The Age Of Exploration

Question 0

Caravel

Answer 0

A small, fast, ship.

Question 1

Patron

Answer 1

A person who sponsored voyages.

Question 2

Carracks/Naos

Answer 2

Larger ships. Bigger than caravels, they could hold more cargo.

Question 3

Navigation

Answer 3

Plotting the course of a journey.

Question 4

Cross-staff

Answer 4

Instruments used to measure latitude.

Question 5

Compass

Answer 5

Something used to show the direction you are going.

Question 6

Astrolabe

Answer 6

Used to check the latitude of the sun.

Question 7

Scurvy

Answer 7

A disease contracted by not consuming enough Vitamin C.

Question 8

Hardtack

Answer 8

Hard biscuits.

Question 9

Log and Line

Answer 9

A sailor would throw a piece of wood in the water, and they would tie a knot in the rope attached every minute.

Question 10

Cartography

Answer 10

Mapmaking

Question 11

Portalan charts

Answer 11

Maps from the age of exploration

Question 12

Clinker-built

Answer 12

Pieces of wood interlocking on a ship

Question 13

Christianity

Answer 13

The religion

Question 14

Spice trade

Answer 14

The trading of spice.

Question 15

Captain

Answer 15

The person in charge of a ship

Question 16

First mate

Answer 16

The captains right hand man

Question 17

Dysentery

Answer 17

A disease contracted from drinking dirty water.

Question 18

Cape of good hope

Answer 18

The tip of Africa

Question 19

Sponsors

Answer 19

People who funded a voyage of exploration (King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella)

Question 20

How many ships did Christopher Columbus have?

Answer 20

He had three, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.

Question 21

Why did Columbus stop at the Canary Islands?

Answer 21

To fix repairs and gather supplies.

Question 22

What did Columbus call the first island?

Answer 22

San Salvador.

Question 23

What did Columbus call the people he found and why?

Answer 23

He called them Indians because he thought he was in India.

Question 24

Name some places Columbus discovered.

Answer 24

Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Panama, Jamaica and the mouth of the Orinoco river.

Question 25

When did Columbus die?

Answer 25

1506

Question 26

Name some items Columbus brought back that hadn’t been seen in Europe before.

Answer 26

Hammocks, pineapples, turkeys and tobacco.

Question 27

Consequences of The Age of Exploration?

Answer 27

1. The creation of empires in the discovered islands
2. New goods
3. Discoveries changed the European view
4. The impact on the natives
5. The growth of the slave trade
6. Conflicts between European Powers.

Question 28

Who were the conquistadors?

Answer 28

Explorers building an empire for Spain.

Question 29

What was the name of the Aztec capital?

Answer 29

Tenochtitlan