Vocabulary
to rebel or go against someone in power
What is mutiny?
It measure the distance of the sun and stars to the horizon to determine the latitude
What is an astrolabe?
Three main motivations of explorers to travel to new places
What is Gold, God, and Glory?
Location to find items such as cloves, nutmeg, and pepper in the East Indies
Where is Spice Island?
a common disease on voyages due to a lack of vitamin C
What is scurvy?
relating to or connect to the sea
What is maritime?
Technology that allowed men to travel faster by water
What is a caravel?
had the first crew to circumnavigate the world on his expedition
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
narrow waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific that Magellan discovered
Where is the Strait of Magellan?
Number of Magellan's ships that set sail from Spain
What is five?
to go all the way around or travel all the way around the world
What is circumnavigation?
Tool that helped sailors determine which direction they were going
What is the compass?
Discovered the West Indies in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Two countries that are a part of the Iberian Peninsula
Where is Spain and Portugal?
part of food rations given out during Magellan's voyage
What is hardtack?
to remember or honor someone or something
What is commemorate?
Larger ships could hold more of this
What is cargo or supplies?
Established the first maritime trade route between Europe and India
Who is Vasco da Gama?
home country of Ferdinand Magellan
Where is Portugal?
Three major challenges faced by Magellan's crew
What are fresh food and water, disease, lack of sleep, no bathrooms, weather, and mutiny?
fundamental facilities and systems serving a country such as roads, buildings, power plants, and communications
Shape of sails that allowed ships to travel in any direction
What is triangular or triangle?
Major reason for European voyages of exploration during the late 1400s and early 1500s
What is find alternate trade routes?
A person who makes maps
Who is a cartographer?
Name of the last ship that returned to Spain after three years
What is the Victoria?