604 Q1 Flashcards
Who established a Portuguese navigation school?
Prince Henry
“Colony”
A settlement begun by another country
Christopher Columbus was trying to find what, when he found the New World?
A water route to the Indian Ocean (and East Indies)
During the exploration/settling of America, what people died because they were not immune to the diseases of the other group?
The native americans
Who discovered the “South Sea”?
Vasco de Balboa
Most of the explorers who came to America sought what?
Wealth, and cared little for the natives
What did Columbus bring with him on later voyages?
Priests, to convert the indians
How much gold did Christopher Columbus find?
very little
“Demarcation”
A setting of boundaries
“Scurvy”
a disease caused by lack of fresh veggies (EAT YOUR VEGGIES!)
Who sailed west to reach the east in 1492
Christopher Columbus
At the time of of Columbus’s Voyage, no Europeans had seen what ocean?
the Pacific Ocean
What did European’s learn from Pigafetta’s precise diary?
That a person traveling around the world, will lose/gain a day
The existence/size of the Pacific Ocean, taught Europeans what?
Most of the earth’s surface was covered with water
The Pope gave what control over the lands that Columbus discovered?
Spain
Who discovered the “South Sea”?
Vasco de Balboa
Where did the first permanent European settlement in America begin?
Hispaniola
“Conquistadors”
Spanish conquerors
Whose ships sailed around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
“Age”
specific period of time
How many voyages did Christopher Columbus make to the New World?
Four
“Isthmus”
narrow strip of land between two bodies of water
European explorers had an increasing knowledge of the oceans during what?
Age of Exploration
In what year did Christopher Columbus sail?
1492
Christopher Columbus established what in the New World?
A colony
What did Magellan’s need to spend June, July, and August in Argentina teach Europeans?
Seasons are reversed, south of the equator
“Strait”
The narrow strip of water between two bodies of land
Who reached the West coast of India in 1498
Vasco da Gama
Columbus estimated that the earth’s circumference was about how much less than it actually is?
6,000 miles less
who claimed Brazil for Portugal?
Pedro Cabral
The king of which country refused to support Columbus’s voyage?
King of Portugal
What did European’s learn from Magellan being able to sell west and arrive back at his starting point?
The earth was round
A ship sailing which direction with LOSE a day?
West
“Caravel”
a light, narrow ship
What river did convinced Columbus that he had found a new continent?
The Orinoco River
The Line of Demarcation was established by who?
The Pope
Christopher Columbus found what place?
The New World
“Navigate” means
to drive/pilot a ship
How did changes in life in Europe and America after Christopher Columbus’s discovery affect Native Americans?
They were not beneficial to the Native Americans
Who supported Columbus’s voyages?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Who named the Pacific Ocean?
Ferdinand Magellan
