Empires
This country defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588.
England
This scientist observed planets and stars from his island observatory.
Tycho Brahe
He is considered England's greatest poet and playwright. But who is he??
William Shakespeare
Some called him a navigator who sailed around the world, while others called him a pirate.
Sir Francis Drake
Who was Virginia named after?
The queen of England (Elizabeth)
This place was a land of bonsai trees, origami, art, shoguns, and samurai.
Tokugawa Japan, 1603-1867
This mathematician also studied planets and the human eye.
Johannes Kepler
This man was a philosopher and wrote that "knowledge is power." He also could have been a ghostwriter for a famous writer...
Sir Francis Bacon
This voyager named the east coast of the New World "Virginia."
Sir Walter Raleigh
They were the original inhabitants of Australia.
Australian Aborigines
Who were the most respected people groups in Tokugawa Japan, outside of nobility?
The peasant farmers
Although not a true scientist, Sir Francis Bacon helped usher in what time period?
The Age of Reason
This Spanish man wrote Don Quixote in 1605.
Cervantes
Jamestown was the first of these in the United States.
English settlement
Who were a part of the founding of Jamestown?
John Smith & Pocahontas