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Ferdinand Magellan
The Portuguese influence exploration
Why were there so many Portuguese Explorers?
More and more explorers
100
This was a movement of people, animals, plants, cultures and even disease between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is The Columbian Exchange?
100
Where Magellan was killed in battle with native peoples there.
What is The Philippines?
100
The caravel
What was the invention that the Portuguese shipbuilders created called?
100
Prince Henry
Who was the son of Portugal's king?
100
He wanted to find a NEW ROUTE TO ASIA.
Who is Columbus?
200
It is an outbreak of diseases, such as smallpox, measles and malaria.
What is "an epidemic"?
200
Five ships
What is the number of ships Magellan commanded?
200
The wind
What did the caravel control better?
200
Because he was VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WORLD, and he wanted to gain WEALTH BY TRADING FOR AFRICAN GOLD AND IVORY.
Why was Prince Henry so interested in navigation?
200
They hoped to earn money from the gold and spices that Columbus hope to trade for in Asia.
What did the King and Queen of Spain hope to achieve by giving Columbus the money for the expedition?
300
Causing great harm.
What is devastation?
300
He travelled south along the coast of South America.
What is the route Magellan travelled?
300
They built the decks without GAPS and WATERPROOFED the wood, covering it with tar and other materials.
What did the Portuguese shipbuilders do to the decks to improve them?
300
Christianity
What else did Prince Henry want to spread around the world?
300
They also needed money to pay for a war that Spain had recently fought.
Why did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella need so much money?
400
It is a settlement or area far from the country that rules it.
What is a colony?
400
No, but his crew did on one of his ships after he died.
Did Magellan circumnavigate the world?
400
They BRAIDED them...
What did the Portuguese shipbuilders do to the ships to improve the ropes?
400
Sailors, scholars, mapmakers and shipbuilders
Who all attended Prince Henry's School of Navigation?
400
4 journeys, with 3 ships. He called it the West Indies because he thought he was near India. He had actually landed on an island in the Caribbean. which is part of North America.
How many journeys did Columbus make? And, why did he call the region where he first landed the West Indies? Where did he actually land first?
500
To sail completely around the world.
What is circumnavigate?
500
He thought the journey would be short. His ships sailed for 4 months before spotting land.
What mistake in judgment did Magellan make regarding the journey to Asia?
500
They built larger cargo areas.
What did the Portuguese shipbuilders do to improve the ability to carry MORE ABUNDANT SUPPLIES?
500
Because the Portuguese made the Slave Trade an important business activity and as a result this cruel practice grew and spread to other European colonies across the Atlantic Ocean.
How did the Portuguese contribute to the Slave Trade in a very big and cruel way?
500
It means, "Easter Flowers", and it is associated with Ponce de Leon.
What does Pescua Florida mean? And, which explorer is it associated with?