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Motives of Exploration |
Economics, Social, Political, and Religious |
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Caraval |
an advanced ship design |
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Ships played an important role in.... |
trade, exploration, and defense |
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belts of consistent winds that blew from east to west |
Trade winds |
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sailors most useful instrument. allowed sailors to set a course and follow its direction. |
compass |
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sailors use it to measure the angle between the sun or a star and the horizon at a specific time of night or day. |
astrolabe |
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way of navigating by which sailors decided hat they thought their location was, estimated their speed , looked at the map , and aimed for a compass heading that they believed would get them to their destination. |
Dead reckoning |
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a new weapon that as attached to ships during the age of European exploration. |
cannon |
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sent sailors of and ships to explore the coast of Africa in the 15th century. He setup a school for navigation to train sailors to. |
Prince Henry |
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in 1487, his ship proved they could reach East by sailing South around Africa. |
Bartolumeu Dias |
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His ship rounded the Cape of Good Hope, sailed up the east coast of Africa, and landed in India |
Vasco de Gamd |
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Jesuit Missionary who arrived in Japan and aimed to convert the people to Roman Catholicism |
Francis Xavier |
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they financed Christopher Columbus's voyage |
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella |
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he sailed est from Spain in an attempt to sail around the world. his crew proved chistopher columbus's theory about reaching east by sailing west. |
Ferdinad Maellan |
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Queen Elizabeth sent him on this three year journey and he published a report about it. |
sir Francis Drake |
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Spanish for Conquerors |
conquistadors |
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arrived at the Aztec capital and stole gold from the Aztecs. |
Hernado Cortes |
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Aztec Capital |
Tenochtitlan |
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The Aztec ruler hen Cortes attacked |
Montezuma |
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He traveled to the new world to find gold and used violent means to get it. |
Fransico Pizzaro |
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Pizzaro took this Inca ruler Captive. |
Atahualpo |
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How much gold did the Incas give Pizzaro? |
13,000 pounds |
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The English people brought____from the West Indies and planted it in the Americas. |
Tobacco |
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as the most beneficial for the Indians |
Horses |
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Explorers carried _____ with them to the Americas |
diseases |
