North Carolina 8th grade study chapter 3
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- Middleman
- -a trader who buys goods from producers and sells them to other traders or consumers.
- European merchants traded with _______ through Mediterranean ports of _______ and _____________.
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Asia
Venice
Constantinople - What was the land route that Europeans used to trade with Asia?
- Silk Road
- Middlemen dorve up the prices of items such as:
- dyes, silks, perfumes, drugs, gold, jewels, and spices.
- What spices were brought from Asia?
- pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
- What made Europeans believe that China could be reached by ship?
- The publication of Marco Polo's Travels
- Who was Prince Henry?
- Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal. During the mid-1400s, he sent ships south along the coast of Africa in search of an eastern passage to the Indian Ocean.
- Which explore first rounded the tip of Africa at the Cape of Good Hope?
- Bartholomew Diaz in 1488.
- What route did Christopher Columbus believe would take him to the Far East?
- He believed that the route lay to the west.
- Columbus believed that the earth was _________.
- round
- How long did Columbus think the distance from Portugal to Japan was?
- 3000 miles
- How long is the distance from Portugal to Japan in reality?
- 12000 miles
- Monarchs
- Kings and Queens
- Which monarchs did Columbus try to get support for his plan?
- Monarchs from France, Portugal, and England.
- Which monarchs finally agreed to finance his voyage?
- King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
- What date did Columbus sail from Palos,Spain?
- August 3, 1492
- What were Columbus' ships named?
- Pinta, the Nina, and the Santa Maria
- On what date did Columbus land on the Caribbean island that he named San Salvador?
- October 12, 1492
- Off the coast of what country did Columbus believe that San Salvador lie?
- Off the coast of India
- What did he call the natives that he met on San Salvador?
- Indians
- What was Columbus' relations with the Indians he met?
- He called them friendly and gentle. Believed that they could be converted to Christianity and would become good citizens of Spain
- How many voyages did Columbus make to the Western Hemisphere and what were the dates?
- 4 voyages: 1492, 1493,1498, 1502
- In his later voyages Columbus explored what?
- along the coasts of Central and South America, and was the first European to visit Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Virgin Islands
- What did Columbus call the western hemisphere?
- The New World
- What did Columbus still believe when he died?
- That he had discovered a westward route to the Far East's riches.
- What year did Columbus die?
- 1506
- John Cabot
- From Genoa, Italy. Sailed under England's flag, discovered Newfoundland in present day Canada.
- Which explorer first discoved Newfoundland?
- Leif Ericsson in 1001
- What did Leif Ericsson call Newfoundland?
- Vinland
- Why did Ericcson leave Vinland and go back to Greenland?
- Unfriendly natives
- Vasco de Gama
- Sailed around Africa and reached India
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Italian navigator, mapmakers read his writings and named the new land, America. In 1499, he sailed along the coast of South America
- Ferdinand Magellan
- succeeded in reaching Asia by sailing west around the tip of South America.
- What route did the Europeans think would be a shorter route to China and India?
- The Northwest Passage,
- What is the Northwest passage?
- An all-water route to Asia through the North American continent?