Feudal Society
Receives land and protection in exchange for loyalty
Vassal
1100-1400
250-900
1200-1500
Aztec
Maya
Inca
First Calculator
Theory of plate tectonics
Leonard da Vinci
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Heliocentric model of the universe
Copernicus
Who traveled the Silk Roads?
Marco Polo
"map-making"
cartography
Painted ceiling of Sistine chapel
Michelangelo
Natural Rights
John Locke
Questions everything, including authority; "I think therefore I am"
Descartes
When and where did the Bubonic Plague start?
Italy, 1347
Powerful noble that owned land
Lord
3 branches of government
Montesquieu
What is "selling indulgences"
Paying to pardon your sins
What revolution was moved by several forces and in what century?
What were Spanish explorers looking for in South America in the 1500s
Gold and silver
Aqueducts, chinampas, and slash 'n' burn farming
Aztec
Freedom of religion
Benjamin Franklin
Who wrote the 95 Theses
Martin Luther
Laws of gravity; calculus
Sir Isaac Newton
When did Magellan circumnavigate the globe?
1519-1522
The skills and methods used in map-making; paper record of land forms, sea charts, and track sea voyages
cartography
Positive outcomes - spread of religion, ideas, and trade with Europe and the Middle East, increase power of monarchs and the church
The Crusades
Montezuma or Motecuhzuma was brought down by what Spanish conquistador?
Hernan Cortes
List the steps of the scientific method
1. observe and describe
2. collect data
3. test hypothesis
4. draw conclusions