midterm Flashcards
What was a caravel?
Revolutionary ship design combining keel with lateen sail
What is a keel?
Allows you to steer sails up big rivers
What is a lateen sail?
Triangular sail, gained the ability to sail into the wind, works like airplane wings
What was a quadrant used for
Allows navigators to find l’attitude at mid day or from the North Star
Where does Portugal get in 1485
Benin
What did Portugal gain from getting to benin
Gold, salt, some slaves
What did the Portuguese set up in Benin
Fortified trade posts / merchants called factories
What did Vasco de Gama come back with once he made it to India
One ship loaded with spice and treasures
What did Columbus pursue a career as
A navigator
What did Columbus spend his early career doing
Sailing Mediterranean and studying currents
Did Columbus know the earth was round
Yes
What did Columbus want with the social backing he searched for
To voyage to east Asia across the Atlantic
Who agreed to become sponsors and finance Columbus’ voyage in 1492
Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain
How many ships did Columbus get
3 ships, Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
Where did Columbus land
Landed in Bahamas and sailed to Quebec
Which of Columbus ships sank out of the three
The Santa Maria
What did Columbus have over the Indians
Crossbows, Swords, iron axes, armor
Did Columbus take natives back to Spain
Yes
When did Columbus come back to the Americas
1493
How many men did Columbus bring back to the Americas and what was his goal
1000 men; to begin colonization in the new world
Who was John Cabot
An Italian sea fairer
Where did John Cabot aim his voyage of Discovery
China and Japan
How many men was John Cabot given
18 men
What did John Cabot discover
Newfoundland
What did John Cabot bring back
Furs & information on good fishing spots
What happened to John Cabot’s second voyage
He disappeared
What did Hernán Cortés have
Good initiative, determination, &other good traits
What did Hernan Cortes do when he was 18
Sailed to Quebec and enrolled as a citizen, became wealthy, and was given more money and men to explore Mexico
What did hernan Cortes sink his money into to later get revolked
An expedition
What crime did hernan Cortes commit
Mutiny