AP World History Quiz 1/11/12 Flashcards
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| 287492368 | What 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 christianity | 0 | |
| 287492369 | Why did travel on the silk roads become unsafe in the 14th century? | - collapse of mongol empires - spread of bubonic plague | 1 | |
| 287492370 | What is the significance of the rudder? | it increased the maneuverability | 2 | |
| 287492371 | What were the new innnovations for ships? | - rudder - two types of sails (square and triangular lateen) - magnetic compasses and astrolabes - predicting wind patterns | 3 | |
| 287492372 | When did exploratory voyaging begin? | as early as the thirteenth century | 4 | |
| 287492373 | Why 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 coast | 5 | |
| 287492374 | Bartolomeu Dias | - rounded the Cape of Good Hope and entered the Indian Ocean | 6 | |
| 287492375 | Vasco 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 expeditions | 7 | |
| 287492376 | What was the effect of Vasco de Gama's voyage? | - encouraged more portuguese expeditions | 8 | |
| 287492377 | Christopher Columbus | - proposed sailing to the markets of asia by a western route | 9 | |
| 287492378 | Vasco Nunez de Balboa | - sighted the Pacific Ocean in 1513 while searching for gold in panama - spanish military commander | 10 | |
| 287492379 | Ferdinand 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 - scurvy | 11 | |
| 287492380 | Captain James Cook | - led three expeditions to the Pacific and died in a scuffle with the people of Hawaii - charted eastern Australia and New Zealand | 12 |