routes

• Made profit, witch made economy grow

• Forcing people to trade more and making money

• They didn't

Who was the first to reach the tip of Africa? Who was the first to sail around it?

• Dias, and De Gama

• Columbus, and Hudson

• De Gama, Dias

Who encouraged sailing? How?

• Vasca de Gama bc. he sailed around the tip of Africa

• Prince Henry, bc he set up a sailing school

• Dias, because he reached the tip of Africa

The Cape Of Good Hope is the southern border of Africa?

• Yes

• No

Why did Portuguese explorers make their own trade routes?

• They thought the Italian Merchants were on to something, so they copied them

• They thought trade by land was to risky, so they did it by sea

• They thought prices were too high, so they wanted to make their own routes cheaper

How did Portuguese explorers spark exploration?

• They found new routes to India, and encouraged sailing

• Found better routes of trade, and found new land

• They didn't

• Something else...