Yr 9 History - Exploration Flashcards by Zayna Amir

Name two key reasons for exploration

new technology enabling easier navigation
discovery of new world and trade routes

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what was the new technology made?

lateen triangular sails
magnetic compasses
astrolabes
printing presses for maps

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When was the Muscovy company established?

1555

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where is the Eastland company established?

Scandinavia

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where is the Levant company esablished?

eastern meditiranian

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what where the consequences of exploration?

worsened relationships with Spain
new trade routes expanded Elizabeth’s economy
founding of new colonies
increase of wealth to England
explorers achievement brought glory to England

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when was the treason act?

1571

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ridolfi plot

1571

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when did Francis drake circumnavigate the globe?

1577-1580

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how long did it take to circumnavigate the globe?

3 years

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throckmorton plot

1583

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treaty of nonsuch

1585

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Spanish armada arrive in england

1588

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BEIC formed

1600

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Causes of Spanish Armada

religion
Netherlands
pirates and plots

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Large Spanish ship

galleon

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company made trade with teh mediterranean

Levant

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term for America

New World

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english trading port set up in russia

archangel

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licensed pirates

privateers

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Christian discovered American

Columbous

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new triangular sails

lateen sails

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Frobisher, Gilbert and Davis all failed to find this trade route

North West Passage

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Empire that controlled the silk road

Ottoman

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tax put on luxury goods

tarrifs

Company trade with the Baltic

Eastland

Drakes cousin killed by the Spanisj

john hawkins

mythical city of gold E

El Dorado

tool for better navigation

magnetic compasses

Explorer founded Virginia

Sir Walter Raleigh

Explorer set up trades with India/ BEIC

James Lancaster

Helped the mass production of maps

Printing press

Drakes Nickname

El Draque

treaty of Joinville

1584

singing of the kings beard

1587

St Bartholomew Massacre

1572

when does the Spanish sail to England

1588

Who were the two English leaders

Sir Francis Drake Charles Howard

Who were the Spanish Leaders?

Duke Of Medina Sidonia Duke of Parma

long range guns used by the English fleet

culverins

Battle of Gravelines

August 8 1588

What ships do the English use

Warships

What stream did the Spanish loose most their ships to on the way back?

Gulf Stream

how many ships returned to spain

65 out of 130

what formation did the Spanish use

the crescent formation

Navigation device that uses the stars

astrolabes

Drakes famous ship

Golden Hind

Drakes famous tactic

fire ships

when someone has complete control of state product

Monopoly

Who found fools gold

martin Frobisher

Elizabeth's spymaster

Francis Walsingham

licensed pirates

privateers

English Lord, High Admiral

Lord Howard

Castle where Mary was Executed

Fotheringham

Drake raided this port in 1587

Cadiz

Victoroius name for Elizabeth

Gloriana

First Catholic revolt and year

Northern Rebellion 1569

second catholic revolt and year

Ridolfi 1571

third catholic revolt and year

Throckmorton 1583

last catholic revolt and year

Babington 1586

Marys third husband, murderer

Bothwell

battle in the English channel

gravelines

Elizabeth gave her famous speech at this Thames port

Tilbury

Duke/ general leader of the Spanish army

Parma

treaty between protestant England and dutch

Nonsuch

treaty allied spain and france

Joinville

Mary second husband murdered

Darnley

port of drake

Plymouth

lit to warn of the Armada

beacons

Who is Edmund Campion

famous Jesuit preist

Who is Mathew Parker

First archbishop of Canterbury

Who is Nicholas Owen

built priest holes

Who was ridolfi

rebellious Italian banker

Who was babington

rebel who organised the last serious catholic rebellion

Shape manor houses are built

E shape for Elizabeth

Recusant

a person who didn't go to church

circumnavigate

to sail around the world

monopoly

when someone has control over the sale of a product

colony

name given to land/country taken for another countries benefit

When does Mary QoS arrive in England?

1568

When is Elizabeth excommunicated?

1570

When is Mary Executed?

1587

How much did Drake give England?

£100 million

Elizabeth's secretary imprisoned for allowing Mary QoS execution

William Davidson

Earls who helped in the Northern Rebellion

Westmorland Northumberland

what act restored the break of rome?

act of supremacy

and act that favoured protestants and made church ceremonies and beliefs protestantq

uniformity

Which pope excommunicated England

Pope Pius V

Drakes Flagship

the pelicanW

What schools did Jesuits go to

seminary school

Yr 9 History - Exploration Flashcards

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