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37 Cards in this Set
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who took the lead in exploring the boundaries of the unknown world in the 1400s?
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portugal
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who lacked a Mediterranean port,thus were excluded from profitable trade between Asia and europe?
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portugal
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what country wanted to find a route to China and India and find a direct way to get to west African gold?
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portugal
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who is called henry the navigator? and why?
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Prince Henry of Portugal
because he laid the groundwork for a new era of exploration |
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what did prince harry of Portugal set up in 1420? what did people do here?
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a center for exploration
scientists like astronomers and geographers shared their knowledge |
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as Portuguese ships moved south along the coast of west Africa what did they trade and buy from the gold coast and what did they establish there?
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traded for gold and ivory and bought slaves
trading posts |
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where was the gold coast located and why was it called this ?
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the coast of west Africa
its called the gold coast because there is such an abundance of gold there |
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what king of Portugal urged Portugal to find a sea route to Asia and china by going around Africa?
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king john II
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who did the king of Portugal send in 1487 to explore the southernmost part of Africa?
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bartholomeu diaz
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how did the cape of good hope get its name?
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when bartholomeu dias approached the southernmost part of africa , a storm carried him around the tip of Africa around the area "cape of storms". when the king heard the good news he renamed it the cape of good hope
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who set out from Portugal during 1497-1498 with 4 ships to find an eastern sea route to Asian by going around Africa and through the Indian ocean?
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vasco DA gama
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who followed DA Gama's route but swung so far west around africa that he ended up touching Brazil?
what has become a major port? |
Pedro alavres cabral
lisbon |
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when did the vikings sail west to north america ?
what two countries did they visit ? |
800s-900s
Iceland, Greenland |
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what famous viking sailor explored a land west of Greenland called Vinland?
when did he explore Vinland? |
Leif Erikson
about the year 1000 |
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who were the vikings travels unknown to?
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the rest of europe
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who didn't back or financially support Columbus's voyage
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portugal
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who financially supported Columbus's voyage ?
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king Ferdinand and queen Isabella of spain
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why did the king and queen of Spain pay for Columbus's voyage?
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Columbus promised to bring Christianity wherever he went .
Columbus promised to make Spain wealthy |
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when did Columbus set sail and what were the names of his 3 ships ?
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1492
Nina pinta Santa Maria |
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what was the plan for Columbus's new route to Asia?
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to sail west across the Atlantic ocean and loop around to Asia
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where and when did columbus hit land?
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Columbus landed at the bahamas
Oct 1492 |
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what did Columbus call the island of the Bahamas he landed on?
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when he claimed the island which was part of the Bahamas for Spain he called it San Salvador
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where did Columbus think he landed?
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east indies of the coast of asia
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why was the area where Columbus landed sometimes reffered as the west indies?
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because when Columbus landed he thought that he reached the east indies in Asia when in reality he was in the west
so some people called the place he claimed the west form of the rest indies |
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Columbus had a total of 4 total voyages: where did he go on his other 3 voyages?
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hisponola, Cuba, Jamaica
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which coasts did Columbus sail along
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central and northern american
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what did the pope do to bring about peace in 1493, since both spain and Portugal wanted to protect their land?
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drew a line of demarcation
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what is a line of demarcation
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an imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic ocean from the north to south poles
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which sides of the line of demarcation were Spain and Portugal on?
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spain-west
portugal-east |
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because Portugal protested over the splitting of land with soain , what did both countries sign in 1494 ?
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treaty of tordesillas
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what was the treaty of tordesillas?
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an agreement to move the line or demarcation farther west to include Brazil on portugals side of the line
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who began mapping south Americas coastline in 1499, concluding that it wasn't a part of the continent of asia , but its own continent
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Amerigo vespucci
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who was the first European to claim the pacific ocean for Spain and the first to see it from the Americas in 1513?
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Vasco Nunez de balboa
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who was hired by Spain to find a sea route through or around south america to Asia in 1519 ?
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Ferdinand magellan
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how does Magellan die?
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while visiting the phillipines on his sea voyage, probably to restock on supplies because the underestimated voyage time depleted their resources, megellan got into an argument with the Philippines and he was killed
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who were the first people to circumnavigate
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one of the five megellan ships that returned
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what does circumnavigate mean?
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sail around the world
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