5.2 The start of the Age of Discovery

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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

1. In which Age did Marco Polo live?

1. Antiquity
2. Early Middle Ages
3. Late Middle Ages
4. Renaissance

2a. Link the names of these Asian products to the correct image

cinnamon

pepper

nutmeg

silk

cloves

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

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

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

5. Which of the following was NOT a reason for
the high prices of Asian goods?

1. money had to be paid to middlemen
2. the trade road was dangerous
3. the trade route was very long
4. Asian farmers asked high prices for their products

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

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

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

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

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

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