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| What is a CULTURAL reason for exploration? |
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| Desire to know more! Italian study of Greek & Roman works. |
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| French for Rebirth. Art, poetry, literature (books),plays. |
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| What are four ECONOMIC reasons for exploration? |
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a. spices - China/Japan
b. perfume/silk - Middle East/Persia
c. Ivory, gold, copper - Africa
d. Slaves - Africa |
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| How is leadership changing in Europe during this time? |
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| Governments are becoming strong. Monarchs, which are kings & queens are becoming rulers |
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| Family rulers that were not voted in. Kings/Queens in Spain, Portugal, England & France |
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| Name 2 areas European leaders want to expand through exploration. |
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| What happened to the Kingdoms in Africa? |
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| They get defeated by other tribes and become weak. |
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| Inventions for practical use or to improve our man-made world. |
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| Name four technological inventions or improvements during the time of exploration. |
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a.maps with latitude & ocean currents
b.astrolabe-measured star positions for latitude
c.improved ships to 3-masted called carnavel
d.improved compass - Magnetic |
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| What made Christopher Columbus different from other Portuguese explorers? |
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| He was the only one to travel West. All others went East. |
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| Dias is credited with finding the trade route to India from Portugal. How did he "discover" the route? |
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| He was the first from Spain to get blown off course by storms. He accidentally continued around Africa to find the other side. He did not make it to India though. |
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| What was Spain's role in Columbus's expeditions? |
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| They funded his trips for him to bring back spices, gold, slaves and much more for Spain's queen. |
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| Was Spain happy with Columbus? |
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| No. He started keeping things for himself and not paying the workers. He was also killing the natives. |
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| Magellan was credited with circumnavigating the world. What does circumnavigate mean? |
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| Travel all the way around the world. |
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| What was the voyage like on Magellan's ship? |
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| It took 3 yrs. Much longer than expected and they ran out of food. They ate sawdust, rats, and leather. The crew rebelled and in the Philippines his crew abandoned him and the natives killed him. |
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| What really happen to Magellan? |
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| He was killed in the Philippines and never completed the voyage. |
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| A Spanish conquerer, warrior, leader. |
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| Why would a person want to become a conquistador? |
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| To become powerful and rich. |
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| Why did Cortes go to Tenochtitlan in Mexico? |
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| Looking for gold and glory. |
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| What did Cortes do to Montezuma (Aztec ruler) and the Aztecs? |
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| Made friends first the imprisoned and destroyed all for greed. |
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| What did Pizarro do to the Atahualpa's Incas? |
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| Trapped them inside their own fort and killed 10,000 or more. |
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| What was the Middle Passage? |
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| Slave trade route where new tribes were discovered and taken to Americas with new settlers from the 1500's to the 1800's. |
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| Which religion were people breaking away from in Europe? |
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Did the religious conflict stop in the
Americas? |
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| How did different religions handle the conflicts once thy went to Americas? |
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| They moved out and created their own colonies and communities of the same religion or beliefs. |
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| It is the belief that a nation's power is judged by its wealth. |
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| What is the Northwest Passage? |
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| A passage through the America's hoping for a faster route to Asia/India for trading. |
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| What did the French discover was a very profitable business? |
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| Fishing and trading furs was profitable. People wanted these items to show their wealth status and paid good money to get them. |
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