5.2 The start of the Age of Discovery

5. The Time of Discoverers and Reformers
Lesson 2. Discovery and Conquest (1)


AGE 5. 
The Time of 
Discoverers and Reformers
Lesson 5.2: The start of the Age of Discovery
PRACTISE QUESTIONS
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5. The Time of Discoverers and Reformers
Lesson 2. Discovery and Conquest (1)


AGE 5. 
The Time of 
Discoverers and Reformers
Lesson 5.2: The start of the Age of Discovery
PRACTISE QUESTIONS

Slide 1 - Slide

1. In which Age did Marco Polo live?
A
Antiquity
B
Early Middle Ages
C
Late Middle Ages
D
Renaissance

Slide 2 - Quiz

2a. Link the names of these Asian products to the correct image
cinnamon
pepper
nutmeg
silk
cloves

Slide 3 - Drag question

2b. Which of the 5 products in the previous question is the odd one out? Explain your answer.

Slide 4 - Open question

3. How did Marco Polo's voyage trigger an interest
in the Far East?

Slide 5 - Open question

Slide 6 - Map

4b. Can you calculate how many kilometers (approximately) it is from Venice (Italy) to Xiamen (China)?

Slide 7 - Open question

5. Which of the following was NOT a reason for
the high prices of Asian goods?
A
money had to be paid to middlemen
B
the trade road was dangerous
C
the trade route was very long
D
Asian farmers asked high prices for their products

Slide 8 - Quiz

6. List the reasons why European traders felt they had no other choice but to trade with the Arabs

Slide 9 - Open question

7. Explain how the Turks (Ottomans) unintentionally fueled the voyages of discovery.

Slide 10 - Open question

8. Why did the Portuguese hope to find the
most southern point of Africa?

Slide 11 - Open question

9. Why were Vasco da Gama and his crew welcomed as heroes when they returned to Portugal?

Slide 12 - Open question

10. The second voyage of Vasco da Gama was a military expedition. Why would this be?

Slide 13 - Open question

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Slide 14 - Slide