02 - Where the Birds Led Flashcards
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.”
where Polo met its leader, ________, and wrote of fabulous marvels and riches beyond counting.
the Great Khan
Why didn’t the crew completely trust the captain?
“They didn’t completely trust him. Although the ships and the crews were Spanish, Admiral Cristoforo Colombo came from the Italian port of Genoa.”
What was the names of the ships they were using to sail?
The Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria
When did the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria sail west across the Atlantic
“For five weeks in the late summer and autumn of 1492”
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 did Colombus 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
Columbus burst with questions as one of the ship’s boats rowed him toward shore. Marco Polo had spoken of a prosperous island named ________ (we call it Japan).
Cipangu
Columbus eagerly devoured tales of an Italian trader named
_________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.
Marco Polo, Cathay
Columbus next took his ideas to Spain, ruled by ___________.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
In August ______ the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria set out with Columbus in command. He sailed south first, to the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa.
1492
Finally, at about 2:00 a.m. on October 12, the lookout on the Pinta cried out, ___________!As the sun rose, the white sands of an island loomed up.
“Tierra! Tierra!”—Land! Land!
Those goods came from distant kingdoms in Asia, transported along a series of roads and trails thousands of miles long known as the _______.
The Silk Road
