Christopher Columbus’ search for spices lead to the Discovery of America in 1492. Ferndinand Magellan‚ a sailor from spain‚ made the famous “around the World” trip in 1519-1522 from Spain towards the Phillapines. Portuguese sailor‚ Vasco da Gama took the challenge of finding a shorter route to the east Indies by circling around africa. In 1498‚ he became the first European to arrive in the east Indies’s spice Islands‚ also known as Indonesia. This gave Portugal a head start in the Spice
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place that provided a major source of sugar‚ which was the island of Sao Torne‚ and discovered the Gold Coast‚ which was very important because it became the headquarters of Portugal’s West African trade. 20) The voyages of Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama represented the
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Protestant Reformation and Enlightenment. Now in more frequent contact‚ trade between them increases. Muslim traders bring goods and innovations from Asia and the Middle East via the Silk Road. With the aid of the magnetic compass and astrolabe‚ Vasco da Gama reaches India‚ establishing new trade relations‚ cutting out the Muslim middlemen. In 1453‚ the Muslim Ottoman Turks defeat the Byzantines. Christian children from Europe are enslaved as Janissaries‚ who are taught Islamic ways and how to use guns
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Jacques Cartier – Journeys the St. Lawrence River in 1534; gave Canada its name. Before that it used to be Kanata‚ meaning village or settlement. 9. Giovanni da Verrazano - sailed the Atlantic Ocean into the now is the New York Bay. 1524 10. John Cabot – Explores northeastern seaboard of north America for England 1498 11. Vasco Nunez Balboa – "discovered” the Pacific Ocean across isthmus of Panama claims all lands are touched by the pacific ocean for Spain 1513 12. Ferdinand of Aragon
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Renewed interest under King John who financed the voyage and basically established a joint venture. II‚ Voyage of Vasco da Gama (1497-1499) manages to get around Africa (3pts) c. Someone answer this part (4pts) 8. Through what channels did the slave trade negatively impact African economic development? You need to discuss how slavery and thus the culture of violence led
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GRADE 5 --- 2013-2014 AGE OF MACHINES I) Complete the following sentences: i) The age in which we live can be called the ______________________ ii) The first metal to be discovered was____________________ iii) Bronze is made by mixing ___________________________________ iv) Iron tools were used to cut down trees and__________________________ v) Iron weapons also made it easier to________________________________ vi) Humans learnt to use the force of wind and made _________________
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Before the age of exploration‚ the Europeans did not know what lay beyond Cape Non (Cape Chaunar) on the African coast‚ and whether it was possible to return once it was crossed. Hence‚ the overland Silk Road and the Spice Trade Routes are the extensive interconnected network of trade routes to the world. However‚ the economically important Silk Road and Spice Trade Routes were blocked by the Ottoman Empire by 1453 with the fall of the Byzantine Empire‚ spurring exploration motivated initially by
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The division of the world for colonization in 1494 by Pope Alexander VI. The finalization in 1506 of the Treaty of Tordesillas establishes a vertical North-South line granting territories to the west to Spain and to the east to Portugal. The line was at 46 degrees 30’ W‚ 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa. Some confusion over whether the line continues to the other side of the world‚ not to mention the impossibility of determining longitude at the time. The
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The expansion of Western Europe started with the Iberian phase. Spain and Portugal‚ the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula‚ had a short-lived yet important role in European expansion. European expansion then turned to Western Europe. Western Europe consists of the Dutch‚ French‚ and British. While Western Europe was exploring new worlds overseas‚ the Russians were expanding westward across all of Eurasia. Religion played a major role in expansion for both the Portuguese and the Spanish due
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coastal islands of Madeira‚ the Canaries‚ Sao Tome‚ and Principe. The Portuguese pushed farther southward in search of the water route to Asia. Días was the first to get to the southernmost tip of the African continent in 1488. Ten years afterwards Vasco da Gama reached India‚ making him the first to first to find a route to India by going around the tip of Africa or the Cape of Good Hope. Other Portuguese explorers included Magellan‚ who was the first to sail around the world. At the end‚ Portugal discovered
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