Chapter 8 - Age of Exploration Flashcards
Why did the silk road become increasingly dangerous?
The growth of the turkish empire meant that the muslim turks hated the christian europeans and made it difficult and expensive to travel in their lands
How did the sailors know how fast they were going
The sailors tied a log to the end of a rope and threw it overboard, the rope had a series of knots tied to it and the sailor simply counted the knot as they went through his hands
What was Prince Henry of Portugal known as?
Henry the Navigator
What did Prince Henry of Portugal do?
He set up a school for sailors at Port Sagres and invited europes most renowned mappers and navigators
How was scurvy caused?
Lack or vitamin C
What did Bartolomeu name the bottom of Africa and what was it renamed?
The cape of storms, the cape of good hope
Who renamed the bottom of africa and why
Portugese King John renamed it so sailors would not know how dangerous it was
What were the names of Columbus’ three ships and what type of ships were they?
Niña and Pinta were caravals and Santa Maria was a nao
What is a nao?
A bigger improved version of the caraval
When did Columbus’ voyage start
The third of august 1492
When was land sighted by Columus?
The 12 of october 1492
What did columbus name his island?
San salavador
What were the things columbus planted when he claimed the island for spain?
A spanish flag and a cross
What were heathens?
People who ‘worshipped fake gods’
What was a caravel a mix of?
Mediterranean and atlantic ships
What was clinker built?
A ship built with overlapping wood
What were astrolabes and qaudrents for?
To measure latitude (how far away they were from the eqautor
What did an astrolabe do?
It measured the position of the sun
What did a quandrant do?
It studied the position of the stars
Portolon maps
These maps recorded information like the shape of coastlines and how deep the sea was in certain places
Who wanted to discover the bottom of africa?
Prince Henry of Portugal
What did Henry set up?
A school for sailors
Where did all map and navigators meet up?
At sagres
When and who sailed to the bottom of Africa?
In 1487 Bartolomeu Diaz
Who made the first successful trip to India?
Vasco de Gama
How many set out to circumnavigate the globe?
284
How many survived the circumnavigation of the globe?
18
Who led the expedition to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
Where did Ferdinand Mallegan die and who was he killed by?
In the Phillippine islands by the natives
Who replaced Ferdinand Mallegan?
Sebastin del cano
Who is the most famous conquerer?
Hernando Cortez
Where did the spanish go first to conquer?
Tenochitlan
Who did the aztecs think Cortez was?
Their god, Quetzacoatl
Who was the aztec king?
Montezuma
When did the spanish get driven out?
1520
Who defeated the Incas?
Fransisco Pizzaro
What was the treaty that stopped two contrys from fighting over land?
The Treaty of Tordesillas
These maps recorded information like the shape of coastlines and how deep the sea was in certain places
PORTOLON MAPS
