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Who did Marco Polo travel with?

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His dad and his uncle

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Marco Polo travelled at the same time as when ________________________ _____ _ __________ __________

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Mapungubwe was a powerful African state

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Where did Marco Polo travel to?

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China

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When was Marco Polo born?

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1254

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When did Marco Polo die?

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1324

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How long did Marco Polo live?

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He lived until the age of 70

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How long did he travel?

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24 years

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How long did he remain in China for?

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17 years

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From when to when did Marco Polo travel to China and back

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From 1271-1295

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What is the Silk Road?

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The Silk Road is an awesome ver land route to China

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Who did Marco Polo work for?

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He worked for kublan khan the emperor of China for 17 years

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When was the European renaissance?

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15th and 16th century

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Where did the Renaissance begin?

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The Renaissance began in Italy then spread to other parts of Europe.y

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What does Renaissance mean?

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A time in history when new ideas were developed

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Turning point meaning.

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A time when important changes start

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Did the women in the Renaissance have power?

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No the woman had no power

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How were the lives of poor and rich people different?

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The lives of poor women did not change but the wealthy women were able to be educated at home.

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Where aren’t woman allowed to be educated?

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Universities

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What was believed that women couldn’t become?

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Great artists,scientists

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Why did Europeans begin exploring ?

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The Europeans started exploring because of the Renaissance

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Who is Leonardo da Vinci?

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He was one of the greatest thinkers that ever lived.he was a very curious person and always asked questions about things around him

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Where did Leonardo live

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In Italy

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What did Leonardo love to do

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He loved to learn

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What are some things he studied.

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How can he human body worked,plants and animals

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What was Leonardo?
An inventor
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What did Leonardo draw the first plans of?
He drew the first plans I'd the plane,helicopter,bicycle motor car and wrist watch.
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Leonardo was one of the greatest ____________and_____________ of all time.
Artists and sculptures
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What was the time of history called when Europeans began to explore other parts of the world
Age of European exploration
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When did the age of European exploration begin?
15th and 16th century
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What is a caravel?
A new sailing ship
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When was the caravel invented?
In Portugal in the 15th ccentury
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Describe the carvel
Special sails that would allow the ship sail into the wind.strong sails and masks.faster safer than other ships.
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What was gunpowder used for?
To shoot the bullets out of the gun
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Who first used the gun?
The Arabs
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How did the Arabs get the information about gunpowder?
Through the Arabs writings
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Explain a compass
It has a magnetic needle stitched to a disc . The point of the needle always points north
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What new inventions were made?
Compasses, maps ,gunpowder, caravel, telescope
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Why did the Europeans explore?
They had curiosity about the rest of the world, they were looking for trade and profit.
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Why did the Europeans want to find trade and profit
They couldn't produce everything they needed so they traded with China,India and countries in the east.
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Why wee the Europeans curious
The Renaissance brought awareness and interest to the rest of the world
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Who paid for explores to go on journeys ?
The kings and queens
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Why were the journeys so expensive?
They needed to be properly equips with cannon balls food water
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Where did the Portuguese sail ?
West as they thought that they could sail around Africa. But they eventually found the spices in the east and the gold in south east Africa
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What were the Portuguese forced to do?
Pay for goods like gold because they didn't have much to trade
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Who was bartholomew dias ?
He was a Portuguese explorer in charge of a fleet of ships who were looking looking for a sea route to the east by sails round Africa
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What did Dias miss?
The tip of South Africa
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Why did dias miss the tip?
Because of the strong winds and currents
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When and where did his ship anchor?
Mossle bay 1488
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What Dias and his crew go ashore for?
Fresh water
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What were the people in Mossad bay called?
The k
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What is the story of the Khoi Khoi ?
They were scared of Dias and his crew so they hurled a stones at them and then Dias or his crew members shot one dead
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Why didn't his journey last longer?
His crew were to sick
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What did Dias name the southern tip of Africa ?
Cape of good hope
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Who was de gama?
Another Portuguese sailer that left in 1497
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What did gama do?
He sailed past where Dias had sailed and then he sailed in to waters unknown to Europeans
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What did de gama name the place he landed in and why?
Natal because it was Christmas witch mean birth of Christ in Portuguese
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When and where did de gama land?
Mombassa on the east coast of Africa in April 1498
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What did de gama and his crew find?
Arab dhows with African and Arab' s dressed In lining and cotton clothes with silk borders embroidered with gold
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How did the Swahili traders see the Portuguese?
As a threat to their trade route
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What did the Arab pilot do for de gama
Take him to India all the way to Calicut
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Who was the most famous Arab pilot of his time called ?
Ahmad ibn madjid
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Ahmad ibn madjid wrote a book what was it called?
Book of useful information on the rules and principles of navigation.
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What did de gama return as and why?
He returned as a hero because he had found a sea route for the Europeans to India and proved there was gold in south east Africa
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What does the voc stand for?
Vereenigde oost-indische companies its in Dutch
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When did holland become a rich powerful country
17th century
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What happened after 1600?
Dutch sailors discovered they could sail east from the cape on the west winds before they turned north to India and Java
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What did the voc want ?
They wanted their ships to buy spices in the east bring them back to holland and sell them for a profit in Europe
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What Did the voc ships do?
They attacked Portuguese fleets and slowly took over Portuguese trading routes.
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What was it like on a voc ship?i
Speperated from family's fro long times Had to sleep on decks in cold and rain Not much sleep Ate food like dried peas bread meat fish salted porridge beans Ate in groups of seven from one plate or bowl

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