Where the birds led Flashcards
Q: In August 1492 the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria set out with Columbus in command. He sailed south first, to the _______ Islands off the coast of _____.
Canary islands, Africa
Q:Columbus eagerly devoured tales of an Italian trader named
Marco Polo who had traveled those paths two hundred years earlier, all the way to________ (now called China), where Polo met its leader, the Great Khan, and wrote of fabulous marvels and riches beyond counting.
Cathay
Q:Columbus burst with questions as one of the ship’s boats rowed him toward shore.________had spoken of a prosperous island named Cipangu(we call it Japan).
Marco Polo
Q:For years Genoa had been a prosperous port whose vessels sailed the broad ________that Europeans knew so well, picking up silks, spices, and other luxuries at ports on its eastern shores.
Mediterranean
Columbus next took his ideas to spain, ruled by________
King ferdinand and Queen Isabella
where Polo met its leader, ________, and wrote of fabulous marvels and riches beyond counting.
the Great Khan
What did Columbus ask King John of Portugal to do?
To bankroll an expedition.
In _________ had sailed around Africa’s southern tip into the Indian Ocean.
1488 Bartolomeu Dias
What was the names of the ships they were using to sail?
The Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria
For years _______ had been a prosperous port whose vessels sailed the broad Mediterranean that Europeans knew so well, picking up silks, spices, and other luxuries at ports on its eastern shores.
Genoa
What was the sign that the Captain had found land?
The birds were a sign—one that he badly needed—for surely they, too, were bound for land.”
