Vocab
The belief that the earth is the center of the universe.
Geocentric
To take back
Retract
Which man established a school for sailors to learn and train at during the Age of Exploration?
Prince Henry the Navigator
What was Martin Luther’s MAIN objection to the Catholic Church and their power?
The practice of being able to pay your way into “upstairs” (heaven)
Scientist who first published the idea of a heliocentric universe
Nicholas Copernicus
A small, fast ship that was easier to steer.
Caravel
The name of the head religious body in England (started by Henry VIII).
Anglican Church
Why was Henry VIII upset with the Catholic Church?
They wouldn’t annul his marriage
Explorer who sailed for Spain and landed in the Americas. He mistakenly believed that he had found India and named the area the West Indies.
Christopher Columbus
The scientist who invented the telescope and proved once and for all the heliocentric theory was correct.
Galileo
A complete change or an overthrow of a government, social system, or system of thinking/belief.
Revolution
To sail all the way around the world
circumnavigate
Which of the following did Isaac Newton NOT do during his lifetime?
Sketch the inside of the human body
Scholar who developed the Scientific Method.
Francis Bacon
Explorer who was looking for the Fountain of Youth and ended up exploring modern day Florida.
Ponce De Leon
The payment given to have sins forgiven.
indulgences
What motivated many early explorers to head out into the unknown?
God, Gold, and Glory
Who are 2 important astronomers during the Scientific Revolution?
Ptolemy and Rene Descartes
Galileo and Copernicus
Newton and Ptolemy
Bacon and Henry VIII
Galileo and Copernicus
Traveler and explorer who wrote about his travels to Asia that inspired sailors in the Age of Exploration.
Marco Polo
The only one of Henry VIII’s wives who gave birth to a son.
Jane Seymour
The belief that the sun is the center of the universe.
heliocentric
What was one of the diseases that was brought over to the New World from Europeans that killed MANY Native Americans?
Smallpox
Which invention helped maps and the ideas of explorers to spread AND helped Martin Luther’s ideas spread?
Printing Press
Explorer who conquered the Aztecs
Hernán Cortés
A former Lutheran member who started his own religion that believed in predestination.
John Calvin