2nd Year Columbus Age Of Exploration Flashcards
Name the ship developed by the country Portugal?
The ship was called the caravel
Give two reasons for spices in the 1500 hundreds?
To cure disease and to hide the taste of gone of food
Who discovered America?
Columbus
Name two improvements in ship building?
Clinker built hulls and lighter ship such as the caravel
Why did the age of exploration begin?
Improvement in ship building and to spread christianity
What was the name of the disease that sailors died from?
SCURVY
When and where was Columbus born?
In genoa in 1451
Who was the captain for the voyage?
Martin Pinzon was captain for the voyage
Why did Portugal not want to sponsor Columbus?
Because they were more interested in sailing down the coast of Africa
Name one explorer who sailed down the coast of Africa?
Vasco da gama
What was the name of the sailor who reached Calicut in India?
Bartholomew Deaz
Name one of the three ships used on columbus voyage?
The Nina Pinta and the Santa Maria
What was an astrolabe?
It was in instrument that measured latitude
What was the Treaty Of Totrdesillas?
A line was drawn up and anything to the east was Spanish and anything to the west was Portugal’s land
What was the main disease that killed the Native Indians?
Small-pocks was the main disease that killed the Native people of America
