Age of Exploration Flashcards
Age of Exploration
Why did the Europe start water trade?
They got new technology that they could use to improve water travel. The prices for overland trade also got pricier.
Name 4 inventions that were used to explore through unknown water.
Ex. Astrolabe, Compass, Caravel, Mounted Canon.
What were some setbacks that stopped people from wanting to explore the ocean?
Ex. Money and Resources, Strong Waves, Extreme Temperatures, The Unknown.
What were the five most famous trade routes before 1450?
Trans-Saharan Routes, Old Salt Routes, Amber Road, Incense Trade Routes, Tea Horse Road.
Who began Age of Exploration?
Prince Henry the Navigator
What did Prince Henry find?
School of Navigation in Sugres, at the southwestern tip of Portugal.
What did Lagos do?
Sail beyond Capa Bojador.
What did Alvise Cadamasto discover?
The Cape Verde Islands.
What did Joan Goncalves Zarco and Tristao Vas Taixerian discover?
Islands of Porto Santo.
What did the Portuguese sea-men discover in 1431?
The Azores Islands.
How Islands do the Azores islands consist of and how many parts are they divided into?
9 different islands with 3 different parts.
What is Archipelago?
A wide stretch of water w/ many scattered islands
Who rounded the Cape of Good Hope?
Bartolomen Dias
Who found the islands of Dominica Guadeloupe and Jamaica?
Christopher Columbus
What did Columbus discover in 1498?
Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and Margarita.
What does C.C. stand for?
Columbian Exchange
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of plants, animals, goods, foods, religion, diseases, and ideas between the Old World and the New World.
Name 10 explorers (that aren’t Christopher Columbus).
Ex. Hernando de Soto, Francisco Pizzaro, Henry Hudson, Amerigo Vespucci, Francisco de Coronado, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Ferdinand Magellan, Antonio de Abreu, etc.
What did European exploration lead to?
European colonization.
What were the three goals of colonization?
Wealth, Resources, Territorial Possessions
What were the impacts of colonization?
Economic, technological, social, and geographical.
What is Mercantilism?
An economic system which proposes that governments can make a nation more prosperous by maximizing exports and minimizing imports.
What is the belief of Mercantilism?
That mother countries could grow wealth by regulating trade through tariffs and other protective measures.
What is protectionism?
Theory or practice of shielding a country’s industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.
