1. Chapter 3: Life in the Eastern Hemisphere
Lesson 1: Traveling Asia’s Silk Road

2. Life in the eastern hemisphere: Traveling the silk road
Chapter 3 Lesson 2
Social Studies 5th Grade
Mr. Vida

3. Bell Ringer! Day 1 Where is the Silk Road AND…
Speculate what traders may have carried along with them while crossing it.

4. Day 2
Bell Ringer!
To what did China owe it’s wealth. (explain your answer… this is not a one or two word answer.)

5. Day 3
Bell Ringer!
How and why did the new emperor of China send out a huge fleet from its shores? What was the outcome?

6. The Silk Road
Subtitle

7. 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

8. Europe & Asia:
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9. The Silk Road
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

11. Chinese Sailors
In about 1405, China began building naval fleet to expand Chinese power and trade 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

12. Marco Polo:
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

13. Venice, Italy

14. Marco Polo:
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.

15. Kublai Khan 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.

16. Kublai Khan’s palace:

17. emperor 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.

18. Silk Road 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

19. Chinese Sailors
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

20. Chinese Fleet

21. Chinese Fleet

22. Chinese Fleet

23. Zheng He For Monday, Project: Information on his fleet & travels
Can be a written or typed report
Can be an oral presentation
Can be a poster