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Technological Advances
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Shipbuilding: Sails (square/lateen), Caravels, Carracks (Ex. Egyptian Febucca, Viking longboat, Spanish Caravel); Navigation Techniques; Direction; Location
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Longitude & Latitude.
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 Longitude: up and down; Latitude: left and right |
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Navigation Techniques
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Volta do mar, trade winds, monsoon winds
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Sense of direction?
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Compass (magnetism--iron core); North Star
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Sense of Location?
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Latitude, Longitude; Cross Staff, Sextant; Dead Reckoning; AND John Harrison's H4 Marine watch (1761)--chip log for dead reckoning
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Han Dynasty Compass
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 (3rd c. AD) used in China (1st c. AD) and in Europe (1200 AD) |
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Explorers and Conquerors
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-Christopher Columbus/Tianos (1492) -Hernan Cortes/Aztecs (1519-1521)-Francisco Pizarro/Incas (1532-1533)
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Another word for Aztecs.
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 "Mexicans" |
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Motives?
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 The 3 G's: Gold, God, Glory |
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Tianos
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Made embrace Catholic faith (could work them, but couldn't enslave the--not slavery)
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Washington, D.C. was named after __.
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Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus
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 Italian (worked for Spain); from Genoh; was searching for a new route to Asia (bring spices back to Europe); not a prominent European. |
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Who was the most Catholic person from Spain?
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Isabella
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Hatuey (Bartolome de las Casas)
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 /Hat too ay/ burned at the stake; would spare his life if converted to Christianity, but refused to Convert; local Tiano chief; |
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Hispaniola
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 Haiti/Dominican Republic |
