Age of exploration Flashcards
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Christopher Columbus
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He was an Italian explorer. He discovered the Americas!
2
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Treatment of Natives
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Columbus treated them like slaves. He forced them to dig for gold. They had to find a certain amount of gold and if they couldn’t they would cut their hands off!
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Motives for exploration
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1) Economic improvement -better plow which increases agriculture
2) Technology-a) astrolabe-a navigation device
b) Lanteen Sails
c) a better/improved compass
d) Caravel- a boat that has a shallow hull
3) They want a direct water route to China
4) Feudalism is in decline
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Places Columbus traveled to
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Bahamas, Caribbean, Americas
5
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Statistics on Columbus’s voyages
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4 times: August 1492 September 1492 1498 1502
