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World Studies Chp 6
World Studies Chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prince Henry- | opened school of navigation |
| Compass- | sailors most useful instrument; allowed them to set a course and follow course |
| Astrolabe- | instrument used to measure the angle between the sun or a star and the horizon at a specific time of day or night to help find the latitude |
| Dead reckoning- | a navigation method involving estimating location and speed and then choosing the most likely heading to get you to your destination |
| Trade winds- | belts of consistent winds that greatly aided the explorers to the New World. |
| Doldrums- | an area of calm or light fluctuating winds along the equator |
| Horse latitudes- | area around 30-35 degrees North where the trade winds and prevailing westerlies meet. |
| Caravel- | a ship designed by the Portuguese that was sturdy enough for ocean travel and large enough to carry a good cargo |
| Bartolomeu Dias- | during a storm rounded the tip of Africa without realizing it |
| Cape of Storms- | southern tip of Africa named by Bart. Dias |
| Cape of Good Hope- | the Cape of Storms renamed by King John II |
| Vasco da Gama- | sailed the first Portuguese ship to India; tried to trade goods with them but was rejected. |
| Christopher Columbus- | tried to find new route to the East; landed in the Caribbean |
| King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella- | (Spain) commissioned Chris. Columbus to explore and find new trade route. |
| Vikings- | group from Scandinavian area who explored because they were running out room to live. |
| Erik the Red- | Viking explorer who was banished from Iceland and then discovered and named Greenland |
| Leif Erikson- | son of Erik the Red who explored the Vinland area |
| Skraelings- | Vikings name for the Native Americans |
| Ferdinand Magellan- | his crew was the first to sail around the world; discovered the Strait of Magellan in S. America |
| Sir Francis Drake- | sent out by Queen Eliz.of England to explore & to disrupt Spanish shipping |
| Francis Xavier- | a monk who wrote “Country at War” and described Japan in it |
| Samurai- | Japanese warriors who rode horses and wore armor; sword most imp. Weapon |
| Seppuku- | ceremony where samurai would kill himself to avoid dishonor |
| Shoguns- | strong leaders who united Japan and brought peace through strict laws |
| Conquistadors- | Spanish conquerors sent out to find gold, conquer the people, and convert them to Roman Catholicism |
| Hernando Cortes- | killed the Aztec leader Montezuma, destroyed their city of Tenochtitlan and built Mexico City on this site |
| Aztecs- | group of people in northern Central America; very wealthy with lots of gold |
| Tenochtitlan- | Aztecs capital city; unique because built in the middle of a lake |
| Montezuma- | Aztec leader who Cortes asked for gold |
| Olmecs- | group of native Americans who lived before the Aztecs |
| Toltecs- | group of native Americans who lived after the Omecs |
| Mayas- | group of native Americans who lived in Central America; used pyramids for Temples |
| Francisco Pizarro- | conquered the Incan empire; was amazed at the buildings covered in Gold |
| Cuzco- | Inca’s capital city; buildings covered in gold |
| Early Portuguese explorers sailing in caravels used | a compass to find direction and an astrolabe to find latitude. |
| The conquistador Hernando Cortes | conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. |
| Francisco Pizarro | conquered the Incas in Peru |
| Bartolomeu Dias | Portuguese explorer who traveled around the tip of Africa |
| Francis Xavier | monk who traveled in Japan and wrote about it |
| seppuku | suicide ceremony in Japan |
| Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital, an island city that would later be the site of Mexico City |
| Drake- | one of Queen Elizabeth’s sea dogs who sailed around the world after Magellan |
| Da Gama- | the captain of the first ship to sail around Africa to India |
| Columbus- | discovered the New World while traveling for King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain |
| Magellan- | the first man to captain a ship that sailed around the world. |
| King Ferdinand | Spanish ruler |
| Montezuma | Aztec ruler |
| shogun | Japanese ruler |
| Prince Henry | Portuguese ruler |
| Ferdinand and Isabella sent Columbus | from Spain to find China by sailing west. |
| From Portugal – | Dias sailed around Africa. |
| Vasco da Gama | was the first on e from Portugal or Europe to sail to India. |
| Cortes discovered | the Aztecs in the area than is now Mexico |
| Xavier wrote to | Europe about the land of Japan |
| The Inca empire stretched | along the land of Andes in Peru |
| Sailing for England (Queen Elizabeth I) | Drake traveled around the world |
| Columbus thought he had landed in | China, but was really in the Americas or the Caribbean. |
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