Voyages of Discovery

Question 1

Ship technology

Answer 1

Caravel (carrack)–small Portuguese ship
Lateen sails–speed/sail into wind (triangle)
Galleon– Spanish multi-deck with cargo

Question 2

Portuguese Sailors

Answer 2

Bartolomeu Dias–first to sail around Africa in 1488
Vasco de Gama–1498 reached India
Sugar on Africa using slaves`

Question 3

Spanish Sailors

Answer 3

Ferdinand Magellan–circumnavigation
Christopher Columbus–Genoese 1492 reached San Salvador in Bahamas
Hernan Cortes conquered Aztec Empire between 1519-1521
Francisco Pizarro in Peru (1531) conquered Inca (disease and allies helped)

Question 4

Magellan’s journey

Answer 4

died in Battle of Mactan in Philippines, so First Mate Juan Sebastian Elcano gets credit

Question 5

other sailors

Answer 5

Ponce de Leon landed in Florida 
Balboa crossed Isthmus of Panama 
Mendoza in Argentina
Desoto along the Mississippi
Coronado beyond the Rio Grande
Menendez in Florida

Question 6

Early guns

Answer 6

Hand cannon- weapon on pole in 15th century
hand-gonne–German without pole
unreliable and exploded a lot

Question 7

Early shotguns

Answer 7

Arquebus–stock and elongated barrel, didn’t explode after a few uses
Culverine–French early arquebus
Hackbus–German heavy arquebus

Question 8

Musket

Answer 8

16th century–long, heavy, refined arquebus that could pierce any armor–armor disappears

Question 9

Triangle Trade

Answer 9

Triangle Trade–materials to Europe, goods to Africa, slaves to New World