Age Of Exploration Flashcards

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Why did they want spices ;Europeans)

A

To preserve food
To add flavour to food and
To cure sickness

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2
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Examples of the spices they wanted

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Cinnamon nutmeg and pepper

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3
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Why couldn’t they just get spices the normals way

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The Europeans wanted to find a new route to Asia that did not go over land because they wanted to avoid contact with the Moslem rulers in Turkey at the time

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4
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What was instanbol ,Turkey called

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Constantinople

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5
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Why did the European rulers support the explorers

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The rulers hopes to gain conrtol of the spice trade get gold and jewels conquer new land and spread Christianity

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Why did the age of exploration begin

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The demand of spices
the support if European rulers
Improvement on shipbuilding and navigation

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Explain how improvement of shipbuilding and navigation was a reason for the age of exploration

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Improvements in shipbuilding and navigation made it possible for ships to go on long voyages and have a chance of returning

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Who created a new type of ship and what was it called

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The Portuguese created a new the of ship called the caravel it was fast light and easy to monoeuure

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What were some features of the caravel and why did they have them

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It had triangular lateen sails to sail easier and a clinker built hull to fight through stormy sea with a water proof deck

These features made it suitable to sail on stormy seas and high winds

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10
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What ships were developed later

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Larger ships called car racks and naos were created

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What was used to measure latitude

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The astrolable was used to measure latitude it did not work well in stormy conditions so sailers had to go adore to use it

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12
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What wer later developed to measure latitude

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The cross staff and quadrant

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13
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Who developed the compass

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The Chinese

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14
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How does a compass work

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A magnetic needle points to magnetic north

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15
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What measured speed

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The log and line

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16
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Explain how the log and line worked

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It worked by a. Sailor throwing a piece of wood attached to knotted rope from the back of the boat. Then they would measure the amount of rope pulled by the log in 1 inure with an hour glass. Then they could calculate the speed.

17
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What were the fears of a sailor

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Falling off the edge of the world -believed world was flat and if you sailed too Far East or west you’d fall off

Sea monsters

The boiling South- they knew the further south you go the hotter it gets they believed the water down south was boiling and if they went too far south they’d get burned

18
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Danger faced by sailors

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Storms
Disease such a scurvy (lack of vitamin c) dysenty (lack of clean water)
Hunger and thirst
Hastile/angry natives
Never seeing land again as 50 % of sailers loss
their lives at sea

19
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The impact of the Portuguese discoveries

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The impacts of the Portuguese discoveries where that they now knew the route to Asia to get spices. They established trade links with African rulers and brought gold and slaves back to Europe. they built up alarms empire in Asia Brazil and South America, they broke the Muslim conrtol of the spice trade and reduced the price of spices in Europe

20
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Haag were the consequences of the age of exploration

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Creation of empires in the discovered lands
New goods exchanged between Europe and the new world
Improvement in. Maps
The impacts of the natives
The slave Trade
Conflicts between European rulers

21
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Who discovered Brazil

A

Pedro Cabral

22
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Why did the age of exploration begin

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Demand for spices
Support of European rulers
Improvements in shipbuilding and navigation

23
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Mention one way prince Henry the navigator cmtrunuted to the developments in sea traveling during the age of exploration

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He set up a school for exploration

Sponsored ships

24
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Who discovered the sea route to the spice islands

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Vasco de gama