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| Which European Country led the way in exploration? |
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| Marco Polo wrote about his travel to what country? |
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| What important navigational aid did the Chinese invent? |
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| A Chinese admiral who sailed around the Pacific and Indian Oceans in 62 ships with 62,000 men. |
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| Why did Cheng Ho make his voyages? |
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to impress the world with what the
Chinese had accomplished. |
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| What improvement in maps came about during this time period? |
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| Maps drawn on sheep skin which would stand up to the harsh conditions at sea. |
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| How do they measure distance at sea? |
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| an account of how far they traveled each day. |
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| Who was Abraham Cresques? |
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| A Jewish map maker who drew one of the most famous maps - The Catalan Atlas. |
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| Who was the first "superstar" in the Age of Exploration? |
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| Prince Henry the Navigator from Portugal. |
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| What new ship design help the explorers find new lands across the oceans? |
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| Why was Fra Mauro's map of the world imporant? |
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| It was the first map to show a route around Africa to Asia. |
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| Who did Fra Mauro make this map for? |
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| Why did Europeans want to find a direct route to the Molucca Islands? |
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| They wanted the spices such as nutmeg and cloves. |
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| The island of Ternate was one of the few sources for which spice? |
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| Why did Europeans want cloves? |
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| They used it to preserve meat and they thought it was a cure for the "Black Death". |
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| What did Vasco da Gama accomplish in 1498? |
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| He sailed around Africa and reached India. He discovered an all water route to Asia for Portugal. |
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| Why was his voyage so important to Portugal? |
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| An all water route to the spices gave Portugal and advantage over the merchants in Genoa and Venice. Portugal could control the spice trade. |
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| How did Venice get secret maps of these new routes from Portugal? |
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| They hired spys who stole the secrets of the sea. |
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| How did other European countries entice Portuguese map makers to come work for them? |
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| They paid them more money. |
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| Which country eventually took over the control of the spice trade from Portugal? |
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| The Dutch (from The Netherlands) |
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| Magellan was a Portuguese sea captain who worked for what country? |
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| The Moluccas or spice islands were on whose side of the Papal line of Demarcation? |
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| The Portuguese side and not the Spanish, but the Spanish map makers made maps which wrongly showed them on their side. |
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