Chapter 4 Flashcards
Encounter with the West
Tierra Incognita
Unknown lands
To the West, for quite a long time, the Philippines and the rest of the
world was Tierra Incognita, T or F
T
West was led by what countries?
Portugal and Spain
rival each other for the
possession of rich colonies in America, Asia and Africa.
Spain and Portugal
drew up treaties defining territorial rights to Spain
Spanish Pope
used by Spanish conquistadores
and missionaries in establishing colonies in the Americas
without much resistance.
sword and cross
another attempt to
colonize the islands succeeded under who?
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
Spain’s famed explorer
Ferdinand Magellan,
established the first
European settlement in the archipelago
Legazpi
Where lezagpi founded a permanent Spanish colony in the kingdom
of Maynila.
Luzon
Oriental spices, silk, fruits, attar of roses, Persian rugs, perfumes and
precious stones were easily sold in Europeans markets at big profits. T or F
T
who who went to the Holy Land to reclaim the Orient from the
Muslims?
Christian
crusaders of Europe,
citizens of Venice
Venetians
became a city of Italy,
Venice
passed through Central Asia by land, then to
the cities of Samarkand and Bokhara, then around the Caspian Sea
and the Black Sea, and finally to Constantinople in the Mediterranean.
Northern Route
started from Malacca in the Malay Peninsula, then to the Indian Ocean and the Indian ports, then to
the Persian Gulf to Baghdad and Constantinople, and finally to Cairo in
the Mediterranean.
Central Route
At the time the Arabs were developing their trade with Asia, there
existed three trade routes connecting Europe to Asia. T or F
F. Europeans were developing
started from Malacca, then to the Indian Ocean and to the ports of
India, then to the Red Sea, and finally to Cairo in the Mediterranean.
Southern Route
They captured the city of
Constantinople through which two routes passed.
Turks
closed the
Northern and Central Routes.
Turks
In his desire to make
Portugal a sea power, he sent an expedition to the Azores, near the
coast of Africa in 1421.
Prince Henry
allowed the ____ to
use the Southern Route on condition that they pay a certain sum as
fee.
Venetians
came to monopolize the Southern Route
Venetians
Instruments for navigation developed by Prince Henry
astrolabe,
the windrose
compass,
and the caravel, which was a kind of ship.
compelled
Portugal and Spain to look for another route in Asia so they could
continue their lucrative trade with the Asian countries
Venetian monopoly
first to send expeditions to the East.
Portugal
most famous Portuguese navigators “The Navigator”
Prince Henry
Islands discovered by the Prince Henry expedition
Madeira and Azores
“discovered” North America in 1492
Christopher Colombus, a native of Genoa
“discovered” the
Cape of Good Hope (1487)
Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Diaz
a native of Genoa, which later became a part
of Italy, went to Spain and offered his services to the King and Queen.
Christopher Colombus
was sent by Spanish King and Queen to
explore what Colombus had found.
Amerigo
Vespucc (Italian)
“discovered” what is now Brazil (1500)
Vicente Pizon
crossed what is now Panama and “discovered” the Pacific Ocean
Nunez de Balboa
first sea power to
chart an alternate passage to India
Portugal
first country to sail to the East and establish colonies
Portugal
resulted from the “discoveries” made by Spain and
Portugal.
sea rivalry
a Spaniard, whose family name Borja was Italianized into Borgia,
issued a bull in 1493 dividing the world into two.
Pope Alexander
VI
All lands south and
west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands were to belong to
Spain
to take possession of the continent of
Africa.
Portugal
Pope issued another
bull on the same day (May 3) by which an imaginary line was drawn
from north to south at 100 degrees west of the Azores. T or F
T
second bull
May 3, 1493
Treaty of Tordesillas
Created to avoid any conflict between the two nations
treaty of tordesillas date
June 7, 1494.
Lands to be
discovered east of this line would belong to Portugal, and those
on the west would belong to Spain. T or F
T
East Portugal
West Spain
T
a Portuguese who went to Spain to offer his
services to the Spanish King
Ferdinand Magellan
With the help of his father-in-law and Don Juan de
Aranda, a man occupying a very high position in the Spanish India
House of Trade, Magellan was able to see King Charles I of Spain. T/F
T
King of Spain
King Charles I
date of meeting of King Charles and Magellan
1518
Moluccas aka
Spice islands (sailed west)
Five ships of the Magellan Expedition
Victoria
Concepcion
Trinidad
Santiago
San Antonio
where magellan and his men first heart mass
Church of Santa Lucia de la Victoria
when did the expedition left port and sailed southward across the Atlantic.
September 20,
1519
When did Magellan reach Rio de Plata
1520
When did Magellan reached Port St. Julian at
the southern tip of South America,
March
where mutiny of his captains took
place
Port St. Julian
When did Magellan reach the Ladrones Islands, now the Marianas?
1521
Ladrones islands were named by Magellan what
Islas de Ladrones (Islands of Thieves)
When did Magellan sighted the mountains of
what is now Samar
March 17, 1521