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
when does the Spanish sail to England
1588
Who were the two English leaders
Sir Francis Drake
Charles Howard
Who were the Spanish Leaders?
Duke Of Medina Sidonia
Duke of Parma
long range guns used by the English fleet
culverins
Battle of Gravelines
August 8 1588
What ships do the English use
Warships
What stream did the Spanish loose most their ships to on the way back?
Gulf Stream
how many ships returned to spain
65 out of 130
what formation did the Spanish use
the crescent formation
Navigation device that uses the stars
astrolabes
Drakes famous ship
Golden Hind
Drakes famous tactic
fire ships
when someone has complete control of state product
Monopoly
Who found fools gold
martin Frobisher
Elizabeth’s spymaster
Francis Walsingham
licensed pirates
privateers
English Lord, High Admiral
Lord Howard
Castle where Mary was Executed
Fotheringham
Drake raided this port in 1587
Cadiz
Victoroius name for Elizabeth
Gloriana
First Catholic revolt and year
Northern Rebellion
1569
second catholic revolt and year
Ridolfi
1571
third catholic revolt and year
Throckmorton
1583
last catholic revolt and year
Babington
1586
Marys third husband, murderer
Bothwell
battle in the English channel
gravelines
Elizabeth gave her famous speech at this Thames port
Tilbury
Duke/ general leader of the Spanish army
Parma
treaty between protestant England and dutch
Nonsuch
treaty allied spain and france
Joinville
Mary second husband murdered
Darnley
port of drake
Plymouth
lit to warn of the Armada
beacons
Who is Edmund Campion
famous Jesuit preist
Who is Mathew Parker
First archbishop of Canterbury
Who is Nicholas Owen
built priest holes
Who was ridolfi
rebellious Italian banker
Who was babington
rebel who organised the last serious catholic rebellion
Shape manor houses are built
E shape for Elizabeth
Recusant
a person who didn’t go to church
circumnavigate
to sail around the world
monopoly
when someone has control over the sale of a product
colony
name given to land/country taken for another countries benefit
When does Mary QoS arrive in England?
1568
When is Elizabeth excommunicated?
1570
When is Mary Executed?
1587
How much did Drake give England?
£100 million
Elizabeth’s secretary imprisoned for allowing Mary QoS execution
William Davidson
Earls who helped in the Northern Rebellion
Westmorland
Northumberland
what act restored the break of rome?
act of supremacy
and act that favoured protestants and made church ceremonies and beliefs protestantq
uniformity
Which pope excommunicated England
Pope Pius V
Drakes Flagship
the pelicanW
What schools did Jesuits go to
seminary school