Exploration And Explotation Flashcards by MaMish Simkin

Time frame

14-1750

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As a result of exploration the world becomes..

With the development of…

A smaller, more familar place

Advances in shipbuilding and maps

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The first culture to begin to explore was the..

Chinese - Zheng Ze

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The other culture that began early exploration were

The Vikings

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Where were the Vikings originally from?
They eventually explore…
They are the first Europeans to..

Norway
Iceland
Make contact w/ North America

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Vikings are known for…

They will settle in..

Longboats

Greenland

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The Muslim traders were the first to explore…

This will lead to

East Asia
Spice islands
And India
The spread of Islam throughout the far East

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Who were the first to explore North Africa and west Africa?

This leads to

The Muslims

Adoption of Islam in Mali and the Songhai empire (1300-1500)

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European Hegemony
Year?
What’s hegemony?

1410-1700

Complete domination

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European hegemony is the exploration of

North 
South America 
Middle East 
Africa 
India and China

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Which years is known as the renaissance and scientific revolution

1500-1600

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The Renaissance and scientific revolution serves as

The economic motive and means for exploration

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Who are the first to begin exploration?

Led by?

Portuguese

King John

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What do the Portuguese explore in North Africa

What year

They explore and settle in Ceuta in North Africa

1410

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Spain becomes the first

European country after Portugal to begin exploring the world

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What is Spain’s motivation?

3 Gs

1) GD
2) Gold
3) Glory

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Areas explored by Portugal:
Motivation?
Awarded by who? In what year?

Far East
East Asia
Spice island
Motivation: economic in trade and ontaining spices
Awarded by Brazil by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) by the ppl

Spain explores and conquers

South America and Central America

What were the Muslims motivation for exploration?

Trade and conversion

The Muslims explore…
All of these nations are still…
Which are…

North Africa
Still Islamic
Morocco,Libya,TangierS, Algeria

Kingdom of Mali
Year
Where also known as

1300s

North and west Africa known as the gold cost

What is in the middle of Africa?

Sahara desert-biggest desert

Who turns Mali into a devout Muslim

Nation?

King Mansa Musa

Mali is rich in

Gold

What’s a haji? Who made it? To where? The people there were? Why?

A holy pilgrimage-journey To Egypt The ppl there were stunned by the mag of wealth/gold

Songhai empire Year? Where

Late 1400 | Bottom of west Africa

Songhai rises to

Prominance for a brief period of time

Songhai includes... | It becomes a..

Niger River | A Muslim power for 100 yrs

Motives for European exploration

Economic

Mercantilism

Is when a powerful nation takes over a weaker area or nation and exploits (takes advantage) for economic gain - the idea is for the mother country to have a favorable trade

The European nations needed.. | Ex:

To find a new route to the Far East for the spices becaus Arab nations dominated the overland route Otttimans controlled Constantinople-‘existing of trade (from the Silk Road)

Imperialism-

Colonialism: | This is when a powerful nation takes over a weaker one and settls its own ppl in it and dominate sit, economically

King of Portugal? Year? Encourages.. (who) Becomes the first

King John- 1400 Prince Henry the navigator encourages exploration and the Portuguese becomes the first European nation to explore around the coast of Africa

What allowed the Europeans to dominate the rest of the world?

The technology like shipbuilding and maps

The main motivation for European exploration is

Economic

The main means of domination () is

Hegemony | Technology

New inventions during the age of exploration leads to

Scientific revolution which leads into the renaissance

``` Bartolomeu Dias Year Where is he from He is the ... to explore And attempt to ... ```

1488 First explorer from Portugal to explore the coast of Africa and attempt to go around the Cape of Good Hope (bottom of Africa)

The treaty of Tordesillas Year What happens

1494 The pope creates an imaginary line that divides the world into two halves for Spain and Portugal to explore. The line runs through south smarties and is the reason why Brazil belonged to Portugal

Vasco de Gama | He is the first

European who sails around Africa to India for Portugal

Fernand Magellan | What does he do? For how many years and what years

He sails around the world for 3 year 1519-1522

``` Christophe Columba (Christopher Colombus) What does he do? ```

He discovered the americas But the best way to understand it is that he discovered the existence of the continent for Europe