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What was the main motivation behind the Age of Exploration?
What was the main motivation behind the Age of Exploration?
- A belief that the world was flat
- A desire for trade, wealth, and religion (correct)
- A desire to conquer new lands
- A desire to find sea monsters
What was the caravel?
What was the caravel?
- A type of food commonly eaten on board ships
- A navigation tool used to measure water depth
- A new type of ship with overlapping wood, lateen and square sails, a rudder, and a raised platform to see enemies approaching (correct)
- A type of fish found in the Atlantic Ocean
What were some of the new navigation equipment used during the Age of Exploration?
What were some of the new navigation equipment used during the Age of Exploration?
- Sextant, telescope, radar, and GPS
- Astrolabe, compass, and telescope
- Compass, map, and sextant
- Astrolabe, quadrant, cross staff, compass, upgraded portolan charts, log and line, and lead and line (correct)
What were some of the challenges faced by sailors during the Age of Exploration?
What were some of the challenges faced by sailors during the Age of Exploration?
What was Prince Henry's contribution to the Age of Exploration?
What was Prince Henry's contribution to the Age of Exploration?
Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope and who reached India?
Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope and who reached India?
What did Christopher Columbus discover during his voyage sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain?
What did Christopher Columbus discover during his voyage sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain?
What caused the Age of Exploration?
What caused the Age of Exploration?
What was the caravel?
What was the caravel?
What were some common diseases on board ships during the Age of Exploration?
What were some common diseases on board ships during the Age of Exploration?
What motivated Portuguese voyages during the Age of Exploration?
What motivated Portuguese voyages during the Age of Exploration?
Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Who believed in a round Earth and that sailing from the West to East would reach Asia?
Who believed in a round Earth and that sailing from the West to East would reach Asia?
What did Christopher Columbus discover during his expedition?
What did Christopher Columbus discover during his expedition?
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The Age of Exploration and its Key Figures
- Prior to the Age of Exploration, beliefs included the world being flat, seas boiling in the south, the world being smaller, people in the south being stranger, and the sea being full of monsters.
- The Age of Exploration was caused by a desire for trade, wealth, religion, inspiration from Marco Polo, a questioning spirit from the Renaissance, and the potential for riches and titles for explorers.
- The caravel was a new ship with clinker-built overlapping wood, lateen and square sails, a rudder, and a raised platform to see enemies approaching.
- New navigation equipment included the astrolabe, quadrant, cross staff, compass, upgraded portolan charts, log and line to measure speed, and lead and line to measure water depth.
- Life aboard a ship was unpleasant, with mainly ship's biscuit for food, a firebox that posed a danger of fire, punishments for disobedience, and common diseases such as scurvy and typhoid.
- Portuguese voyages were motivated by rivalry with Spain, a desire to defeat Muslims, and a desire for wealth.
- Prince Henry set up a school of navigation in Sagres, gathered shipbuilders, astronomers, and map makers to share knowledge, sent ships along the African coast, and discovered various islands.
- Bartholomew Diaz reached the Cape of Good Hope, while Vasco da Gama reached India and was granted a pension, title, and land from the king.
- Ferdinand Magellan was a soldier and adventurer who believed in a strait that would take him to the South Sea, and he discovered the Pacific Ocean, but he died in a war before returning to Spain.
- Christopher Columbus, born in Genoa, believed in a round Earth and that sailing from the West to East would reach Asia, and he was sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, discovering San Salvador, Cuba, and Hispaniola.
- Columbus left 40 men in Hispaniola and returned to Spain with six "Indians" and strange plants and birds.
- These key figures and their discoveries proved that the world was round and opened up new trade routes and opportunities for wealth and power.
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