Dai fatti alla Storia - volume 1

M2 LISTENING ACTIVITY 3.B Listen to the first part of the recording and take notes in order to fill in the gaps in the chart below. Geographical Knowledge and Trade Routes Geographical knowledge Geographical knowledge was rather (1.) .......... ........... ... . The idea that the Earth was (2.) .......... ............ .. had been accepted, but Africa was considered less vast (3.) .......... ............ .. it actually is and its coasts weren t (4.) .......... ........... ... . Africa Africa was not (5.) .......... ........... ... of primitive barbarism. In the part of the continent (6.) .......... ........... ... of the Sahara Desert lived some populations who were mainly (7.) .......... ........... ... and gatherers but others practised (8.) .......... ........... ... and (9.) .......... ........... ... and made use of (10.) .......... ........... ... , utensils and (11.) .......... ........... ... . Starting from the 14th century complex state organizations developed, like Mali, which had solid fiscal and (12.) .......... ........... ... . Islamic world The (13.) .......... ........... ... world was experiencing a scientific, (14.) .......... ............ ... and cultural (15.) .......... ............ ... , due to control of the trading land and (16.) ........... ........... ... that linked the Mediterranean Sea with (17.) .......... ........... ... , the Indian Ocean and the (18.) .......... ........... ... . Spices Spices were particularly requested in Europe. (19.) .......... ........... ... was used in the (20.) .......... ........... .... of meats; ginger, (21.) ........... ........... ... , nutmeg, cloves transformed the (22.) .......... ........... ... of food. Furthermore, they were also necessary to prepare perfumes and (23.) .......... ........... ... . ACTIVITY 3.C Match the following words to their Italian translations. LISTENING 1. better known a. sostenne 2. fostered b. stime 3. link c. sbarcò 4. auspicious d. meglio conosciuto 5. headed e. collegare 6. sailed f. raggiungere 7. estimates g. navigato 8. reach h. guidata 9. landed i. intraprese 10. undertook j. di buon auspicio ACTIVITY 3.D Listen to the second part of the recording and take notes in order to complete the timeline below. The Great Voyages of Exploration Bartholomew Diaz rounded the Cape of Good Hope. 1418-1430 Columbus reached San Salvador. ............ ... ......... 1455 Other sea voyages of Columbus. 3rd of August 1492 Amerigo Vespucci completed the exploration of the Atlantic coast of the new continent. 1498 580 77636R_0000E01_INTE_BAS@0580.pgs 15.09.2021 15:02