U5 L6 Portugal Flashcards
(32 cards)
What were the Portuguese first to do?
- round Africa
- contact Japan and China
Why was Prince Henry called the Navigator?
- had desire to explore
- obtain wealth
- spread Gospel
What did Prince Henry prefer to do rather than dealing with the Moors?
- study navigation
- encourage exploration
Where was the school of navigation that Prince Henry established?
Sagres
Who did the navigation school at Sagres hire as professors?
captains and mapmakers
What places did Portuguese sailors discover during Prince Henry’s time?
- Gold Coast
- Azores
- Cape Verde Islands
- Madeiras
GACM
What did Bartholomew arriving at the tip of Africa prove?
possibility of circumnavigating the ‘dark continent’ did exist
What did Bartholomew Dias name the tip of Africa?
Cape of Storms
What did the Portuguese king rename the tip of Africa?
Cape of Good Hope
What was Vasco de Gama’s reception when he arrived at Calicut, India?
hostile
How much crew and ships did Vasco de Gama have remaining when he returned to Lisbon?
- one half of ships
- one third of crew
How much were the goods Vasco de Gama brought from his expedition sold for?
60 times the cost of the expedition
How did Prince Henry try to find a route to the East Indies?
sailing around Africa
What did Columbus think he was sailing to in 1492?
East Indies
What was the purpose of the three papal decrees/Papal Line of Demarcation?
dividing new lands between Spain and Portugal
Who discovered the tip of Brazil in 1500?
Cabral, a Portuguese captain
What was the value of Brazil to Portugal?
- Brazil’s only exports were agricultural
- so it was worthless to mercantilistic Portugal
How was a nation’s worth measured at that time?
the precious metals it possessed
Who were the Paulistas?
people from Sao Paulo
How did Portugal pass laws in Brazil?
- rarely enforced
- issued decrees restricting exploration of Brazil because the could not govern a large area
How did the Paulistas react to Portugal’s decrees?
- against it
- in search for gold/slaves, triples land of Brazil
The intermixing of races was greater in what place than in other Latin American colonies?
Brazil
What was Portugal’s only colony in the New World?
Brazil
What was Portugal’s main source of economic support?
Trading
