Life in the Eastern Hemisphere

Who was the Portuguese explorer who first sailed around the southern tip of Africa and reached the Indian Ocean?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

Who left Italy to travel the Silk Road?

• Marco Polo

• Kublai Khan

• Prince Henry

Who was the Chinese emperor who befriended Marco Polo?

• Kublai Khan

• Genghis Khan

• Qin Shi Huang

• Emperor Taizong

Who was the Portuguese explorer who sailed across the Indian Ocean and reached India?

• Vasco da Gama?

• Ferdinand Magellan?

• Christopher Columbus?

• Bartolomeu Dias?

The Chinese invention that made it possible for sailors to determine their direction far out at sea is the

• magnetic compass

• astrolabe

• sextant

• chronometer

The ruler of an empire is called the

• ruler

• emperor

• king

• president

The buying and selling of human beings is called

• slavery

• trade

• barter

• commerce

The science sailors use to plot their course and find their location far from land is

• navigation

• astronomy

• geography

• meteorology

The European country to the west of Spain is

• Portugal

• France

• Italy

• Germany

The major land trade route between Europe and China

• Silk Road

• Trans-Siberian Railway

• Pan-American Highway

• Suez Canal