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U5 L6 Portugal Flashcards

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What were the Portuguese first to do?

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  • round Africa

- contact Japan and China

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Why was Prince Henry called the Navigator?

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  • had desire to explore
  • obtain wealth
  • spread Gospel
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What did Prince Henry prefer to do rather than dealing with the Moors?

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  • study navigation

- encourage exploration

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Where was the school of navigation that Prince Henry established?

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Sagres

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5
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Who did the navigation school at Sagres hire as professors?

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captains and mapmakers

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What places did Portuguese sailors discover during Prince Henry’s time?

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  • Gold Coast
  • Azores
  • Cape Verde Islands
  • Madeiras

GACM

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What did Bartholomew arriving at the tip of Africa prove?

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possibility of circumnavigating the ‘dark continent’ did exist

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8
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What did Bartholomew Dias name the tip of Africa?

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Cape of Storms

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What did the Portuguese king rename the tip of Africa?

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Cape of Good Hope

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What was Vasco de Gama’s reception when he arrived at Calicut, India?

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hostile

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How much crew and ships did Vasco de Gama have remaining when he returned to Lisbon?

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  • one half of ships

- one third of crew

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How much were the goods Vasco de Gama brought from his expedition sold for?

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60 times the cost of the expedition

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How did Prince Henry try to find a route to the East Indies?

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sailing around Africa

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What did Columbus think he was sailing to in 1492?

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East Indies

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What was the purpose of the three papal decrees/Papal Line of Demarcation?

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dividing new lands between Spain and Portugal

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16
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Who discovered the tip of Brazil in 1500?

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Cabral, a Portuguese captain

17
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What was the value of Brazil to Portugal?

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  • Brazil’s only exports were agricultural

- so it was worthless to mercantilistic Portugal

18
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How was a nation’s worth measured at that time?

A

the precious metals it possessed

19
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Who were the Paulistas?

A

people from Sao Paulo

20
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How did Portugal pass laws in Brazil?

A
  • rarely enforced

- issued decrees restricting exploration of Brazil because the could not govern a large area

21
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How did the Paulistas react to Portugal’s decrees?

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  • against it

- in search for gold/slaves, triples land of Brazil

22
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The intermixing of races was greater in what place than in other Latin American colonies?

A

Brazil

23
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What was Portugal’s only colony in the New World?

A

Brazil

24
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What was Portugal’s main source of economic support?

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Trading

25
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What were the results of Portugal contacting China?

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  • disastrous
  • Chinese considered them inferiors
  • Port not allowed
  • But Port was granted a base on Macao
26
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What did Francis Xavier do in Japan?

A

spread Roman Catholicism with Japanese

27
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What were the results of Portugal contacting Japan?

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  • same results as China
  • Jap ordered foreign priests to leave
  • later, conversion to Catholicism was an offense
  • burned churches
28
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In which posts did Portugal control the trade of the East Indies?

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  • Malay peninsula
  • Java
  • Sumatra
  • Spice Islands

MJSS

29
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Where did Portugal possess ports in India?

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Goa and Diu

30
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What places did Portugal control in Africa?

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  • Angola
  • Mozambique
  • Guinea-Bissau

AMG

31
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Why did Portugal have difficulty colonizing?

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lacked

  • resources
  • population
  • size
32
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What are the four reasons for Portugal’s decline in world power?

A
  • lacked resources
  • Spain conquered Port in 1580, much land was taken over by Euro powers
  • no money to compete
  • Napoleon arriving at Portugal, Royal fam fled, Brazil center of remaining Port Empire

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