The age of Exploration "Study Guide" Flashcards
Which Venetian explorer’s accounts of his travels to Asia encouraged exploration?
Marco Polo
What tools did navigators use to know where they were and where they were going?
astrolabe and magnetic compass
Who provided leadership for Portuguese exploration in the 1400s?
Prince Henry the Navigator
What landmark was Bartolomeu Dias the first European to reach?
Cape of Good Hope
What important route did Dias’s discovery lead to?
a route to the Indian ocean
Where did Vasco da Gama explore?
eastern coast of Africa
Although Pedro Alvares Cabral set sail for India, where did he accidentally end up reaching first?
Brazil
Where did Christopher Columbus make landfall on his first voyage?
Bahamas
Why did Columbus call the people he encountered “ Indians?”
He thought he was in the East Indies
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
divided land between Spain and Portugal
What names was given to the system of land and labor grants that the Spaniards set up to encourage settlers in their newly conquered lands?
encomiendas
What was the Spanish missionary who tried to end the enslavement of Indians?
Las Casas
Where are the Straits of Magellan?
Southern tip of S. America
What was the first English colony in North America?
Roanolce Island
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
Which explorer did not visit North America?
D. Ferdinand Magellan
What body of water did Vasco Nunez de Balboa reach with Francisco Pizarro?
The Pacific Ocean
Which trade got France interested in building colonies in the land called New France?
A. fur trade
Who was the first European to sail up the Atlantic coast of the present-day United States
Giovanni da Verrazano
Which North American area did Jacques Cartier claim for France?
Canada - Montreal
Who were the first Europeans to reach the Mississippi River?
Marguette & Jolliet
What did Henry Hudson accomplish?
sailed up a river in NY found an inland sea in Canada
What was the Middle Passage?
the journey of slaves from Africa to America
Which country took over the Spice Trade after Portugal weakened?
Netherlands
sextant
A navigational instrument used to measure the angle between two celestial bodies.
cartographer
A person who makes maps.
circumnavigate
To sail all the way around.
colonization
The process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
Indigenous
Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place.
fleet
A group of ships sailing together.
monopoly
Exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market.
mutiny
An act of rebellion against authority, especially among soldiers or sailors.
Northwest
The direction that is halfway between north and west.
Passage
A journey or trip, especially by sea.
spice
A substance made from a plant, used to give a special flavor to food.
