chapter 3 section 1 Flashcards
what do the 3 g’s stand for ?
god, glory, gold
europeans wanted ___ from the eat
spices
asians sold to _____ who sold to ____ merchants who sold to the rest of europe
muslims, italians
god -
exploration in hopes of spreading religion
glory-
exploration in hopes of bringing glory to their homeland
gold-
exploration in search of wealth
early portuguese explorer hoped to christianity the people’s of asia
bartolomeu dias
new ship designed to sail against the wind
caravel
a brass circle with carefully adjusted rings to sight stars and calculate latitude
astrolobe
son of Portugal’s king and large supporter of exploration
prince henry
who began the school of navigation ?
prince henry
portugal set up ports along the coast of _____
africa
mecca + medici =?
saudi arabia
finished around the horn of africa and continued on to india
vasco da gama
the portuguese cargo was worth ____ times as much as the voyage cost
60
spain funded for _________ to try and sail to india by going west
christopher colombus
____ and _____ began a rivalry and tensions rose
spain, portugal
line drawn by the pope to give area west to spain and east to portugal
line of demarcation
latitude lines run from
west to east
latitude lines measure
north and south location
longitude lines run
north and south
longitude lines measure
west and east locations
portugal controlled the trade route through the _____ ocean
indian
portugal built a fort to control the
straits of hormuz
what is the capital of portugal’s trading empire ?
goa
the ____ and the _____ also began to challenge the portuguese
english, dutch
the ______ owned the largest fleet of ships in the world
dutch
how many vessels did the dutch have ?
20,000
a company founded by the dutch in the early 17th century to establish and direct trade throughout asia
dutch east india company
the dutch took over the _____
spice islands
the dutch capital of _____ became a leading commercial center
amsterdam
the english focused on _____
trade
