The Age of Exploration

Question 1

In the early 1400s, one kingdom will emerge to lead the way in finding a new route to India

Answer 1

Portugal

Question 2

Why Portugal

Answer 2

-Location to the Atlantic
-Location to Africa
-Location to the Muslim world (Astrolabe)

Question 3

Prince Henry the Navigator builds a school in ___

Answer 3

Lisbon

Question 4

when did Prince Henry build a school in Lisbon?

Answer 4

1415

Question 5

As Portuguese explorers searched for a way around Africa, they created ___ and ___ to provide ___ for other ___

Answer 5

1.Outpost
2.colonies
3.supplies
4.voyages

Question 6

1488-___ discovers the tip of Africa

Answer 6

Bartolomeu Dias

Question 7

who is the 1st European to reach India by sea?

Answer 7

Vasco da Gama

Question 8

Near the end of the 1400s, a rival had emerged to challenge Portugal

Answer 8

Spain.

Question 9

Hoping to find their own route to India before the Portuguese, ___ funded ___ voyage

Answer 9

1.Ferdinand and Isabelle
2.Christopher Columbus

Question 10

When did Columbus reach the Caribbean?

Answer 10

1492

Question 11

Although the Spanish did not immediately find a way to India, contact between ___ and will overshadow trade with ___

Answer 11

Europe, Asia and the Americas will overshadow trade with Mughals

Question 12

It will be a long time before Spain realizes that they encountered ___

Answer 12

two unknown continents

Question 13

___ voyage is the first to circumnavigate the globe

Answer 13

Ferdinand Megallan

Question 14

When did this happen?

Answer 14

1519

Question 15

From this moment on, Europeans have a better understanding on ___

Answer 15

how big the earth is

Question 16

Treaty of Tordesillas-

Answer 16

divided Portuguese claims
-Portugal gets part of South America (Brazil)
-Spain allowed to colonize Pacific Islands (Philiphines)

Question 17

When was the Treaty of Tordesillas created?

Answer 17

1494

Question 18

Spain will continue to conquer the native peoples
as they explore

Answer 18

-Conquistadors
-Hernando Cortez defeats the Aztecs in Mexico-1519
-Francisco Pizarro defeats the Incas in Peru-1531

Question 19

It is estimated that ___ of Americas population will die of small pox alone

Answer 19

90%

Question 20

European advantages over Native American
peoples:
Technology-
disease-
Native Allies-
New Theory-

Answer 20

Technology- steel, guns and horses
– Disease- smallpox, chicken pox, and plague
– Native Allies- many native groups preferred Spanish
rule to Native Empires
– New theory- Native tactic of fighting for captives?