Exploration And Discovery

Question 1

Spanish trade with its colonies in thr Americans - their treasure ships returned to Europe full of gold and silver.England was

Answer 1

Attracted by these financial oppurtunities who hoped they would get rich by trading illegally with Spanish colonies and raiding Spanish ships.

Question 2

England’s international trade was dominated by exports of woolwn cloth.Most exports went theough Antwerp which meant Philip could limit English access there.As tensions increase it became increasingly harder to get exports to Europe.Therefore

Answer 2

England were forced to find other alternatives .It encouraged English merchants to ake their international trade more varied.

Question 3

Also Elizabeth competed with Spain politically and commercially.She realise that England needed to compete with Spain globally .Therefore ,

Answer 3

She encouraged to English merchants to get involed in Long distance trade and privateering.And to explore oppurtunities for English colonies

Question 4

New Technology also made longer journeys possible.Until the 15th century most European sailors relied on coastal features to navigate.This made it

Answer 4

Impossible for them to cross oceans, where they could be out of sight for many weeks

Question 5

As the Spanish and portugease began exporing the oceans , they developed more advanced navigational techniques.They learnt how to navigate by the position of the starts or sun by using

Answer 5

A special instrument called a sea astrolabe.

Question 6

During Elizabeth’s reign , English sailors began learning these technqiues.What was a significant thing that caused this increase in navigation ?

Answer 6

In 1561, a key Spanish book was translated into English called the Art of Navigation.This gave sailors key info about how to use the sea astrolabe