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Age of exploration
The age of exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| why the Age of Exploration began | Influence of the Renaissance,new trade routes Marco Polo,wealth for countries, wealth for explorers, religion |
| what effect did the influence of the Renaissance have on the Age of Exploration | people wanted to learn new ideas and discover new information,it caused people to question old ideas,the Renaissance spirit led Europeans to explore other parts of the world. |
| what effect did the new trade routes have on the age of exploration | since the Arabs and Italians controlled the trade ,other countries such as Portugal and Spain wanted to find new routes to Asia |
| where did the spices come from | the spice islands |
| where did the silk and jewels come from | china |
| what effect did Marco Polo have on the age of exploration | his books encouraged explorers to find new trade routes to the great wealth of the east |
| what effect did the wealth for countries have on the age of exploration | the voyages of exploration were funded mainly by governments.The rulers hoped that the new lands would add to the wealth and power of their countries |
| what effect did the wealth for the Explorer have on age of exploration | the leaders of the voyages hoped that they would gain new riches and titles for themselves |
| what effect did religion have on the age of exploration | Europeans wanted to defeat and conquer the Muslims who controlled north Africa and the trade routes and who had also invaded Europe . the explorers also wanted to convert people of the new lands to Christianity |
| what where new ships called | caravels |
| the boats where clinker-built what does this mean | the boards on the side of the ship overlapped |
| what were Lateen sails used for | sailing against the wind |
| what where castles | raised structures on the decks at the front and back |
| what were compasses used for | to tell sailors which directions they were sailing in |
| what where quadrants used for | to tell the latitude |
| what where Astrolabes used for | to tell the latitude as well |
| what was a log and line and a sand-glass used for | to tell speed |
| what was a line with lead weight at the end used for | to measure depth |
| what was the logbook used for | to record details |
| what disease's where on the ships | Scurvy |
| where did officers on a boat come from | better-off classes |
| what did sailors eat | ships biscuits |
| where did the sailors sleep | on the deck or in hammocks |
| what forms of punishment was given to the sailors | they where flogged or put in chains |
| when was Henry the Navigator born | he was born in 1394 |
| when did Henry the Navigator die | he died in 1460 |
| what did he set up a school for | for exploration |
| what was his key achievement | sailing East down the coast of Africa to discover the route to the East (India). |
| what did Bartholomew Dias do | rounded the tip of Africa that he called the Cape of Storms. Renamed the Cape of Good Hope. |
| what did Vasco Da Gama do | Rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Named the land he landed on Natal as he landed there on Christmas Day.However he had discovered the route to the East and the Spice Islands. |
| where did Vasco Da Gama die | he died in India |
| where was Columbus born and when | he was born in Genoa in 1451 |
| Why did the explorer set sail? | To prove that by sailing west you could reach the East. He called his proposal the “Enterprise of the Indies” Underestimated the size of the World |
| who sponsored his voyage | Voyage sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain |
| what where the names of his three ships | Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria |
| how many men was given to him | 90 |
| how long did the voyage take | 1 month (36 days) |
| why where the sailors worried | because it was the first voyage to sail out into open sea |
| where did he land and what was it called | he landed in Bahamas and called it San Salvador |
| what did he call the natives | Indians |
| where else did he discover | Haiti and Cuba,Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Central America and reached South America. |
| when did he die | he died in 1506 |
| Main consequence | he discovery of a new continent that was later was called America. |
| what was the Treaty of Torsedillas | this treaty drew a line on the globe from north to south.Land discovered to the west of the line was Spanish and land to the east was Portuguese |
| when was Ferdinand Magellan born | he was born in 1480 |
| when did Ferdinand Magellan die | he died in 1521 |
| Why the explorer set sail? | Portuguese nobleman in the service of Spain. Thought he could reach the East by sailing West. Convinced the World was much smaller. |
| who sponsored him | he was sponsored by Charles V |
| how many ships was he given | five (5) |
| how many men was he given | 270 men |
| what did he find | he found passage called today the Straits of Magellan |
| The main discoveries and consequences of his discoveries | First voyage to sail around the world (circumnavigate the globe) However route was too long and rarely repeated |
| what was proven | Proved the world was round and greatly increased European knowledge of the world. |
| what was introduced to the Europe | New food introduced to the European diet either from the New World e.g. potatoes or were grown in the New World e.g. sugarcane, coffee and exported to Europe. |
| what did the Europeans introduce to the natives | Europeans introduced new diseases especially smallpox that decimated the native populations e.g. population of the Island of Hispaniola dropped form 1 million to 30,000 in 20 years. |
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