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  SECTION B:  THE RENAISSANCE    

2.1 Why did Dias not reach India? (2)

(c) Why would the food have deteriorated on board a ship?      (2)

TOTAL FOR SECTION B: 36 MARKS

(b) What is the cause of this disease? (1)

1.5 Study the picture below and answer the questions that follow:                                                           Click on the blue button below to open the image       (a) Identify the invention. [ans1a] (1) (b) What was this invention used for? [ans1b] (1) (c) Who invented it? [ans1c] (1)

1.3 Name the person who, with his improved telescope (that he designed), concluded that the Earth was round.  He also discovered that the moon had hills and valleys and was rough and uneven.                                                                   Click on the blue button to open the image   (1)

2.4 How did Marco Polo help Geographers and Historians? (2)

  QUESTION 2 MARCO POLO     Read the following text on Marco Polo and answer the questions that follow                                                         Click on the blue button below to open the text in a new tab    

2.1 Where was Marco Polo when his book was being written? (1)