Age Of Exploration Flashcards
Give two problems for boats at sea
- They Could not navigate accurately
2. many sailors were afraid of the unknown so they did not want to sail to new land
Give 3 reasons the European countries started to explore
- people heard stories of marco polo the italian travelling to China
- they wanted new trade routes because constantinople was cut off from the great silk road in 1453
- Europe also wanted to spread christianity all over the world
Give 5 examples of sailors technology back then
1.Compass, 2.astrolabe, 3.portolan charts, 4.log and line 5. a quadrant
What were the new type of ships called in the 15th century
They were called caravels
How were the ships turned
By rudders at the back
What was the captains private sector at the back of the ship called
Castle
What were the sailors afraid of dying from
1.Lack of food, 2.lack of water, 3.scurvy, 4.going off the edge of the earth, 5.sea monsters 6.boiling seas
What was mutiny
When a ships crew decides they have had enough of the suffering and try to overthrow the captain
How were the sailors punished if caught trying to mutiny
They were flogged (whipped)/ execution
Who first travelled to the tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
Who fist travelled to China by boat
Vasco da Gama
When did the first sailor reach the bottom of africa ( cape of good hope)
1487
When did the first sailor reach China via the cape of good hope
1497
Why did portugal send ships down Africa
To control a new trade route to become rich
