Exploration

Question 1

When did Sir Francis Drake circumnavigate the globe?

Answer 1

1557

Question 2

What were the reasons for exploration?

Answer 2

Needed new trading opportunities
New technology made navigation more precise
Ship designs improve
Encouragement to raid Spanish colonies in “the new world”
Funding from private investors such as Elizabeth

Question 3

Why did English merchants need new trading opportunities?

Answer 3

War with Spain and wars in The Netherlands damaged the cloth trade

Question 4

What developments happened on ships that lead to increased exploration?

Answer 4

They became Faster, more stable and had greater firepower

Question 5

What was the significance of Drakes circumnavigation of the globe?

Answer 5

Improved reputation as a sea faring power
Improved navy- seen as best means of defence
Increased trade
New links created through colonies
Aggravated Phillip

Question 6

What was the attempted colonisation of Virginia, when did it happen and who planned it?

Answer 6

A plan to create new links to the new world through colonising Virginia
1584-85
Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 7

What was the timeline of the colonisation of Virginia

Answer 7

84- plan made to send a team to explore Virginia and report back
85- 107 men sent to Roanoke
86- struggle to feed themselves, face hostile native Americans, plan abandoned
87- more people sent over to re-establish a colony
90- colony found abandoned

Question 8

Why did the colony fail?

Answer 8

Not enough food
Colony not resupplied often enough due to war with Spain
Expeditions lacked the skills needed to work land and build defence
Colonists couldn’t defend themselves

Question 9

Why did the colonists not have enough food?

Answer 9

Arrived too late to plant crops, food spoiled

Question 10

What was the significance of the attempted colonisation?

Answer 10

Served as a template for future attempts
End of the 17th century- 13 colonies with their own govts on the east coast

Question 11

What lead t an increase in exploration?

Answer 11

Investments
Ships
New technology
Trade
Maps

Question 12

Why did maps lead to increased exploration?

Answer 12

Standardised maps like the Mercator map (1569) made sailors feel secure in their voyages

Question 13

What new technology lead to an increase in exploration?

Answer 13

Nautical devices
Quadrants
Astrolabes
-safer and faster

Question 14

What new features of ships lead to an increase in exploration?

Answer 14

Faster- larger sails
More firepower
Increased stability
More manoeuvreable