Story of Spice
Book inspired other explorers to explore other nations.
What is Marco Polo's book?
What is the book Travels?
First European nation to explore the world by sea.
What is Portugal?
Italian explorer who sailed for the Spanish.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Ancient civilization to govern as a republic.
Who are the early Romans?
What is early Rome?
Set up the stage for the age of exploration and discovery.
What is the Renaissance period?
Country to promise Christopher Columbus the title "Admiral of the Sea."
Who are the Spanish?
What is Spain?
He established a direct trade route to India for Portugal.
Who is Vasco Da Gama?
Philosopher who believed in freedom of religion.
Who is Voltaire?
Used by sailors during age of exploration. Gave more accuracy in direction.
Resembles what type of technology today?
What is the magnetic compass?
Question part 2: What is a GPS/ Apple Maps/ Google Maps/ Mapquest/ Navigation system
Treaty that calmed tensions amongst Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
He is known for establishing navigations schools in his county.
Who is Prince Henry?
Who is Henry the Navigator?
Philosopher who believed that all governments were based on a social contract.
Who is John Locke?
How did the Spice Trade initiate the Age of Exploration? Provide at least 2 reasons.
The Spice Trade sparked European interest in Asia as as they could use the spices to preserve and add flavor to their food.
Food was often times bland and spoiled because no refrigeration existed at the time.
Spices allowed food to last longer.
Spices added flavor and masked the favor of rotten food.
How did the Portuguese become a powerful country? Provide 3 reasons
First country to explore the world by sea
Vasco De Gama established a direct trade route via sea to India for Portugal
Trade route gave Portugal the power and monopoly to provide Asian goods to Europe (became a superpower)
Gave them absolute control over certain goods
Had the opportunity to pick and choose who they wanted to trade with
What is Christopher Columbus known for? Provide 2 reasons.
He is known for sailing across the Atlantic Ocean for the Spanish
He is known for mistakenly calling Native Americans, Indians as he believed he landed in India
He is known for discovering the Americas
What ideas is Montesquieu known for? Provide 2 ideas
How did his ideas influence our found fathers?
Montesquieu is known for separation of powers and checks and balances.
Separation of powers divided the government into three branches: the executive, judicial, and legislative branch.
These branches share the power of the government equally and all have different roles. Executive enforces the law, the legislative makes the laws, and the judicial interprets the law and determines when the laws are broken.
Checks and balances allows the branches to check on one another to ensure that the government doesn't become too powerful and threatens the people's rights.