TheAgeOfExploration Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
When? | 1400-1750 |
What was believed before the age of exploration? | -Earth was flat and smaller -Sea monsters -Europe was at center |
Why did people want new sea r | -Wealth for country/explorer -To avoid Arab controlled routes -Religion -Inspired by Marco Polo |
What made voyages possible? | -Caravels(clinker-built,lateen sails) - Navigational instruments |
New navigational instruments | -Astrolabe(North Star), Quadrant(sun),Cross Staff(horizon) all found lattitude -Compass -Log and line (speed) -Lead and line(depth) -Portolan charts and newer maps |
Life on board | -Dangerous -Food was dry and salted -Scurvy -Hammock |
Prince Henry | -Sagres -mapmaking, shipbuilding and astronomy -West coast of Africa |
Batholomew Diaz | -Portuguese -Cape of Good Hope |
Vasco da Gama | -Portuguese -Reached India by sea -2 year voyage -Portugal got Indian trade route |
Christopher Columbus | -Genoa -Believed world was round -Wanted to sail west to China and Japan -Underestimated distance -Failed to get suppport from England and Portugal -Nina,Pinta and Santa Maria -2 logs -90 men |
Ferdinand Magellan | -Portuguese -Charles V of Spain supported him -Made governor of all new lands and 5% profits -Trinity,Conception,San Antonio,Santiago and Victoria -Aim was to avoid Portuguese route by sailing West -Straits of Magellan -Killed on Phillippine Islands |
Hernando Cortés | -Conquistador -Aim was gold and silver -500 men |
Francisco Pizzaro | -Conquistador -Gold and Silver -170 men |
What were the results of the age of Exploration? | -Geographical knowledge -Cultures destroyed -Many died of European diseases -Many enslaved,tortured and murdered -Countries other than Italy became rich and powerful |
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