Causes of Exploration
War that increased trade interest
Crusades
Invention that spread books
Printing press
Prince who sponsored voyages
Prince Henry the Navigator
Earliest West African empire
Ghana
Economic theory based on gold
Mercantilism
Period of rebirth in Europe
Renaissance
Tool that shows direction
Compass
Explorer who rounded Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
Empire of Mansa Musa
Mali
Precious metals nations wanted
Gold and silver
Italian explorer who wrote about Asia
Marco Polo
Tool that measures stars
Astrolabe
Cape at Africa’s southern tip
Cape of Good Hope
City famous for Islamic learning
Timbuktu
Taxes on imports
Tariffs
Type of ruler who unified nations
Monarch
Three-masted Portuguese ship
Caravel
Explorer who reached India
Vasco da Gama
Empire that conquered Mali
Songhai
Movement started by Luther
Reformation
Main goal of finding sea routes
Trade with Asia
Sail shape that helped ships move against wind
Triangular sail
City that became Europe’s marketplace
Lisbon
African queen who resisted Portugal
Queen Nzinga
Spanish fleet defeated by England
Spanish Armada