Social Studies Questions for my Bro?

Question

Please use complete sentances.
1. What was the importance of the Silk Road?
2. What were the effects of the Silk Road?
3. What effect did Mansa Musa's trip to Mecca have on Mali?
4. What was the Renaissance?
5. It was dangerous and difficult for sailors to navigate the seas. What solutions helped with this?
6. Who were Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da gama what did they do that was important?

Answer 1

Simple internet search will yield all the answers. Any ways, here are the answers that were gathered from simple internet google search.

1.
The Silk Road, or Silk Route, is an interconnected series of routes through Southern Asia mainly connecting Chang'an (today's Xi'an) in China, with Asia Minor and the Mediterranean. It extends over 8,000 km (5,000 miles) on land and sea. Trade on the Silk Route was a significant factor in the development of the great civilizations of China, ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, India and Rome, and helped to lay the foundations for the modern world. (Courtesy: Wikipedia).

2. Check out the website for this info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road

3. Mansa Musa strengthened Islam and promoted education, trade, and commerce in Mali. Mansa Musa is mostly remembered for his extravagant hajj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca.
For more information, see the website where this information is gathered from.......
http://www.blackhistorypages.net/pages/mansamusa.php

4. There were several different explanations. Here are few with citations..
**The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries. wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

**The principal features were the revival of learning based on classical sources, the rise of courtly and papal patronage, the development of perspective in painting, and the advancements of science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance

**The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. It marks the transitional period between the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the Modern Age. The Renaissance is usually considered to have begun in the 14th century in Italy and the 16th century in northern Europe. It is also known as "Rinascimento" (in Italian).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance

5. If i have to guess, they used different methods from observing the night sky (reading star locations), compass, wind, sun setting direction and so forth. You should get more info with some internet search.

6. Bartolomeu Dias:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias
Vasco da gama:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama