S6-The Age of Exploration

Question 0

What were the first ships used by the Portuguese in the 1400’s called?

Answer 0

Caravels

Question 1

What was the name of a person who payed for ships?

Answer 1

Patron

Question 2

What were the ships later used by the Portuguese?

Answer 2

Carracks And Naos

Question 3

What is the definition of navigation?

Answer 3

Knowing where you’re going

Question 4

What do you use to know what directions our going in?

Answer 4

Compass

Question 5

What happens when and how do you get scurvy?

Answer 5

Your gums get weak, bleed and your teeth fall out, happens because of lack of vitamins because of the lack of fresh food

Question 6

What is the name of the biscuits that sailors ate during the renaissance?

Answer 6

HardTack

Question 7

How did the sailors measure how fast they were going?

Answer 7

Log and line

Question 8

What’s the name of a person who makes maps?

Answer 8

Cartographer

Question 9

What was the special name for maps made during the renaissance?

Answer 9

Portalan Charts

Question 10

What is the technique ship builders used to make the hulls of Renaissance ships?

Answer 10

Clinker Building

Question 11

What did the Europeans want foreign people to become as a result of their exploration?

Answer 11

Convert to Christianity

Question 12

Why did the Europeans especially want to go to Asia for?

Answer 12

Spices

Question 13

What other than the food trade did the Europeans want from Asia?

Answer 13

Silk

Question 14

Who was in charge of the ship?

Answer 14

The Captain

Question 15

Who was second-in-command on a ship?

Answer 15

First Mate

Question 16

Definition and cause of dysentery

Answer 16

Diarrhoea due to dirty water

Question 17

What was the name of the tip of South Africa originally and presently?

Answer 17

Original:Cape of Storms

Present Name: Cape of Good Hope

Question 18

Name Three navigation tools Renaissance soldiers used and describe what they do

Answer 18

Astrolabe:
Quadrant:
Cross Staff:

-latitude

Question 19

Who were Christopher Columbus’ patrons?

Answer 19

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

Question 20

What was the name of Columbus’ journey and theory to prove that the world was round?

Answer 20

The Enterprise Of The Indies

Question 21

What year did Columbus set sail for the ‘Indies’ in?

Answer 21

1492

Question 22

Name the man who explored Mexico and conquered the Aztecs.

Answer 22

Hernando Cortes

Question 23

Why did the Europeans want their own spice trade route to Asia?

Answer 23

• Muslim rulers controlled trade-imposed high taxes
• spices preserved food
• spices added flavour
• spices hid flavour
• spices cured disease

Question 24

Why did rulers support exploration voyages?

Answer 24

``` They wanted... •control of spice trade, •gold+jewels, •to conquer land+build an empire •to spread Christianity ```

Question 25

When were caravels introduced?

Answer 25

Around 1400

Question 26

What improvements did caravels have?

Answer 26

* small, * fast, * easy to move, * lateen sails (triangular), * clinker built hulls, * waterproof decks and * could sail close to coast and up rivers

Question 27

What he ships were introduced after the caravels? What features did they have?

Answer 27

Carricks and Naos •bigger •could carry cargo •square and lateen sails

Question 28

What was used to measure speed on a boat?

Answer 28

Log and line

Question 29

What was used to find a ship's direction?

Answer 29

Compass

Question 30

What measured latitude on a ship? (X3)

Answer 30

Astrolabe Quarantine Cross Staff

Question 31

What Greek man created the first maps

Answer 31

Ptolemy

Question 32

What myths and legends inspired explorers to explore?

Answer 32

* Prestor John, a Christian King in Africa * Gold and silver * El Dorado (hugely wealthy city) * Fountain of Youth

Question 32

What was the dangers of sailing?

Answer 32

* storms * thirst * hunger * disease * hostility of natives

Question 33

Name a Portuguese patron. | What were his motives to explore?

Answer 33

Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) * gain Africa's riches * join with Prestor John to defeat the Muslims

Question 34

How did Prince Henry The Navigator help the Age of Exploration?

Answer 34

* paid for voyages * set up an exploration school in Sagres * mapped 2,400 on portal an charts * rounded Cape Bojador * made trade links with Africans * discovered he Madeira and Azores islands

Question 35

How did Bartholomew Diaz contribute to the age of exploration?

Answer 35

* 1487 three ships * January 1488, lost in storm for 13 days * rounded the "Cape of Storms" * lack of food sent him back home * King John II renamed it the "Cape of Good Hope"

Question 36

Which King did Bartholemew Diaz serve?

Answer 36

King John II

Question 37

Which King was Prince Henry under?

Answer 37

King John I

Question 38

What did Cabral do? -_-

Answer 38

He accidentally brought 13 ships to Portugal in 1500 Simple mistake

Question 39

Who was the first European to sail to the Indian Ocean?

Answer 39

Bartholomew Diaz

Question 40

Who was the first European to reach India via ocean?

Answer 40

Vasco daGama

Question 41

Briefly describe daGamas journey

Answer 41

* 1497 left Lisbon with 3 ships * On Christmas Day, landed on opposite side of Africa, naming it Natal * May 1948 reached Calicut in India * Return voyage to Africa took three months and many died of scurvy * returned to Portugal 1499

Question 42

What impact did the Portuguese have on the Age Of Exploration?

Answer 42

* mapped African coast * sea route to Asia * made trade links with the Africans * built empire in Asia and Brazil * broke muslim control of spice trade making spices cheaper

Question 43

Briefly describe Christopher Columbas' journey

Answer 43

* enterprise of the Indies * left 3 Aug 1492 w/ Niña, Pinta + Santa Maria * went to Canary Islands for Repairs+ provisions, left September 6 * October 8 Santa Maria spotted land * San Salvador 'our saviour' * -> Cuba ->Hispañola * Brought Indians and Gold home

Question 44

What is my father?

Answer 44

An idiot!