soc test 2 Flashcards
Eurpoenas exploeres reach america period?
40BC - 1500AD
“Land Ho!! captino, Land Ho!” said by whom?
Rodrigo de Trian
“All you men, keep a good lookout and watch well for land” Said by whom?
Christopher Columbus
Villages in old worl europe were..
seperate and small
Was there coms between the peopel of europe?
very little
Cottages were made up of…
mud,grass,wood, and had no wndows
for most people there were no..
formal eduaction
Agrarian dets with little
meats eaten
The fuedal system was
Only the wealthy had land with many poor
All land was owned by whom?
nobles
serfs were bound to what?
their soil
Manors were
self suffient and did little trade
gradually life will begin to change with what?
with encounters with asia, Africa, and the middle east.
Crusaders began where and what was there purpose
They began in the middle east and their purpose was to win back jerusalem in the holy wars.
because of the crusaders travelling
it sparked intrest in these new places
thousands of european soldiers began travelling ..
through europe , mideast, and asia
What is brought back to europe
exotic spices, silken materals, scented soaps, GUN POWDER, and knowledge in mathematics and science
Europe wants more of what?
Europe wants more of what the Mid east and Asia have
The Italian merchants capitalize on euros want of the new items and begin setting up what?
trade routes from Venice and Genoa
After europe sampling the stuff from Asia and Africa wanted more and to
cut our the middle man(which was the middle east)
Eero nation began competing for what?
water routes to Asia
The Portuguese headed what direction around what to get to where with no what?
They headed south around Africa to get to India with no directons and maps.
Who starts a school for sailors and navgation in the 1400s?
prince henry the navigator
What is prince henrys goal?
To get portuguese sailors good enough to establish reguler trade routes with Asia
In prince henrys shcool they were
graduating classes to try and sail further around africa building rich trade connections on the way.
What chalenge was posed to each class in prince henrys school?
to try and outdistance the previous class.
Who sailed his ship to the tip of africa in 1487 ( “cape of good hope”)
Bartholomew Dias
Who sailed completley around Africa in the Indian ocean to Aisa in 1498?
Vasco da Gama
The portugues explorers set up what?
The first water routes to India
Portugal becomes the what?
The leadng trade port of Europe and one of the richest countries.
Scientists have what for many years about who really set foot first on the americas
theorized
Scientists were sure of what
They were sure that the Natives inhabited the continents for thousands of years before any others.
The vikings approx(1000AD)
Eric the Red and Son Leif Ericson famous norse navagtors used island hopping to reach the Americas. (greeanland - vinland - to Newfoundlan)
The vikings Eric the Red and Son Leif Ericson were not gven credit because..
Ther settlement was not permanent
Chrstopher columbus grew up where
In the italian city state of Genoa
What was Chrstopher columbus trained as a?
Catographer (maps and charts)
Chrstopher columbus had a plan to go..
west to get to asia
Chrstopher columbus took 3 ships and their names were…
The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
Chrstopher columbus wanted to establish a what?
a shorter all water route to Asia
Italians were satisfied (and rich) with what?
The exisitng land routes they had established ( not interested in financing Chrstopher columbus)
Chrstopher columbus went to Span where he did what?
Where he formed a relation ship with the king and the queen who in turn financed his journey.
The king and queens names were..
Ferdinand and Isabella
Chrstopher columbus sails west and after many weeks and Rodrigo de Triano on board the Pinta calls…
Land on (October 11 1492)
Chrstopher columbus on October 12 claims the new land in the name of…
Spain
European nations felt all the land in the “New World” belonged to what?
To the first country which claims it
In all Chrstopher columbus travels to the Americans how many times and convinced about what?
He travels there 4 times and dies convnced he reached islands off the coast of India.(he didnt)
France claims:
mid America, the great lakes to the gulf of Mexico.
England claimed:
Narrow strip along the Atlantic
Spain claims:
The southern part of North America: (what is now california, NM, Texas, Arizona, Florida, and most of south America)
Portugla clamed:
The eastern portion of south America.
The _____ are captured and brought back to spain
The “Indians”
what happend to genoa and venice when trade started booming?
The became europes richest city states
Europeans began to look where?
east(cut out the mddle man)
talian merchants set up their frst trade route on what?
The old Romen silk road
Rodrigo de Trano was the frst to…
spot america
What did marco Polo encounter?
The pacific ocean, large cities, burning coal, fine woven materials, silk, leathers, palaces with powerful monarchs wth giant armies, gold, silver, precious, stones, and technology which surpassed the Europeans
Polo made what with powerful rulers?
treaties and deals( md east and asia)
In the Mid east and Asia Polo set up formal trade routes which broguht back what?
much wanted goods to European markets
Compass
Magnetized iron needle which pointed to north
Longtude to latitude -
Grid system on a map to pnpoint any location on the planet
Spain and england as long time rivals started to argue over what?
Colonial clams in America
The british and span empires prepared for what?
war
Spain bulds a giant army of warships to conquer and invade england. What was this giant army called?
The spanish armada
England against the spanish armada was..
heavly outgunned and outmanned
What happens to the spanish armada while sailng to England?
It is hit by a hurricane which sinks half of the armada which ends spains power in the Americas.
French and England are left as what?
As the main powers of the Americas
