Famous Explorers Flashcards

Age of Exploration 43 cards

This content explores the motivations, key figures, and consequences of the Age of Exploration. It covers the search for new trade routes and spices, the impact on indigenous populations, and the rise and fall of empires during this transformative period in history.

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Why was there such enthusiasm for spices in Europe?
The Spice Islands
What was the role of Arab traders in the spice trade?
The Travels of Marco Polo
What were some motives for European exploration?
Lateen sails
Caravels
How did sailors determine direction when out of sight of land?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
The Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama
Scurvy
What was Vasco da Gama's experience like in Mombasa and Mozambique?
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Christopher Columbus's goal
How did Columbus keep his sailors calm?
October 12, 1492
The Taino tribe
Treaty of Tordesillas
Amerigo Vespucci
Spanish treatment of indigenous populations
Encomiendas
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Ferdinand Magellan
Strait of Magellan
What happened to Magellan on his journey?
John Cabot
The Northwest Passage
Sir Francis Drake
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
First permanent English Settlement in North America
Plymouth settle by Pilgrims
Why did the English settle along the Atlantic Coast?
French Exploration
New France
Effects of King Henry's death
Cape Town
Henry Hudson
New Netherland
Slavery
Middle Passage
Growth of slavery in the colonies

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This content explores the motivations, key figures, and consequences of the Age of Exploration. It covers the search for new trade routes and spices, the impact on indigenous populations, and the rise and fall of empires during this transformative period in history.

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