Yr 9 History - Exploration Flashcards
Name two key reasons for exploration
new technology enabling easier navigation
discovery of new world and trade routes
what was the new technology made?
lateen triangular sails
magnetic compasses
astrolabes
printing presses for maps
When was the Muscovy company established?
1555
where is the Eastland company established?
Scandinavia
where is the Levant company esablished?
eastern meditiranian
what where the consequences of exploration?
worsened relationships with Spain
new trade routes expanded Elizabeth’s economy
founding of new colonies
increase of wealth to England
explorers achievement brought glory to England
when was the treason act?
1571
ridolfi plot
1571
when did Francis drake circumnavigate the globe?
1577-1580
how long did it take to circumnavigate the globe?
3 years
throckmorton plot
1583
treaty of nonsuch
1585
Spanish armada arrive in england
1588
BEIC formed
1600
Causes of Spanish Armada
religion
Netherlands
pirates and plots
Large Spanish ship
galleon
company made trade with teh mediterranean
Levant
term for America
New World
english trading port set up in russia
archangel
licensed pirates
privateers
Christian discovered American
Columbous
new triangular sails
lateen sails
Frobisher, Gilbert and Davis all failed to find this trade route
North West Passage
Empire that controlled the silk road
Ottoman
tax put on luxury goods
tarrifs
Company trade with the Baltic
Eastland
Drakes cousin killed by the Spanisj
john hawkins
mythical city of gold E
El Dorado
tool for better navigation
magnetic compasses
Explorer founded Virginia
Sir Walter Raleigh
Explorer set up trades with India/ BEIC
James Lancaster
Helped the mass production of maps
Printing press
Drakes Nickname
El Draque
treaty of Joinville
1584
singing of the kings beard
1587
St Bartholomew Massacre
1572