Age of Exploration

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How could people gain wealth with explorations?

Trade for spices and other values from Asia

What is a cartographer

Map maker

What are two ways Henry the Navigator supported exploration?

1. Founded a navigation school

2. Invested in exploration

What did Bartolomeu Dias discover?

Founded the southern tip of Africa (Portugal)

What did Bartolomeu prove?

Proved ships could reach Asia by sailing around Africa

Where did Vasco da Gama explore to in 1497?

Sailed to Calicut, India

What is scurvy?

Swollen, bleeding gums due to lack of vitamin C

Who funded Christopher Columbus voyage?

King Ferdinana and Queen Isabella

Where did Columbus land in 1492?

Carribean Islands

How many voyages did Columbus make to the New World?

4

What country had rights to any lands west of the line?

Spain

What country had rights to land east of the line

Portugal

What was the agreement creating the line of demarcation called?

Treaty of Tordesillas

After making 4 trips to the New World, what did Vespucci claim?

Claimed Columbus had discovered a “New World”

What was Magellan’s goal?

Set out to find a western route to Asia

Besides being the first to pass around South America, what was Magellan’s other first?

1st to circumnavigate the world

Through Magellan’s voyage what did he prove?

The world was round

What is a conquistador

Spanish conquerer

Who did Cortes conquer?

Conquered the Aztecs

Who was Montezuma

Aztec King killed

What are 3 reasons the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztec?

1. Advanced weapons

2. Disease

3. Native allies

What area did Pizarro conquer?

Conquered Peru

What aspects of Spain spread to Central and South America?

Spain culture & Catholicism, spread to Latin and S. America

HRU

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Who were the Peninsulares?

Spanish settlers

Who were the Mestizo

Mixed spanish and Native American

What were the responsibility of the Spanish Missionaries?

Setup throughout colonies to spread Christianity