The Age of Exploration Flashcards
In the early 1400s, one kingdom will emerge to lead the way in finding a new route to India
Portugal
Why Portugal
-Location to the Atlantic
-Location to Africa
-Location to the Muslim world (Astrolabe)
Prince Henry the Navigator builds a school in ___
Lisbon
when did Prince Henry build a school in Lisbon?
1415
As Portuguese explorers searched for a way around Africa, they created ___ and ___ to provide ___ for other ___
1.Outpost
2.colonies
3.supplies
4.voyages
1488-___ discovers the tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
who is the 1st European to reach India by sea?
Vasco da Gama
Near the end of the 1400s, a rival had emerged to challenge Portugal
Spain.
Hoping to find their own route to India before the Portuguese, ___ funded ___ voyage
1.Ferdinand and Isabelle
2.Christopher Columbus
When did Columbus reach the Caribbean?
1492
Although the Spanish did not immediately find a way to India, contact between ___ and will overshadow trade with ___
Europe, Asia and the Americas will overshadow trade with Mughals
It will be a long time before Spain realizes that they encountered ___
two unknown continents
___ voyage is the first to circumnavigate the globe
Ferdinand Megallan
When did this happen?
1519
From this moment on, Europeans have a better understanding on ___
how big the earth is
Treaty of Tordesillas-
divided Portuguese claims
-Portugal gets part of South America (Brazil)
-Spain allowed to colonize Pacific Islands (Philiphines)
When was the Treaty of Tordesillas created?
1494
Spain will continue to conquer the native peoples
as they explore
-Conquistadors
-Hernando Cortez defeats the Aztecs in Mexico-1519
-Francisco Pizarro defeats the Incas in Peru-1531
It is estimated that ___ of Americas population will die of small pox alone
90%
European advantages over Native American
peoples:
Technology-
disease-
Native Allies-
New Theory-
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?
