European Exploration Flashcards
What years were the Age of Exploration?
1450-1700
Light weight sailing ships created by Prince Henry’s shipbuilders.
caravel
Science or art of making maps
Cartography
Italian man, who sailed for Spain
Christopher Columbus
Founded the colony of Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
In 1498, he sailed around Africa and across the Indian Ocean to India. He set up trading posts along this route, and Portugal became one of the great trading countries of Europe.
Vasco da Gama
An economic policy where colonies helped the main country by providing new resources and a market for goods.
mercantilism
What was in high demand, but could only be bought in Asia?
Spices, such as pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
Which country settled Brazil?
Portugal
Why did Europeans want more land?
- ) Increase the size of their empires
2. ) Find and use new natural resources
Why did many British colonists come to the new world?
They sought religious freedom.
Where were Portugal’s other colonies?
The coast of Africa and Asia
Where were Spain’s colonies?
Mostly in central and south America, however they did have some colonies on the north coast of Africa.
Where were the colonies of the British Empire?
North America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, India, and Australia
Where were the colonies of the French?
North America and Africa
The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries or of acquiring and holding colonies.
Imperialism
What developed as countries tried to grab colonies.
Rivalries
What occurred over control in Africa and Asia?
Conflicts
What were European countries constantly looking for?
Land to colonize
What did new colonies supply Europe with?
new markets, raw materials, and added to the country’s sense of prestige or greatness.
Strong military spirit or policy.
Militarism
Why did countries build strong armies and navies?
To defend their own country.
What are the three G’s?
Gold, God, Glory
European countries competed with each other for natural resources. What are some of the natural resources they were competing for?
gold, silk, spices
Europeans believed it was their duty to spread this throughout the world?
Christian faith
When one country takes over another country.
Imperialism
This person:
was from Portugal and began the age of European Exploration.
began Portugal’s exploration of Africa in the mid 1400s
hired sailors who explored the coast of Africa opened the way for future journeys.
Prince Henry
