Age of Exploration Causes
What was the main reason why European powers wanted to explore the unknown parts of the earth?
1. To find new trade routes to the east
2. To find valuable resources.
Italian explorer for Spain (and manatee enthusiast) who's voyage in 1492 is said to have started the Age of Exploration?
Christopher Columbus
What does the term absolute mean?
Total or all powerful (accept variable answers).
French King who reigned for 72 years and is the best example of what an absolute monarch is.
Louis 14th (The Sun King).
This "Virgin Queen" ruled England for 45 years is best known for shunning a Spanish King's multiple marriage offers and her fiery red hair.
Elizabeth I
What invention made it possible for explorers to make longer and more difficult journeys?
2. Better navigation equipment (maps, compass, astrolabe).
Which disease is most responsible for the destruction of Native American populations during and following the age of exploration?
Smallpox
What were two tactics used by Absolute Monarchs to control their people?
Glorification/Buildup of the Military
Promises of Economic improvement
Harsh punishments for those who challenge their rule.
Divine Right Doctrine.
Russian Tsar who attempted to modernize Russia into a European superpower.
Peter the Great
This Spanish Queen was the first monarch to rule a united Spanish nation alongside her husband Ferdinand. She would have been considered a total girl boss, if she didn't go and launch the Spanish Inquisition.
Isabella
Spain
Term given to a Spanish soldier turned explorer who attempted to conquer natives for land and treasure.
Conquistador.
Theory that Absolute Monarchs' power was given by God and to go against their rule was to go against God.
Divine Right (of kings).
Spanish king whose love for the Catholic Church (and Elizabeth the First) caused him to build the largest invasion fleet in history at the time...only for it to be destroyed in a series of sea storms.
Phillip II
This Prussian King and well-known general thought Austria would be a push over since it was ruled by a woman. But Empress Maria Theresa made him soon regret that decision.
Fredrick the Great
Why was the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 an important event in the start of the age of exploration?
The Ottomans cut off trade routes from the east to Europe, which caused them to have to find a new route.
Hernan Cortez
What law making body made it impossible for Absolute Monarchs to succeed in the United Kingdom?
Parliament
English King whose battles with parliament caused the English Civil War and his eventual execution.
This Empress of Russia is known as one of Russia's greatest rulers. She expanded Russia's territories in the east, helped stop German expansion, and finally rid Russia of Mongol influence. The best part she did all of this while not even being born in Russia.
Catherine the Great
What was the name of the sea route the transported millions of enslaved people from west Africa to the Americas?
The middle passage.
The name of the group that held the most power in the social hierarchy of the new world.
Peninsulares- Spanish people born in Europe and who moved to the new world.
Palace created by Louis the 14th- largest and most impressive of its time.
Versailles
English King and Queen who agreed to sign the English Bill of Rights all but ending any hope of an absolute British Monarch.
William and Marry
Mary II of England took power after her father James II was overthrown during this event.
The Glorious Revolution or Bloodless Revolution.