The Age of Exploration

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What did a Quadrant and Astrolabe do?
Helped determine a ships latitude by using thee position of the stars and sun
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What were portolan charts?
Charts that mapped harbours and coastlines more precisely recording information like currents, tides and depth.
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What is a Log and Line used for?
Measuring a ships speed in knots
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What was a compass used for?
Calculating direction
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Name three reasons to explore
The influence of the Rennaissance, New Trade Routes, Desire for empire, spreading christianity
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What was the new design of ship in the 15th century?
Caravel
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What is Mutiny?
Sailors rebelling against their captain
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Name two diseases common onboard a ship
Typhoid and scurvy
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What century did the first major voyages from Portugal set out?
1400s
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Why did Portugals kings send the voyages out?
Its kings wanted to find new trade routes that would make Portugal rich enough to protect itself from its more powerful neighboors, especially Spain
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What did Prince Henry the Navigator do?
Prince Henry the Navigator set up a school of navigation at Sagres
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What year did Bartholomeu Dias round the Southern tip of Africa?
1487
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Who sailed to East Calicut in India (in 1497)?
Vasco Da Gama
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List three results of Vasco Da Gamas trip
Trade made Portugal wealthy, Portugal established a large empire in Africa and Asia, Imports of spices into Europe increased

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