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Age of Exploration
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Question | Answer |
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Why did European countries begin to explore? | Trade with Asia |
The Silk Road became more dangerous more expensive to travel, so merchants began looking for what? | Water route to Asia |
Astrolabe | Ancient Greek device used to find latitude |
Compass | Invented by the Chinese; helped navigators find magnetic north |
Triangular sails | Developed by Arabs to help zigzag into the wind |
Caravel | Portuguese ship made with multiple masts and smaller sails |
Which European country was the first to explore? | Portugal |
Which European country was the first to develop and exploit the African slave trade? | Portugal |
Which European country was the first to find a water route to Asia? | Portugal |
Prince Henry the Navigator | 1419 - setup up a research center for sailors, cartographers, and shipbuilders to help explore the world |
Bartolomeu Dias | Portuguese explorer that reached the southern tip of Africa |
Vasco da Gama | Portuguese explorer who found the first water route to Asia |
Which European country was trying to establish an empire in the Americas? | Spain |
Christopher Columbus | Discovered the New World; thought he had landed in Asia |
Ferdinand Magellan | Explorer that was first to circumnavigate the earth |
Which European country was searching for a northern route to Asia? | England |
John Cabot | Explorer that discovered Newfoundland and traveled the coast of Canada |
Which European country was developing more permanent settlements than any other country? | England |
Which European country developed a successful fur trade centered around the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Valley? | France |
What was the motto (saying) mostly related to the Conquistadors? | God, Glory, Gold! |
Hernando Cortes | Spanish conquistador that conquered the Aztecs |
Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador that conquered the Incas |
Which European country explored modern-day Canada? | France |