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What was the name of the person that pays for ships to explore ?…?

Answer it

A

A PATRON!

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What were the first ships the Portuguese used in the 1400s?…?

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CARAVEL

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What happened during the renaissance ?

Ship wise-it includes ships

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EXPLORATIONS!

Dumbass

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What were the bigger ships that had both square and lantern sails?

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CARAVELS!

Or naos

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What is it called when you NAVIGATE something?

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NAVIgation

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5
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What is the tool used by sailors to measure latitude ???

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A cross-staff

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What is the name of the tool you use to tell what DIRECTION you are going in?

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A Compass! Who would have knew!

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What is the tool used by sailors to find the ships position north or south of the equator?

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An astrolabe!

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What is ANOTHER tool used to measure latitude?

Excluding cross-staff

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A QUADRANT

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What is the deficiency disease that sailors got because of lack of fresh fruit?

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SCURVY!!

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What was the proffered food used by sailors because IT DIDNT GO OFF AS QUICKLY???

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HARDTACK

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What was a tool used to calculate the ships speed?

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A LOG AND LINE

NO WAAAAY

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What is a person who makes maps called?

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Cartographer

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What were CLINKER-BUILT hulls used for?

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To protect ships during stormy weather

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What religion did rulers of the countries want to spread?

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Christianity

…the stupids

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What trade did Europe want to get control of ?

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The SPICE trade

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What was the leader(?) of a ship called?

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The CAPTAIN

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17
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Who was the second in command on a ship?

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The captains first mate

18
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What was a disease spread by dirty water?

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Dysentery

19
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Bartholomew Dias discovered the cape of storms but wanted it to be used so renamed it ________

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The cape of good hope

20
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How many ships did Columbus have?

A

3
The Nina
The Pinta
The Santa Maria

21
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Why did Columbus stop at the Canary Islands ??

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For ship repairs and supplies.

22
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What did Columbus call the first island he saw?

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San Salvador

23
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What did Columbus call the natives he found and why??

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He called the natives Indians,he thought he had landed in Asia.

24
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How many voyages did Columbus go on after he discovered San Salvador???????

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THREE

25
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What is the definition of salvation???..?????

A

How to get to heaven

26
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What is theology??

A

The study of religion

27
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What is a theologian??

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A person who has studied religion /or studies it!!!

28
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What is a heretic!!!?????

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Someone who disagrees with the church’s religion teachings

29
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What is excommunication??

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The act of banishing a member of a church from the communication of believers and the privileges of the church,cutting a person off from a religious society!!!!

Bet you learned it- Caoi
Bet you didn’t- Cassandra

30
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What is theology??

A

The study of religion

31
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What was a papal bull??

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A papal bull was a letter from the pope

32
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What is excommunication?

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Excommunication is when you are banned from something and not respected,basically shunned.

33
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Who was the Holy Roman Emperor ??

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The Holy Roman Emperor was Charles The Fifth.

Nyaaaa.

34
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What was Justification by Faith Alone??

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Justification by Faith Alone was Luther’s theory they the only way into heaven was to be Faithful to the church .

35
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What was a heretic??

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A heretic was someone who went against the churches teachings.

36
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What was a edict??

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An edict was a council that made a decision not unlike a judge in a court..

FREAKING REMEMBER THE EDICT OF WORMS

37
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What were the 95 theses ??

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The 95 theses were the 95 arguments that Luther made against the Catholic Church.

38
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Who is an elector?

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An elector is someone who votes on promoting a certain person to a certain level of power.

39
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What was a Diet??

The Diet of Worms

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A diet was a grand meeting

40
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What was a sacrament ?

A

,

41
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What was a Lutheran??

A

Someone who followed Luther’s teachings

42
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Predestination ,

What is it?

A

Hod had chosen whether you were going to heaven or not before you were born.
(Calvin’s theory)

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