Age Of Exploration Flashcards
Caraval
A smaller speedy ship with triangular lateen sails
Astrolab
To calculate latitude
Log and line
To measure speed
Mutiny
When sailors where unhappy with there captain they would kill or punish him and take over the ship.
Scurvy
A disease caused by lack of vitamin c
Slave trade
Forced workers to mine for gold and silver
Treaty of torsdilas
Spain owned one half of the Unknown world and Portugal the other
Clinker built hulls
Protected ships in storms
Latitude
North or south of the equator
Log and line
Used to measure speed
Portalan charts
Maps of the coastline
New world
Name given to the land discovered by Columbus
Straights
Narrow passage between two land masses
Colony
A country that is owned by another more powerful country
Plantation
Large farms where slaves grew crops such as tabaco
