《高三第二单元课件》课件 .pptVIP

* Unit 2 crossing limits World map exploration Columbus was Spanish sailors. He made four voyages . He was the first man who discovered Amercia. James Cook was a British captain. He made maps of Australia and New zealand Who were the real explorers long before? 2. How many Chinese explorers are mentioned in the text? In 1405-1433 In the 11th century In 751-762 In 97 AD The earliest time destination goods Way of travel name period Chinese merchants Silk road spices, glass India, the Middle East , Rome Han Dynasty Gan Ying Over land rhinoceros horns the East Rome Empire Dang Dynasty Du Huan By boat China Song Dynasty the Africans By boat A bronze statue of a lion China Ming Dynasty Zhenghe By fleet giraffes,zebras, shells, elephant ivory… Africa India-------the middle east-----Rome Silk road coasts of India Ocean---Ceylon(Sri Lanka) 1. Why did people of the Han Dynasty know about Africa? 2. What happened to the Swahili kingdoms and the islands off the African coast after Gan Ying’s travel? Ceylon, was the place where Chinese merchants met with Arab merchants and heard about the westernmost lands. They developed into the world’s trading center for ivory, spices,rhinoceros horns and so on. 4. What led to the meeting between black people and a Chinese? 5. Who was Du Huan? What did he write? 6. What did it mean after the Africans made voyages to the court of the Song Dynasty? 7. How many fleets? What was Zhenghe’s sea route? What presents did the Ming court give Africa? The Arabic contacts to the African coast . He was taken prisoner by the Arabic army. He wrote his Record of My Travels. It was a major development that the Africans were reaching out to China. They set sail from the South China Sea …the Indian Ocean…the Red Sea…further south. What is the main idea of the whole passage? In your opinion, what makes people explore the new place? It talks about Chinese explorations, especially the contacts between China and Africa. Trade and curios