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:

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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