Desire to Explore
True or False
The methods used by the Portuguese to control trade with India were peaceful.
How do you know?
False
The Battle of Diu
What materials were Renaissance coins made of?
Gold and silver
What did Prince Henry's centre at Sagres do?
Improve navigational tools, create maps, and create math tables to help with routes.
True or False: Bartolomeu Dias went to the Americas
False
Which people did Prince Henry want to convert so they could help in a crusade?
The people of Africa
Why were luxury goods so expensive in Europe?
They changed hands a lot on the way there, and the prices went up with each step.
Why would a Renaissance Christian leader support an expansionist worldview?
To gain members (also money and power)
What navigational instrument is used for finding the direction a ship is travelling?
A compass
The ship belonging to whom was the first to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
What is an expansionist worldview?
When one wants to increase their power and territory.
Where did the Portuguese set up forts and trading colonies?
Across southern Asia and in the Indian Ocean.
What good did Europeans want from China?
They wanted silk
Draw a backstaff
Who established the trade route around Africa to Asia?
Vasco da Gama
Why is Marco Polo famous?
He traveled the Silk Road and wrote books that were full of misinformation.
How did the coins influence the desire to explore?
European mines were running out of gold and silver
How did the Protestant Reformation lead to a desire to explore?
The Catholic church lost members, so they wanted to convert others. There was competition between the Catholics and the Protestants to convert people.
The Back-Staff was invented in what time period and for what purpose?
It was invented in the Renaissance for navigation. It did not require explorers to look at the sun.
What was the primary purpose for Columbus' exploration?
To find a new sea route to India.
What spice was worth more than gold?
Pepper
Where was Columbus from and what queen supported him?
Columbus was from Genoa, Italy. His exploration was sponsored by Queen Isabella of Spain.
Why would Christian leaders support an expansionist worldview?
To convert non-Christians and to prevent the spread of Islamic beliefs.
Which three navigational tools were used to calculate latitude?
The astrolabe, the cross-staff, and the back staff.
Which explorer left Spain, went to Central America, then returned to Spain.
Christopher Columbus
What does circumnavigation mean?
It means to go all the way around something (usually the world)