terms and themes unit 6 Flashcards
stern-post rudder
invented by the Chinese helped ships to move easier
lateen sail
triangular sailallowed ships to moveinvented by muslims
caravel
invented by the Portuguese new type of ship sturdy and maneuverable
magnetic compass
navigation instrumentinvented by the chinese
astrolobe
invented by muslimsenabled mariners to determine their latitude
sextant
europeans invented navigation tool
trade winds and westerly winds
by studying these Europeans were able to figure out how to sail safely around africa
archipelago
small groups of islands
colony
distant territories formed/ruled by their empire
portugal
first leader in maritime exploration across atlantic
sugar
a crop from south-east asia that was very valuable in europe
plantations
a large farm where slaves grew sugar
monopoly
one rule(r)
Prince Henry the navigator
patron of navigation and supported many explotory voyages of west africa in the hopes of entering the gold trade and finding new routes to pepper
Bartolomeu Dias
first european to sail to the cape of good hope in 1488
Vasco da Gama
in 1498 was the first portuguese/european explorer to sail around the cape of good hope.
Cape of Good Hope
southern Africa
Patron
a person who gives financial or other support to a person
Trading-post empire
an empire where the portugues would seize or build key trading cities and force merchants to stop there and make them pay to trade or even dock
Land-based Empire
an empire that is controlled from the land
Safe-conduct passes
Forced all merchant ships to purchase in orde to trade safely if one didn’t have the pass, it would result in execution or have their hands cut off and items confiscated
armed trading
Portuguese used weapons as means of trade
straits
narrow water passages