Ch.16 Section I Review Questions
1.
• Cartographer: mapmaker
• Line of demarcation: imaginary line extending from the North Pole to the South Pole that divided newly discovered lands between the Spanish and Portuguese
• Circumnavigation: circling the globe by ship
2.
• Henry the Navigator: Portuguese Prince who set up first school for navigators and organized discovery expeditions
• Dias: led first expedition to round Cape of Good Hope
• Da Gama: First Portuguese sailor to reach India
• Columbus: Italian explorer who reached the Americas in 1492
• Magellan: his crew first to circumnavigate the globe
4. Why did Portugal and Spain want to find a sea route to Asia:?
• The promise of riches from spice trade and the desire to spread Christianity
5. Do as a journal entry in history folder
6. Predict what would have happened to Columbus if there had been no land between Spain and Asia.
• The expedition might have run out of fresh water and food.
7. What sciences and new technologies helped sailors to venture into the open ocean and led to European voyages of exploration?
• Technologies: the compass, astrolabe, improved maps, caravels; sciences: cartography, mathematics, astronomy.
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