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