Age Of Exploration Flashcards
Why did they want spices ;Europeans)
To preserve food
To add flavour to food and
To cure sickness
Examples of the spices they wanted
Cinnamon nutmeg and pepper
Why couldn’t they just get spices the normals way
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
What was instanbol ,Turkey called
Constantinople
Why did the European rulers support the explorers
The rulers hopes to gain conrtol of the spice trade get gold and jewels conquer new land and spread Christianity
Why did the age of exploration begin
The demand of spices
the support if European rulers
Improvement on shipbuilding and navigation
Explain how improvement of shipbuilding and navigation was a reason for the age of exploration
Improvements in shipbuilding and navigation made it possible for ships to go on long voyages and have a chance of returning
Who created a new type of ship and what was it called
The Portuguese created a new the of ship called the caravel it was fast light and easy to monoeuure
What were some features of the caravel and why did they have them
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
What ships were developed later
Larger ships called car racks and naos were created
What was used to measure latitude
The astrolable was used to measure latitude it did not work well in stormy conditions so sailers had to go adore to use it
What wer later developed to measure latitude
The cross staff and quadrant
Who developed the compass
The Chinese
How does a compass work
A magnetic needle points to magnetic north
What measured speed
The log and line
Explain how the log and line worked
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.
What were the fears of a sailor
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
Danger faced by sailors
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
The impact of the Portuguese discoveries
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
Haag were the consequences of the age of exploration
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
Who discovered Brazil
Pedro Cabral
Why did the age of exploration begin
Demand for spices
Support of European rulers
Improvements in shipbuilding and navigation
Mention one way prince Henry the navigator cmtrunuted to the developments in sea traveling during the age of exploration
He set up a school for exploration
Sponsored ships
Who discovered the sea route to the spice islands
Vasco de gama
