The Printing Press & Technological Innovation
Why did the invention of the Printing Press lead to the wider spread of news about explorers and exploration?
This was because printed materials could be mass-produced far more easily and cheaply than handwritten materials.
What is a conquest?
A conquest is when territory was taken over and occupied by force.
What was the Northwest Passage?
The Northwest Passage was a water route through North America to Asia.
Compare the astrolabe and the compass.
An astrolabe measures the position of the stars in the sky, while a compass has a magnetic arrow that points north to locate direction.
Besides Christopher Columbus, name 2 famous Spanish Conquistadors?
Hernan Cortes & Francisco Pizarro
How was French settlement different from the settlement of the British?
The French territory was further North.
Compare the stern-mounted rudder and the sextant.
The stern rudder directed the flow of water passing over it to help steer the ship while the sextant was a tool that uses two mirrors and a movable arm to measure the angles of the sky.
Why were Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes considered conquistadors?
This was because they defeated Native People and took control of their lands.
Does a water route exist today through North America to Asia?
If so, explain.
Why did merchants provide funding for sea voyages to North and South America?
They wanted to look for new ways to obtain goods from eastern Asia because the land route through the Silk Road was being blocked by the Ottoman empire.
Using details from the text, describe the expansion of New Spain
Read important details from pgs. 90-91
What major issue did the colony of Roanoke Island face?
Starvation / Food Shortage.
Name the 4 technological innovations that gave rise to the Age of Exploration in chronological order.
1100s - Europeans learned of the Astrolabe from Arab traders. An astrolabe measures the position of the stars in the sky.
1200s -The Chinese introduce the compass to the Europeans. A compass has a magnetic arrow that points north to locate direction.
1400s - European shipbuilders had adopted and improved the stern-mounted rudder. The stern rudder directed the flow of water passing over it to help steer the ship.
1759, John Bird invented the sextant, a tool that uses two mirrors and a movable arm to measure the angles of the sky.
How did the goals of Spanish Explorers in the Americas differ from the goals of explorers in other countries?
Spain focused on exploring South America and the southern part of North America, the other nations of Engand, France and the Netherlands explored the east coast of North America.
What were the effects of each cause below:
1. Sir Walter Raleigh wants to establish a colony in North America
2. The colonists of the first Roanoke colony did not have enough Food
3. The colonists of the second Roanoke colony did not have enough food.
4. England and Spain went to war with each other.
1.Queen Elizabeth I grants Sir Walter Raleigh a charter.
2.The colonists returned to England.
3.John White returned to England to get supplies.
4. John White could not return to Roanoke.