Coming of the Europeans Flashcards
Where and when was Christopher Columbus born?
Genoa, Italy in about 1451
Columbus’s birth name was?
Cristoforo Columbo
Columbus was the son of a _________
weaver
From 1477, whenever Columbus wasn’t at sea he lived where?
Lisbon
What influenced columbus to believe that it was possible to reach the east( indies )by sailing to the west?
ptolemy’s geography and the views of Paolo Toscanelli
What was the nationality of Paolo Toscanelli?
Italian
What was the name that the Europeans used to call China?
Cathay
Paolo Toscanelli estimated that the distance from Europe to Cathay was no more than _________?
5000 nautical miles
Define patronage
the support given by an organization to someone (a patron)
What was the name of Columbus’s younger brother?
Bartholomew
Who was Queen Isabella’s husband?
King Ferdinand of Aragon
Queen Isabella agreed to columbus’s first project in?
`1492
What was the agreement that was made between Columbus and Queen Isabella?
all the lands that were discovered would be the exclusive property of the House of castile and should be settled by only castillians. In return Isabella would give Columbus three caravels, the title of “Viceroy” of all the lands he discovered with control over their trade and shipping and a tenth share of their wealth.
In what year was Columbus’s first voyage?
1492
What were the names of Columbus’s three ships and how much did they weigh?
Nina (50 tons), Pinta (54 tons), Santa Maria (90 tons)
Which of Columbus’s three ships was his flagship?
Santa Maria
Columbus chose two brothers as his other captains on his first voyage, what were their names?
Martin Pinzón & Vicente Pinzón
How many men made up Columbus’s ship crew on his first voyage?
94 men
Columbus sailed from Palos in south-west Spain on?
August 3, 1492
Columbus made first for the Canary Islands the ____________ off the north-west coast of Africa which after it had been discovered in the __________ century, had been awarded to _______ by the Pope.
archipelago, fourteenth, Spain
On ___________ Columbus’s crew saw ________ which indicated land and the next day Columbus sighted an island in the Bahamas to which he gave the name ____________.
October 11, birds, San Salvador.
Columbus explored the northern coast of Cuba which he named _________ after _______________________
Juana, Prince Juan of Spain
What is the windward passage?
a strait in the Caribbean Sea between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola
Columbus and his crew landed at Hispaniola on __________
December 16, 1492
At a place on the north coast now called Caracol Bay, Columbus decided to found a settlement called __________?
Why did he name it that?
La Navidad, because it was christmas time when he found it
How many men volunteered to stay with Columbus at the settlement he found at Caracol Bay?
40 men
A friendly cacique named _______________ assisted in carrying timbers from the wrecked Santa Maria to help build a fort
Guacanagari
Columbus set sail in the Nina on his return voyage on ___________, and two days later the Pinta rejoined him.
January 4, 1493
Name four things Columbus brought back home after his first voyage
parrots, gold, cotton and nine taino captives
Why were Tainos referred to as Indians?
Columbus b was convinced that he had reached the Indies
Columbus’s two ships arrived back to Palos from his first voyage on _____________________
March 13, 1493
After Columbus’s first voyage, their was some sensation in Spain. What happened?
Columbus was made ‘Admiral of the Ocean Sea Viceroy and Governor of the Islands that he hath discovered in the Indies’ and in April 1493 he was received with great excitement by the King and Queen of Barcelona, where they were holding court.
When did Columbus make his second voyage into the new world?
1493-1496
How many months after his return from his first voyage was Columbus sent back for his second?
seven months
Define armada
a fleet of warships
For his second voyage, Columbus was provided with an armada of _____ ships. Between these carried atleast _____ seamen, colonists, clergy and officials with not one ______ among them. The nine Taino captives were also included to act as _______.
17, 1200, woman, interpreters
Name a few things which were taken from the second voyage
cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, and sugar cane from the Canary Islands
On his second voyage Columbus reached the Indies on ________________ at ________
November 3, 1493, Dominica
How did the Caribbean island ‘Dominica’ receive its name?
Columbus named Dominica after the Spanish word for Sunday.
When Columbus reached the West Indies in 1493 he was first at Dominica and from there he went to ___________ and to ___________
Marie Galante, Guadeloupe
How did the island ‘Marie Galante’ in Guadeloupe receive its name?
Columbus named Marie Galante after his flagship Santa Maria.
Define flagship
the ship that carries the commander of a fleet
Name all the islands that Columbus named on his second voyage
Montserrat, Redonda, Antigua, Nevis, St. Christopher, St. Eustatius, Saba, Santa Cruz, and the Virgin Islands.
Columbus was making first for Hispaniola, but he stopped first at Puerto Rico where he found a Taino tribe called ________
Borinquen
Columbus reached La Navidad on ______________ to find that the settlement _____________. he had left it under the care of ______________ and warned his men _____________. Columbus blamed the Taino and took revenge by _________ them.
November 27, disappeared, Guacanagari, not to interfere with local women, massacring
Columbus sent some Taino back to Spain as ________, but _________ set them free and was angry with Columbus.
slaves, Isabella
Define mutiny
to refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority
The Spanish settlers were unhappy at finding so little gold and they _______ when Columbus put them to work building another settlement on the north coast which he named _________..
mutinied, Isabella
What was the name of Columbus’s unpopular brother whom he left in charge of Hispaniola when he went exploring?
Diego
When Columbus returned to Hispaniola he was faced with a Taino attack which nearly all the _______ except _________ had united. With only _____ armed men, Columbus defeated thousands of Taino on the _________.
caciques, Guacanagari, 200, Vega Real Plain
After the defeat in Hispaniola, Columbus enslaved _____ tainos. All the males over ______yrs were forced to labor for the Spaniards or pay a tribute of _______________________________ every _______ months.
500, a half an ounce of gold or twenty five pounds of cotton, 3
Bad reports of the Columbus brother were heard sympathetically by ________?
Who is he?
Juan de Fonseca, the controller of the settlement of the Indies who was jealous of Columbus
