Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
History
Chp 7 the age of exploration and conquest
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What made long voyages possible | In the 15th and 16th centuries,new technology made long voyages possible for first time |
| Why was travel by sea limited and difficult in the early 1400s | Ships could not navigate accurately often ending up in the wrong place Sailors were scared of the unknown,some believed that the earth was flat and they would sail off edge if they went too for,or that the sea was full of monsters |
| When did Europeans begin to explore? | Mid 1400s and onwards |
| Name the reasons to explore | Influence of the Renaissance Stories of Marco Polo New trade routes The fall of Constantinople Desire for empire Spreading Christianity |
| Explain the influence of the Renaissance | People wanted to learn and questioned their existing belifs,they rediscovered geographia by the Roman writer Ptolemy,containing Roman knowledge of geography,influencing people to become more interested in exploring |
| Explain the stories of Marco Polo | Polo was a 14ty century Italian who had travelled to china and wrote about the incredible things he had seen,his book influenced people to want to see these for themselves |
| Explain new trade routes | The trades in silks and spices from the east was very profitable,after Black Death europes population grew fast and became wealthier,explorers and traders could get very rich if they could find ways to get more goods in Europe quicker, |
| Explain the fall of Constantinople | The great Silk Road was the main overland route for spices snd goods from the east to reach Europe,when Constantinople was conquered by ottoman turks it was cut off in 1453,new routes between Europe ans Asia were needed, |
| Explain desire for empire | Many European rulers sponsored voyages of exploration so they could expand their land to any newly discovered lands,countries on the Atlantic coast (Portugal,ect) especially wanted to put down Italy’s power by bypassinf Mediterranean as centre of trade |
| Explain spreading Christianity | The pope encouraged Christian rulers to defeat Muslims e.g ottoman turks,who gained control of the Middle East,Christian explorers aimed to convert the people of any new discovered land to Christianity |
| Why were new maps meeeded in the age of exploration | To navigate properly accurate and new maps were needed |
| What was a cartographer and what did they do I’m age of exploration | People who draw maps,they started using mapsfrom Constantinople which were a lot more detailed, |
| What was a portolan chart | Made by the Portuguese,it mapped harbours and coastlines more precisely,included info like currents,tides,depth, |
| How did they update these maps? | As explorers returned from, their voyages,the info they brought used to update maps |
| What did new inventions do to a ship | Allows for more accurate calculations of its position and speed |
| What was a quadrant and astrolabe | These helped determine a ships latitude by using the position of the stars and sun |
| What is latitude | Distance from equator |
| What is compass used for | It was used to identify north so the direction a ship was sailing in could be calculated |
Created by:
user-2005823