Vocabulary
The process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land
What is navigation?
Reasons Portugal was a good place for sea exploration
What is...
a. Located on the western coast of Europe
b. Rulers encouraged exploration
Ship created by Portuguese shipbuilders that was smaller and lighter than other ships
What is caravel
European sailors relied on it to know in which direction they were headed.
What is magnetic compass?
Reason why Portugal benefitted from Vasco de Gama's voyage to India
What is this allowed Portugal to be a leader in India's rich spice trade?
What is merchants?
What is...
a. Established settlements
b. Searched for a route to Asia around southern tip of Africa
c. Helped launch trade in enslaved Africans
Reason why technology for navigation is important on your journey if you are a 1400s ship captain
What is...
(Answers may vary)
Enslavers bought and sold humans as property
What is trade of enslaved people?
Technology contributions that Prince Henry made to navigation
What is...
a. Opened a school to teach navigation and mapmaking
b. Helped develop the caravel
c. Paid for many important voyages
A tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon.
What is astrolabe?
Reasons Prince Henry opened his school
What is...
a. To learn about the world
b. To gain wealth through trade
c. To improve sea travel
Possible reason Chinese and Arab technologies reached Europe
What is through trade?