Greek Astronomer and geographer, he studied the skies and made maps of the Mediterranean.
Who was Ptolemy?
100
Used the new concept of triangular sails so that ships could sail against the wind.
What is a Caravel
100
This was a deadly disease that natives of the new world had no natural immunity to thereby this disease killed millions of them.
What is smallpox?
100
They lived in South America, in the Andes Mountains, their capital was Cuzco, they lived high in the mountains, built terraces to farm and roads to travel. They were defeated by the Spanish
Who are the Inca's
100
Was used by sailors to navigate using the natural magnetic polarity of the earth.
What is a compass?
200
A Polish Astronomer who wrote "On the Revolution of Celestial Spheres"
Who was Copernicus
200
A Portuguese Prince, he promoted sailing through education and finances
Who is Henry the Navigator
200
The name given to the two unknown continents discovered by the Europeans
What is the New World
200
He defeated the native tribe of Central Mexico?
Who was Hernan Cortes?
200
Italian physicist and mathematician who invented the barometer.
Who was Torricelli?
300
An Italian scientist, he used theories to test his experiments, he studied the skies with homemade telescopes. He was put on trial by the church.
Who was Galileo?
300
He was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa and reach India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
300
The transfer of goods, plants, animals and ideas from North and South America to Europe, Asia and Africa.
What is the Colombian Exchange?
300
These people of Meso-America were masters of math and astronomy, they built amazing temples and observatories, to this day, no one really knows what happened to them.
Who were the Mayans?
300
English philosopher who argued that science could by pursued in a systematic and logical fasion.
Who was Bacon?
400
German Astronomer who proved that the planets revolved around the sun
Who was Kepler?
400
He was Italian, but sailed for Spain, reached what he thought was India in 1492 by sailing west to get east.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
400
Very large farms that popped up in the newly discovered continents. Large cash crops like tobacco and cotton were grown there.
What are plantations?
400
He and his men defeated the Inca's
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
400
French philosopher who believed that nothing should be accepted as true unless proven to be true.
Who was Descartes?
500
Greek philosopher who wrote about astronomy and geography, he believed that people should observe the world carefully and draw logical conclusions.
Who was Aristotle?
500
He made it to the southern tip of Africa but no further.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
500
The name given to Europe, Africa and Asia after some pretty big discoveries.
What is the Old World
500
They were fierce warriors, they built their home city of Tenochtitlan on a swampy lake after seeing an Eagle holding a snake. They worshiped the sun and gave many human sacrifices to the gods. They were eventually defeated by the Spanish.
Who were the Aztec?
500
English scientist who discovered the idea of gravity, wrote laws of motion, and developed calculus to help prove his ideas.