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AP World History Quiz 1/11/12 Flashcards

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287492368What were the motives for exploration?- basic resources and lands suitable for the cultivation of cash crops - to establish new trade routes to asian markets - to expand the influence of christianity0
287492369Why did travel on the silk roads become unsafe in the 14th century?- collapse of mongol empires - spread of bubonic plague1
287492370What is the significance of the rudder?it increased the maneuverability2
287492371What were the new innnovations for ships?- rudder - two types of sails (square and triangular lateen) - magnetic compasses and astrolabes - predicting wind patterns3
287492372When did exploratory voyaging begin?as early as the thirteenth century4
287492373Why did the pace of European exploraton quicken?- when Prince Henry of Portugal conquered the Moroccan port of Ceuta and sponsored a series of voyages down the west African coast5
287492374Bartolomeu Dias- rounded the Cape of Good Hope and entered the Indian Ocean6
287492375Vasco da Gama- led a fleet of four armed merchant vessels with 170 crewman out of the harbor at Lisbon - destination was India - carried letters of introduction from the king of portugal and other goods to exchange for pepper and spices - sailed south from portugal to the cape verde islands off the west coast of africa. then headed southeast into the atlantic ocean. rounded cape of good hope. - found a wealthy, cosmopolitan society - his cargo of pepper and cinnamon was profitble and encouraged more portuguese expeditions7
287492376What was the effect of Vasco de Gama's voyage?- encouraged more portuguese expeditions8
287492377Christopher Columbus- proposed sailing to the markets of asia by a western route9
287492378Vasco Nunez de Balboa- sighted the Pacific Ocean in 1513 while searching for gold in panama - spanish military commander10
287492379Ferdinand Magellan- decided to pursue Columbus's goal of establishing a western route to asia - sailed through the strait of magellan on the tip of south america - scurvy11
287492380Captain James Cook- led three expeditions to the Pacific and died in a scuffle with the people of Hawaii - charted eastern Australia and New Zealand12

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