Who finally found a route to Asia by sailing around Africa?
Vasco da Gama
100
Galileo was the first person to point this to the sky.
Telescope
100
He and his wife were asked to fund Christopher Columbus' voyage?
King Ferdinand
100
Where were the slaves that worked on plantation from?
Africa
200
Astronomer who wrote a book that many historians think marked the beginning of the Scientific Revolution
Nicolaus Copernicus
200
Where was Christopher Columbus really trying reach when he ran into America?
Asia
200
What small, but helpful, tool was developed to help explorers find their way?
Compass
200
This person agreed to fund Christopher Columbus' voyage.
Queen Isabella
200
A system in which a government controls all economic activity in a country and its colonies to make the government stronger and richer.
mercantilism
300
A step-by-step process for performing experiments and other scientific research.
Scientific Method
300
Who was the sailor that stole treasure from Spanish ships?
Sir Francis Drake
300
These new sails were triangular in shape and were able to sail against the wind.
Caravels
300
This person never really went went on a voyage but supported exploration by building an observatory and a navigation school.
Prince Henry the Navigator
300
If supplies are high but the demand for the product is low, what would happen to the price?
The price would be lower
400
Who was responsible for discovering that the planets move in an elliptical motion?
Johannes Kepler
400
To most European countries, what were two goals of exploration?
Wealth & Spreading Religion & New Land
400
What was updated so that explorers no longer had to follow the coast line in order to not get lost?
Maps
400
Who was the first person to routinely use experiments?
Galileo Galilee
400
In what economic system, do individuals and businesses decide what goods and services they will buy and sell?
Market Economy
500
Explain how the Renaissance led to the Scientific Revolution.
People didn't need to depend on church leaders anymore, there was new technology and inventions, there was a rebirth of learning, and humanism was involved in both events.
500
How was Spain able to gain control of the valuables that they wanted from the "New World"?
They had more powerful weapons and disease to help them defeat the natives and take control of the resources.
500
This very ancient astronomical computer was used for solving problems relating to time and the position of the Sun and stars in the sky.
The astrolabe
500
This Greek astronomer believed that we lived in a Earth-centered Universe rather than a Sun-centered one.
Ptolemy
500
Compare and contrast the benefits and drawbacks of the Columbian Exchange.
Benefits - New products were introduced, there was a new market of consumers and the government was able to get richer and stronger through mercantilism.
Drawbacks - Diseases were spread and a need for slaves was developed.