Exploring the fabric of human progress through pivotal moments in history, the "Story Of Episode 6 Survivors" form offers a deep dive into an episode from the acclaimed History Channel series, "Mankind: The Story of All of Us." This comprehensive worksheet set, consisting of a 61-question mix of fill-in-the-blank, true or false, and short answer queries, closely examines the transformative episodes that reshaped civilizations across continents. Accompanied by an answer key, it provides an educational tool to unpack the rich episode summary detailing the economic bloom in Venice fueled by African gold and salt trade, the unification of China under the Ming Dynasty sparked by gunpowder, and the European Renaissance ignited by the printing press. The form also touches on the significant social and technological advancements and their global impact, from the crystal-clear descriptions of how Mali's gold turned Venice into a thriving commercial hub to the story of how Gutenberg's printing press revolutionized the spread of knowledge. As we step into the episodes that compellingly narrate the surfacing of new ideas, technologies, and the pursuit of conquering new lands, this form serves not just as a window into the episodes but as a bridge connecting historical events to the present day, underlining the essence of human survival and adaptation.
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MANKIND: THE STORY OF ALL OF US
EPISODE 6: SURVIVORS
THIS WORKSHEET SET INCLUDES, IN ORDER, A
EPISODE SUMMARY FROM THE HISTORY CHANNEL: Gold and salt in Africa lead to a vibrant trade between continents. Europe is reborn. Money flows into Venice creating new opportunities for entrepreneurs willing to take risks. In China, a new weapon – the gun allows a peasant uprising to unify the country. Chinese innovations inspire Europe, leading to the – printing press. Millions of books are printed, one of which will inspire a journey to the New World. Armed with new ideas and technologies, Europeans set their sights on conquering new lands.
Keys Include Printing Press, Salt, Gunpowder, Gold
Terms to define: analogy, aristocrat, capitalism, commodity, elixir, industrial, nomad, prototype, renaissance
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Name ____________________________ Date ______________________ # ________
Mankind: The Story of All of Us
Episode 6: Survivors
from The History Channel Series Mankind: The Story of All of Us
History Channel episode description: Gold and salt in Africa lead to a vibrant trade between continents. Europe is reborn. Money flows into Venice creating new opportunities for entrepreneurs willing to take risks. In China, a new weapon – the gun allows a peasant uprising to unify the country. Chinese innovations inspire Europe, leading to the – printing press. Millions of books are printed, one of which will inspire a journey to the New World. Armed with new ideas and technologies, Europeans set their sights on conquering new lands.
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1.1352. The Sahara. The largest _____________________ on the planet. A searing wilderness the size of the _____________________. The toughest challenge an _____________________ can face.
2.Ibn Battuta vowed never to travel the same what twice? _____________________
3.The _____________________ rages through Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. It’s killed up to a _____________________ of the world’s population. In Damascus, Syria, Ibn Battuta records 2,400 deaths in a single _____________________.
4.The Sahara is a _____________________ against the pandemic. With temperatures up to
135degrees, the plague can’t survive the _____________________ of the desert.
5.True or False. The Tuareg, nomads from North Africa, trade one of the most valuable commodities on the planet, salt.
6.Before refrigeration, _____________________ was the key to preserving food. It absorbs water and stops bacteria from growing; salted food can last for a _____________________ without spoiling.
7.Millions of years ago what was the Sahara? _____________________
8.What was left behind as the water evaporated? _____________________
9.True or False. One of the great cities of the Mali Empire that the Taurag trade with is Rome.
10.What is the greatest fear of every traveler? _____________________
11.After two months in the _____________________, Ibn Battuta’s camel train reaches its destination, the cities of _____________________.
12.In Mali, salt is so in demand, it’s traded for _____________________. Today, most gold in the world has to be mined deep _____________________. In Mali, it flows out of the bedrock of the
_____________________ Niger. At this time, as much as
13.True or False. In Timbuktu up to half of the population are students.
14.True or False. Zimbabwe is the legendary site of King Solomon’s mines.
15.Ibn Battuta will return to Morocco and _____________________ the oldest surviving account of Timbuktu and the wealth of _____________________.
16.African gold will be key to the greatest explosion of _____________________ the western world has ever known. It will make some men _____________________ and others, reckless.
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VENICE |
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17.Venice. 117 _____________________ islands joined together become a thriving center of commerce. _____________________ from the Middle East. _____________________ from India. And the key to its wealth, _____________________ from Africa.
18.70 year earlier, how much of Venice’s population had been wiped out by the plague?
_____________________
19.In Venice, African gold is _____________________ into ducats, an international currency. Merchants bank their ducats with men like Pietro Venier. Modern _____________________ begins in Italy.
20.True or False. Thieves in Venice are shown mercy.
21.It’s men like Pietro Venire who will _____________________ the Renaissance. The greatest flourishing of _____________________ and culture the mankind has ever known. After the devastation of the plague, a _____________________.
GUNPOWDER & THE RISE OF THE MING DYNASTY |
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22.5,000 miles away, China is on the brink of its own _____________________. The key, a deadly new _____________________.
23.For a century and a half, the _____________________ have ruled China. But the plague has killed millions, loosening their grip on _____________________.
24.1356, outside Nanjing. A gang of three plots _____________________. Their leader: Zhu Yuanzhang.
25.What do Yanzhang’s men call themselves? _____________________
26.By his side, his young _____________________, Ma. Daughter of a warlord, partner in the
_____________________.
27.Third member of the _____________________: Jiao Yu. Master craftsman.
_____________________ expert.
28.What was Jiao’s response to the deadly accuracy of the Mongol’s bow and arrow?
_____________________
29.True or False. Gunpowder was invented by monks looking for an elixir to eternal life and mostly used in fireworks before it was used as an explosive.
30.Jiao designs a weapon he calls human _____________________. A small stone propelled by an explosive _____________________. A lethal combination. The future of
_____________________ rewritten.
31.150 years after Genghis Khan _____________________ their homeland, Zhu Yuanzhang leads the Red Turbans at the _____________________ of Nanjing. A _____________________
army to drive the Mongols out of China.
32.What is the key to the Red Turban’s strategy? _____________________
33.Jiao’s _____________________ levels the battlefield and allows a band of
_____________________ to take on the deadliest army in the _____________________.
34.Over the next _____________________ years, the Chinese drive out the Mongols. Nanjing becomes _____________________ of a free China. Zhu, a peasant orphaned by the plague, becomes _____________________ of a new Chinese dynasty. His wife, Ma, the
_____________________, the most powerful woman on the planet.
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35.What does Zhu calls his dynasty? ___________________________________________
36.The Ming dynasty last for _____________________ years. Its rulers live in the
___________________________, a vast palatial compound. No one can enter or leave without the emperor’s _____________________. It takes up to a million workers _____________________
years to build.
37.What great engineering project in China did the Ming complete? _______________________
GUTTENBERG’S PR INTING PR ESS |
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38.1450. Mainz, _____________________. Johannes Guttenberg. Goldsmith. Entrepreneur. Inventor of the ________________________________.
39.True or False. In 15th century Europe books are readily available for everyone.
40.How long did it take to produce one handwritten copy of the Bible? __________________
41.Who invented wood block printing? _________________________________________
42.A goldsmith by trade, he carves _____________________ in metal that can be moved around and rearranged. An infinite _____________________ of words and sentences. To print the text, a modified _____________________ press.
43.The _____________________ age begins here. Every page printed in the past
_____________________ years owes a debt to Guttenberg’s invention.
44.What is the first thing Guttenberg prints copies of? _______________________________
45.True or False. Printing books on the printing press is 2,000 times slower than before.
CHRISTOPH ER COLUMBUS |
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46.Who was the Italian sailor shipwrecked and left for dead by pirates in 1476?
____________________________________________________
47.What book by Marco Polo inspires Columbus? __________________________________
48.Columbus’ brother is a _____________________, together they plot a revolutionary idea: to head _____________________ by traveling _____________________. Not over land like Marco Polo, but by _____________________.
49.True or False. Mapmakers of the time are aware of the Americas.
50.True or False. Columbus thinks that it is quite easy to sail from Europe to China because the world is smaller than people (mapmakers) realize.
51.For almost a decade, _____________________ tries to finance his crazy scheme. He’s turned _____________________ by the rulers of Portugal, Venice, and Genoa. But the balance of
_____________________ in Europe is changing with the help of the _____________________.
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SPAIN’S R ISE TO POWER |
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52.1486, Southern Spain. _____________________ years after the Red Turbans, another
_____________________ army fights for independence, using the latest in
_____________________ technology: the harquebus.
53.For more than _____________________ years, Spain has been run by the Moors,
_____________________ from North Africa. They create their own cities with their own architecture, centers of _____________________, preserving the knowledge of the _____________________
world.
54.Spanish armies try to reclaim the country for _____________________. They force the Moors to retreat back to North _____________________. All that remains is the kingdom of Granada on the southern tip of _____________________.
55.True or False. If the Spanish are to reclaim their country they must capture the Moorish stronghold, the fortress Illora.
56.True or False. The noise of the harquebus is so loud that it deafens soldiers.
57.What happens to the Spanish guns as the get closer to fort Illora?
____________________________________________________
58.The _____________________ at Illora: a turning point in the reconquest of Spain. Over the next six years, city after city _____________________ to the Spanish.
59.January 2, _____________________. A day that changes the destiny of mankind. Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella ride victorious into _____________________. Cordoba helps negotiate the _____________________ of the Moors.
60.Spain is the new _____________________ in Europe. Ferdinand and Isabella will
_____________________ Columbus’ dream. He’ll sail under a Spanish _____________________.
61.What are the three keys to the future of mankind brought from contact between east and west? _____________________, _____________________, _____________________
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