Europeans hoped to spread Christianity, gain land, and trade with other foreign countries. This key phrase highlights the primary motives of the Europeans.
What is "God, glory, and gold"
100
This navigation tool was perfected by the Muslims. it was a brass circle with rings that marked off degrees.
What is the Astrolabe
100
This explorer convinced Spain to support his idea of finding a sea route across the Atlantic Ocean to Asia. He actually found the Americas.
What is Christopher Columbus
100
This dynasty drove the Mongols completely out of China in 1368 and ruled for over 200 years before over-thrown by the Qing Dynasty age.
What is the Ming Dynasty
100
History Is Great
Exploration Was Very Big
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This is an example of a tradition Japan poetry form.
What is a Haiku
200
This powerhouse country formed a group that came into the Asian region of the Indian Ocean and dominated trade in this area.
What is the Dutch East India Company
200
Perfected by the Chinese, you could accurately track latitude (direction) with this invention.
What is the Magnetic Compass
200
Major supporter of exploration in Portugal. He founded a navigation school on the southwest coast of the country.
What is Prince Henry
200
Ruled in China for more than 260 years and where originally the Manchus people.
What is the Qing Dynasty
200
This capital city started off as a small fishing village and eventually grew to become Tokyo.
What is Edo
300
These where the 3 major items that became popular on the trade routes
What is spices, silk, and gems
300
European sails were not able to sail against any wind, which made exploration difficult. This new vessel and new sails were created to fix this issue.
What is the caravel and triangular sails
300
Founded a direct sea route from Portugal to India.
What is Vasco da Gama
300
This man's motto was to "Rule the empire by force." Lead troops into battle with the first types of firearms in Japan. Committed the traditional suicide ritual of a samurai.
What is Oda Nobunaga
300
A dispute of who had conquered what lands broke out between Portugal and Spain. This conflict lead to the signing of this treaty.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas
400
The ultimate goal of all European traders; lead to China and Japan not wanting to be a part of the exploration and trade era.
What is Spreading Western (European) Culture
400
These inventions majorly impressed the Asia warriors and changed the style of wars and combat.
What is firearms and cannons
400
First explorer to ever sail around the tip of Africa; which was actually a mistake and happened because of a brutal storm blowing the fleet of ships around.
What is Bartolomeu Dias
400
This man wanted to destroy every hostile daimyo. He eventually invaded Korea. Had his biological son at the age of sixty and was very obsessed with this son.
What is Toyotomi Hideyoshi
400
The traditional suicide ritual of a samurai warrior.
What is Seppuku
500
Ritual that involved kneeling in front of the Chinese emperor and touching your head to the ground nine times at his feet. Showed respect and who was in control of the trade.
What is the Kowtow Ritual
500
Ships were like huge floating cities, almost triple the size of European ships.
What is 400 feet long treasure ships
500
Chinese Muslim admiral that led seven major voyages before the Chinese isolation period.
What is Zheng He
500
This man brought complete unity to Japan, moved the capital city to Edo, and majorly restored central government in Japan.
What is Tokugawa Ieyasu
500
The major reasons China and Japan went into isolation and stopped their exploration periods.
What is to Preserve Culture and Limit Foreign Influence