Slide 1

Social Studies Chapter 3 Life in the Eastern Hemisphere

Slide 2

Lesson 1 Traveling Asias Silk Road Marco Polo In 1271, Marco Polo was only 17 years old when he, his father, and his uncle, left Venice, to set out on a great adventure to bring back valuable goods from China.

Slide 3

Lesson 1 Traveling Asias Silk Road Map of Silk Road Routes *see p.103 of textbook for route of Marco Polo

Slide 4

Lesson 1 Traveling Asias Silk Road What was the Silk Road? The Silk Road was a major trade route between China and other lands. Besides goods, ideas, skills, and customs were also traveled along the road and passed on to one another. They all wanted to know more about each other.

Slide 5

Lesson 1 Traveling Asias Silk Road Discussion Q: How did the Silk Road help people in different lands learn more about each other?

Slide 6

Lesson 1 Traveling Asias Silk Road In 1400, China began building a very big naval fleet. They wanted to expand trade and show their power to others. They invented the magnetic compass to help them find their direction while out at sea. original current

Slide 7

Lesson 1 Traveling Asias Silk Road Zheng He 1371-1433 His friend, the emperor, put Zheng He in command of a huge fleet of ships to trade with other countries. They wanted to show Chinas greatness to the world. He traveled to India, Southeast Asia, Persian Gulf, and the eastern coast of Africa. *see p.105 of textbook for more!

Slide 8

Lesson 1 Traveling Asias Silk Road Discussion Q: Compare the journey of Marco Polo with the journeys of Zheng He. How were they similar and different?

Slide 9

Lesson 2 Africas Trading Empires Caravan Read You Are There on p.106

Slide 10

Lesson 2 Africas Trading Empires For centuries, caravans on camelback traveled the Sahara, bringing goods to and from West Africa.

Slide 11

Lesson 2 Africas Trading Empires Kingdom of Ghana Land of Gold Ghana was rich in gold, but lacked salt. This resulted in trade routes from North Africa to bring salt into Ghana, in exchange for gold.

Slide 12

Lesson 2 Africas Trading Empires

Slide 13

Why was Ghana known as the land of gold?

Slide 14

Lesson 2 Africas Trading Empires Kingdom of Mali

Slide 15

Lesson 2 Africas Trading Empires Mansa Musa *Ruler of Mali. A Muslim who in 1324 went on a pilgrimage (journey for religious reasons) to Mecca. This journey strengthened trade ties between Mali and other Muslim nations. Many Muslim scholars and artists came back with him and settled in Timbuktu. It now became a center of learning. The Great Mosque was built for study and worship.

Slide 16

Lesson 2 Africas Trading Empires Songhai controlled more land than both Ghana and Mali.

Slide 17

Lesson 2 Africas Trading Empires What are three powerful trading kingdoms of West Africa and the sequence in which they ruled.

Slide 18

Lesson 2 Africas Trading Empires Astrolabe an instrument that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location in latitude (distance from the equator)

Slide 19

Lesson 2 Africas Trading Empires Discussion Question: Give details that show how connections between different parts of the world were expanding.

Slide 20

Lesson 3 European Explorers Scandinavia

Slide 21

Lesson 3 European Explorers Viking Boats

Slide 22

Lesson 3 European Explorers Eric the Red was a Viking who sailed west, from Scandinavia, to Iceland. He was thrown out of Iceland and continued to sail west. In about 982, he came to a place he called Greenland. It was a cold land, but he wanted the place to sound like a good land to settle to encourage Icelanders to come.

Slide 23

Lesson 3 European Explorers Leif Ericsson Erics son He set sail in 1000 to find the rumored land farther in the west. They landed on Newfoundland in what is now Canada. They found grapes there and called it Vinland land of wine. The American Indians fought with them over the land and in 1015, the Vikings who survived, had returned home.

Slide 24

Lesson 3 European Explorers Renaissance = rebirth *Began in Italy in 1350 *Called rebirth because it marked new beginning in arts and sciences and a desire to learn more about the world *Lasted for about 250 years *Many new inventions were created

Slide 25

Lesson 3 European Explorers Printing Press was invented by Johann Gutenberg in Germany in about 1450 The Bible was one of the first books Gutenberg printed on his printing press. Before the printing press, books had to be written and copied by hand, one copy at a time. Because books were now available to many more readers, more quickly, new ideas spread fast.

Slide 26

Lesson 3 European Explorers Prince Henry, from Portugal, hired crews to design ships and develop new sea routes. They did this because the Silk Road and other land routes were long, dangerous, and were often controlled by merchants who charged a high price for trade. He improved methods of navigation and was known as Prince Henry the Navigator.

Slide 27

Lesson 3 European Explorers The Portuguese also profited in slave trade the buying and selling of human beings. Slavery had already existed for thousands of years. Many Arabs, Africans, and Europeans captured people and forced them into slavery. Many were transported back to Europe to be servants. Slaves, unlike servants, are owned by a person and have no freedom.

Slide 28

Lesson 3 European Explorers What are two effects of Prince Henrys drive to explore the coast of Africa?

Slide 29

Lesson 3 European Explorers After Prince Henry died, Bartolomeu Dias and his three ships sailed to the southern tip of Africa. There were violent storms for many days. When the storms were over, they discovered they actually made it around the southern tip and in the Indian Ocean. They were too frightened and refused to go on so they returned home. Dias originally called where he landed, the Cape of Storms, but the king of Portugal later renamed it the Cape of Good Hope to give the Portuguese hope for sea routes to Asia.

Slide 30

Lesson 3 European Explorers Ten years later, Vasco de Gama and his four ships traveled down and all the way around Africa and reached India in 1498. They were able to settle and buy spices at low prices and shipped them back to Europe. These sea routes made it a rich trading empire.

Slide 31

Lesson 3 European Explorers Discussion Question: What was different about trade in the 1400s from trade in earlier periods?