Semester B Unit 1 Flashcards
- What were three major motivations for European voyages of exploration?
Curiosity; desire to spread Christianity; search for new trade routes to Asia
- Why did Europeans wanted to find a sea route to Asia?
The Ottomans blocked the land route to Asia
- Who is credited with ushering in the Age of Exploration, and what country was he from?
Prince Henry the Navigator; Portugal
- What were three inventions that helped early explorers sail in uncharted waters?
Caravels; light and maneuvarable boats
Compass; allowed sailors to find their way
Astrolabe; helped sailors estimate their latitude
- Portuguese traders were the first Europeans to establish trade routes in what continent in the Eastern Hemisphere?
Africa
- Fill in the chart with information about each explorer: Explorer’s Country of Origin, Country That Sponsored Expeditions, Significant Accomplishments.
PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
Portugal; Portugal; First to encourage and sponsor sea explorations
- Fill in the chart with information about each explorer: Explorer’s Country of Origin, Country That Sponsored Expeditions, Significant Accomplishments.
BARTOLOMEU DIAS
Portugal; Portugal; First to sail around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa
- Fill in the chart with information about each explorer: Explorer’s Country of Origin, Country That Sponsored Expeditions, Significant Accomplishments.
VASCO DA GAMA
Portugal; Portugal; First to reach India and Asia from Europe
- Fill in the chart with information about each explorer: Explorer’s Country of Origin, Country That Sponsored Expeditions, Significant Accomplishments.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Italy; Spain; First to cross the Atlantic
- Fill in the chart with information about each explorer: Explorer’s Country of Origin, Country That Sponsored Expeditions, Significant Accomplishments.
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
Italy; Portugal; Concluded that the land Colombus had discovered was not the Indies, but a new continent
- Fill in the chart with information about each explorer: Explorer’s Country of Origin, Country That Sponsored Expeditions, Significant Accomplishments.
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
Portugal; Spain; Captain of the first crew to sail around the world, but died before finishing the journey himself
- Fill in the chart with information about each explorer: Explorer’s Country of Origin, Country That Sponsored Expeditions, Significant Accomplishments.
JOHN CABOT
Italy; England; Discovered Canada in search for a sea route across North America
- Fill in the chart with information about each explorer: Explorer’s Country of Origin, Country That Sponsored Expeditions, Significant Accomplishments.
GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO
Italy; France; Discovered New York Harbor in search for a sea route across North America
- Fill in the chart with information about each explorer: Explorer’s Country of Origin, Country That Sponsored Expeditions, Significant Accomplishments.
JACQUES CARTIER
France; France; Established France’s claim to the region along the St. Lawrence River in search for a sea route across North America
- What dispute did Pope Alexander VI attempt to settle by drawing a line on a map of the Atlantic Ocean? How did the line settle the dispute, and where was it located?
The dispute was on how to divide distant lands; it gave all lands east of the line to Portugal, and all lands west to Spain
- How did a shift in the map line after the Treaty of Tordesillas change colonization in the New World?
It gave much of Brazil to Portugal, leaving the rest for Spain
- What were the goals of early Spanish explorers?
They wanted to find new routes to Asia and to conquer new lands across the seas; they wanted to win glory for themselves and new lands from the Spanish crown; some wanted to convert others to Christianity; most were in search of gold.
- Who were the conquistadors, and what military advantages did they have over the native peoples they encountered?
The conquistadors were ruthless Spanish adventurers who invaded Central and South America in the early 1500s; they had superior weaponry and often used treacherous tactics; military advantages included horses, weapons made of steel, and cannons.
- Briefly describe the conquest of the Aztec Empire by Hernán Cortés.
He took the Aztec emperor Montezuma II hostage and cut off the food
and water supply to Tenochtitlán, the capital city of the empire. In addition, an outbreak of smallpox spread through the city. The Spanish eventually took the city and, on the site of the Aztec capital, the victors built Mexico City as the capital of New Spain.
- What empire did Spanish leader Francisco Pizarro conquer? How did he succeed?
Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire and its capital city of Cuzco in Peru. When he arrived in Peru he discovered that smallpox and civil war had weakened the once-powerful empire. Pizarro took the Inca leader Atahualpa hostage, and a few hundred Spanish soldiers were able to overcome 80,000 Inca warriors. Within a few years, the Inca Empire had fallen to Pizarro.
- In addition to gold and silver, what goods from the New World did the Spanish and Portuguese wish to take back to Europe?
indigo, animal hides, food products (including chocolate, corn, tomatoes, potatoes, sugar)
- What is the meaning of the title viceroy, and how did the Spanish king use viceroys to maintain control of New World colonies? Give an example.
In place of the king; made them control every part of colonist life
What are the 5 class levels in the Spanish colonies?
Viceroys, people who ruled Spanish colonies in place of the king; Peninsulares, native Spaniards; Creoles, members of Spanish families that were born and raised in America; Mestizos, mixed race between Spaniard and native peoples; and native people
- What was Portugal’s only South American colony? How did Portuguese explorers discover the region, and what did it become?
The Portuguese did not realize they had been given any part of South America until the explorer Pedro Cabral was blown off course and landed on the coast. The region later became Brazil.
- What parts of North America did the French colonize?
northeastern Canada and along the Mississippi River
- What parts of North America did the English colonize?
the northeastern coast and northern Canada
- What was the first successful English colony in North America?
Jamestown, Virginia
- Why did thousands of English settlers come to New England to establish colonies?
They were searching for a place where they could practice their religion in peace.
- What was the Columbian Exchange?
A transfer of peoples, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds
- Where did wheat become a staple crop after the Columbian Exchange?
US and other American countries
- What export led to dramatic population growth in England and France after it was brought there from the New World?
Potatoes
- What European diseases killed millions of Native Americans, and which was the most devastating of those diseases?
measles, chickenpox, malaria, yellow fever, and smallpox; smallpox was the worst
Briefly explain the ideas behind the following concepts.
MERCANTILISM
A nation’s power is directly connected to its wealth; a nation’s wealth depends on the amount of gold and silver