Navigational tools assisted the European explorers in finding their way across the ocean. Navigational tools are used to be able to travel around without getting lost. Navigational tools such as the astrolabe, quadrant, cross staff, back staff, compass and maps were used to navigate.
Q. How did new technologies contribute to European exploration?
New technology also paved the way for European voyages and exploration. Better maps showed the directions of ocean currents and lines of latitude. Inventions like the astrolabe and magnetic compass improved navigation.
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- Q. How did new technologies contribute to European exploration?
- Q. What technological advances encouraged exploration?
- Q. How did exploration affect the world’s cultures?
- Q. What were English motives for exploration?
- Q. How did Prince Henry contribute to the age of exploration?
- Q. How did God motivate exploration?
- Q. How was God motivated for exploration?
Q. What technological advances encouraged exploration?
Some innovations that made the Age of exploration possible were the compass, the astrolabe and, new ships, such as the caravel.
Q. How did exploration affect the world’s cultures?
HOW DID EXPLORATION AFFECT THE WORLD? The world was opened up and new crops were introduced from one land to another. However, there were some disastrous effects. In the NEW WORLD, many native peoples died because they had no resistance to the European diseases that explorers and crews brought with them.
Q. What were English motives for exploration?
While individual motives for exploration were mixed, the main impetus was economic—the search for riches. The English were not interested in discovery for its own sake, but sought the opportunities for trade that were opened up by new markets and new routes to existing markets.
Q. How did Prince Henry contribute to the age of exploration?
After procuring the new caravel ship, Henry was responsible for the early development of Portuguese exploration and maritime trade with other continents through the systematic exploration of Western Africa, the islands of the Atlantic Ocean, and the search for new routes.
Q. How did God motivate exploration?
Christians felt that it was their duty to go and convert people to the faith so that those people could be saved and could go to heaven. If they went exploring, they could come into contact with non-Christians and could try to convert those people. Thus, we say that “God” was one reason for exploration.
Q. How was God motivated for exploration?
God and religion were also a popular motive for exploration during my time. With Europe Christianized, people wanted to spread the Gospel to the rest of the world, because Europeans had always seen spreading Christianity as a good thing. Together, these motivations fostered the Golden Age of Exploration.
