age of exploration (people and places)

Question 1

constantinople

Answer 1

the capital of the eastern roman (byzantine) empire.
fall of constantinople = reason for exploration (news routes between europe and asia needed when it was conquered by the turks)

Question 2

(prince) henry the navigator

Answer 2

set up school of navigation at sagres (brought together cartographers, instrument makers, astronomers and experienced sailors

Question 3

vasco da gama

Answer 3

portuguese sailor

• sailed up the eastern african coast in 1497
• sailed from modern day kenya to calicut in india - took 2 years
• proved it was possible to successfully sail around africa and reach india

Question 4

bartolomeu dias

Answer 4

rounded southern tip of africa (cape of good hope)

Question 5

christopher columbus

Answer 5

• italian sailor
• named land he found san salvador and inhabitants indians
• took 69 days to find land
• called american continent “the new world”
• became governor but soon remover due to his poor leadership and brutality

Question 6

king ferdinand and queen isabella

Answer 6

• king and queen of spain
• sponsored columbus voyage
• gave 3 ships: 2 caravels, the nina and the pinta, and a nao, the santa maria
• gave permission to recruit crew from port of palos

Question 7

hernan cortes

Answer 7

• spanish conquistador

- conquered aztecs