Keywords Flashcards
What was the name of the person that pays for ships to explore ?…?
Answer it
A PATRON!
What were the first ships the Portuguese used in the 1400s?…?
CARAVEL
What happened during the renaissance ?
Ship wise-it includes ships
EXPLORATIONS!
Dumbass
What were the bigger ships that had both square and lantern sails?
CARAVELS!
Or naos
What is it called when you NAVIGATE something?
NAVIgation
What is the tool used by sailors to measure latitude ???
A cross-staff
What is the name of the tool you use to tell what DIRECTION you are going in?
A Compass! Who would have knew!
What is the tool used by sailors to find the ships position north or south of the equator?
An astrolabe!
What is ANOTHER tool used to measure latitude?
Excluding cross-staff
A QUADRANT
What is the deficiency disease that sailors got because of lack of fresh fruit?
SCURVY!!
What was the proffered food used by sailors because IT DIDNT GO OFF AS QUICKLY???
HARDTACK
What was a tool used to calculate the ships speed?
A LOG AND LINE
NO WAAAAY
What is a person who makes maps called?
Cartographer
What were CLINKER-BUILT hulls used for?
To protect ships during stormy weather
What religion did rulers of the countries want to spread?
Christianity
…the stupids
What trade did Europe want to get control of ?
The SPICE trade
What was the leader(?) of a ship called?
The CAPTAIN
Who was the second in command on a ship?
The captains first mate
What was a disease spread by dirty water?
Dysentery
Bartholomew Dias discovered the cape of storms but wanted it to be used so renamed it ________
The cape of good hope
How many ships did Columbus have?
3
The Nina
The Pinta
The Santa Maria
Why did Columbus stop at the Canary Islands ??
For ship repairs and supplies.
What did Columbus call the first island he saw?
San Salvador
What did Columbus call the natives he found and why??
He called the natives Indians,he thought he had landed in Asia.