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World History 2 A-L

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Importance of Magellans voyage
showed pacific ocean seperated Asia from the Americas... showed that the pacific ocean was much larger than originally estimated... discovered that the 4 major oceans were all connected... Ocean winds followed a pattern... with this information Europeans could travel anywhere in the world that they wished
the motives or reasons for exploration
God- spread of christianity... Gold- desire for wealth and power.. Glory- renaissance spirit of curiosity, adventure and the hope and fame... Technology- better ships, maps, and instruments made it possible
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
settler in Hispaniola looking for gold, was the first to cross the Ismith and was the first European to look out ypon the Great South Sea later named Pacific by Magellan
colonies were not allowed these privaleges
Industry, self-government, so that they would not hope for independance
Amerigo Vespucci
made trips for both portugal and spain
many Indians welcomed the portuguese but othes were persuaded by ___
cannons
Juan Ponce de Leon
Established a port in Porte Rico, came across Florida and named it so because it was full of flowers, he was looking for the fountain of youth
Magellans death
he and his crew went to the Phillipines and got involved in a war with some of the locals. Magellan and some of his crew were killed but one ship sailed back Spain. this voyage was the first to circumnavigate the world
mother countries wanted colonies to be what?
totally dependant
Vasco Da Gama
was sent by portugal on a diplomatic mission; took cannons and trading goods
Bullion
Gold and silver bars
mother country takes all _________ bank to homeland for processing and then sells them to the colonies
natural rescorces
Monopoly
Complete control over a good or service
Mercantilism
countries got strong and stayed that way by getting more gold and silver and colonies than other countries and exporting more than they imported
Portugal
led Europe in exploration looking for a sea rout to India
Christopher Columbus
from Italy, his plan was to figure out a western rout to India when everyone was going east
Prince Henry the navigator
spent his own money to build a naval station in SW portugal called Sagres
Columbus' ships were
Nina Pinta Santa Maria
Portugal searched for nearly ___ years along the ___ coast of Africa
70, West
trading post
settlements established along river mouths and coasts where trade was carried on and they were used to store goods to sell or barter for slaves, ivory, and gold and to store supplies for use on future voyages
Importance of Chistopher columbus' journy
first European settlement in Americas, made three more trips bringing 17 shiploads of settlers
Treaty of Tordesillis
moved the line further West giving portugal control of Brazil and the rest of the Americas went to Spain
King Ferdinad and Queen Isabella of spain
paid to outfit Christopher with three ships
Ferdinand Magellan
Spanish king paid him to explore the Pacific Ocean. saled along the coast of south America and stayed in the strait of Magellan during the winter.
Cape of ___ was what Dias named the S tip of Africa
Storms
Scurvy
Sailors were getting sick because they were not getting fresh fruit and the vitamin c that they needed in there systems. ships began to carry lime juice
Admiral of the Ocean sea
was a special title given to chrisopher Columbus by Queen Isabella
Colonies existed for the benifit of the ____ country
Mother
control of the spice trade
Portugal controlled the dye and spice trade with India
Bartholomeu Dias
Dias and his crew were sailing and caught in a storm and crossed the tip of Africa and in the morning they relized that the sun was on the right side instead of the left, so they were going north and there was land on the left of the ship. Dias had descovered a sea rout to the Indian Ocean
Plantations
type of agriculure system set up by the portuguese using large farms run bu portuguese but worked by African slaves; crops were used for exports and not to be sold locally; this type of agricultrure became important for maintaining slave trade for so many years
the Papal line of Demarcation
established line by the pope in the Atlantic Ocean giving Spain possession of all lands already discovered and all non christian lands west of Europe and portugal got all the lands east of Europe
Cape of _____ was what the king of Portugal named the S tip of Africa after the sea rout to India had been descovered
Good Hope

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