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Age of Exploration
Term | Definition |
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Portugal | first country to explore |
Spain | sent conquistadors to take gold in the New World |
God | a reason for exploration, spreading Christianity |
Glory | a reason for exploration, competition for fame and honor for themselves and their country |
Gold | a reason for exploration, increased the wealth of your nation |
Spices | what Europeans wanted from Asia |
Italy | dominated the spice trade in Europe and charged high prices |
Ottomans | blocked European access to the Silk Road |
Uses of spices | medicine, perfume, flavor food, preserve food |
Colonies | established to provide raw materials to the mother country |
Real Dangers | running out of food, water, storms, getting lost |
Imaginary Dangers | floating mountains, giant furnace , ocean magnets, sea monsters |
Compass | tells direction |
Knotted Rope | track ship's speed |
Lead Weights | measure depth of water |
Astrolabe | determine latitude |
Caravel | powerful, fast moving new ship |