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Chapter 3: Life in the Eastern Hemisphere
Lesson 1: Traveling Asia’s Silk Road
LIFE IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE:TRAVELING THE SILK ROAD
Chapter 3 Lesson 2Social Studies 5th GradeMr. Vida
BELL RINGER!Where is the Silk Road
AND…
Speculate what traders may have carried along
with them while crossing it.
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BELL RINGER!
To what did China owe it’s wealth.
(explain your answer… this is not a
one or two word answer.)
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BELL RINGER!
3. How and why did the new emperor of China send out a huge fleet from its shores? What was the outcome?
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THE SILK ROAD
Subtitle
WHAT WE WILL SEE HERE…Preview:
The desire for trade led people of Asia and Europe to travel and build stronger ties to people of other countries.
Places:•Venice•Shangdu•Silk Road
People:•Marco Polo•Kublai Khan•Zheng He
Vocabulary:•emporer•magnetic compas
EUROPE & ASIA:
Subtitle
A merchant, Marco Polo, left Venice with uncle and
father at age 17 in 1271 to go to China Guests of Emperor Kublai Khan, and visited
amazing palace Chinese got wealth from silk cloth(“worth its
weight in gold”), tea, and spices that traveled along the Silk Road out of China for trade
Chinese used paper money instead of metal; used coal for fuel instead of wood, and had fireworks and gunpowder – more advanced in these ways than Europe
The Silk Road
In about 1405, China began building naval
fleet to expand Chinese power and trade. 300 ships took off with hundreds of sailors using magnetic compass, and under the command of Zheng He.
Seven voyages were made, breeding popularity of Chinese goods
Went to East Indies, India, Arabia, African east coast, the Red Sea, and into Persian Empire
Chinese Sailors
A merchant, Marco Polo, left Venice with uncle
and father at age 17 in 1271 to go to China Venice is a trading city in Italy
Marco Polo:
Venice, Italy
Their goal was to bring back valuable trading
goods from China. When he reached Shangdu, became guests of
Emperor Kublai Khan, & visited his amazing palace.
Marco Polo:
Was the emperor of China when Marco Polo
arrived reigning from 1260 to 1294, and the founder
of the Chinese Yuan dynasty, a division of the Mongol Empire.
Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan’s palace:
Is a ruler of an empire.
Kublai Khan was an emperor.
DEFINITION of EMPIRE: an extensive group of states or countries under
a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
emperor
The major trade route between China and
other lands. It was a network of routes. Items that traveled the Silk Road
Traders Trade goods Ideas Skills customs
Silk Road
About 1400, China began building an
enormous naval fleet With more than 300 ships, it was the largest
fleet ever assembled! Purpose:
Expand Chinese trade Show Chinese power
Chinese Sailors
Chinese Fleet
Chinese Fleet
Chinese Fleet
For Monday, Project:
Information on his fleet & travels Can be a written or typed report Can be an oral presentation Can be a poster
Zheng He
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