Age of Exploration PART 1 Review
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Spanish explorer hacked his way across the dense jungle of the Panama isthmus and was the 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean.
Ponce de Leon
Spanish explorer who stumbled upon the peninsula of Florida in pursuit of a mysterious "fountain of youth?"
circumnavigate
sail or travel all the way around (something, especially the world).
Cartography
the science or practice of drawing maps.
Astrolabe
tool helped navigators determine the ship's north-south position based on the measurements of the sun or stars
winds
After trial and error, mariners learned that _____ were divided into zones that changed with the seasons.
Line of Demarcation
Any territory discovered on the east side of this line was to be controlled by Portugal, while any lands found on the west side of the line were to be ruled over by Spain.
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
Columbus' 3 ships
Portugal
Countries such as __ and Spain searched for an ocean route to Asia so they could take part in profitable trade that was controlled by Italy and the Muslims.
Spice
Europeans saw the __ trade as a way to make money so they search for an ocean route to India.
Jacques Cartier
French explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River and helped to establish a fort near present day Quebec, Canada
Amerigo Vespucci
He concluded that the lands Columbus called "the Indies" were in fact, part of the "New World?"
Gerardus Mercator
Who invented a way to project a round earth onto a flat map?
Missionaries
One of the 3 motivating factors for exploration was __ wanted to set up schools and convert people to Christianity.
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer became the 1st European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer credited with being the 1st to circumnavigate (go around) the world.
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer was the 1st European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope and sailed on to India to purchase spices.
navigate
Sailors during the Age of Exploration were better able to __ the open waters of the ocean because of the magnetic compass and astrolabe.
Gold, God, Glory
The three G's that motivated Europeans to explore.
Italian and Muslim traders
They dominated the trade in the Mediterranean.
India
Vasco da Gama's voyage around the southern tip of Africa benefited Portuguese commerce because it allowed goods to be purchased directly from ______.
Caravel
a small, narrow, ocean-going ship with 2-3 triangular sails
Harrison's Chronometer
a tool like a watch that helped explorers keep accurate time AND calculate their longitude when they were sailing
compass
a tool, which helped sailors navigate, that invented in China and came to Europe via the Muslim traders