January 31 Friday Quiz

What city did the Silk Road end in?

• Prague

• Beijing

• Rome

• Constantinople

What group took over Constantinople and the Silk Road in 1453?

• The Roman Empire

• The Conquistadors

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Black Death

What did the Ottomans do to European access to the Silk Road?

• Forced Europeans to pay super high prices to get the goods they want

• Kicked all Europeans off the Silk Road

• Lowered prices for Europeans wanting goods from the Silk Road

• Made Europeans get special passports to travel the Silk Road

What did European countries start to do after the Ottomans took control of the Silk Road?

• Create their own silk using regular moths

• Decided they no longer wanted the fancy goods

• Decided to destroy the Ottomans

• Paid explorers to sail the oceans for new trade routes

What did Prince Henry start?

• Camel races on the Silk Road

• The School of Navigation

• A museum with artifacts from the Silk Road

• A war with the Ottomans to steal their gunpowder

The School of Navigation taught explorers all of the following skills EXCEPT

• Reading the stars

• Making maps

• How to swim

• Making better ships

When Prince Henry died in 1460, his explorers had

• Sailed all the way to Antarctica

• Given up on sailing completely

• Defeated the Ottoman Empire

• Not made it very far

Bartolomeu Dias sailed to

• India

• The southern tip of Africa

• The Americas

• Iceland

Vasco da Gama sailed to

• The Pacific Ocean

• India

• The Faroe Islands

• Antarctica

Vasco da Gama's biggest accomplishment was

• Stealing gunpowder from the Ottoman Empire

• Wrecking his ship and finding gold

• Marrying Queen Isabella of Spain

• Reconnecting Europe with the Silk Road