New World
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Old World
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Old World
Maize = ??? World
Sugar = ??? World
Maize = New World
Sugar = Old World
Name the Scientific Thinker who discovered that all living things must come from other living things.
(aka living things must come from a parent)
Antony van Leeuwenhoek
Name the period that took place from the early 15th century to the 17th century, during which European ships traveled around the world to search for new trading routes.
Age of Exploration
OR
Age of Discovery
This philosopher believed humans had natural rights: the right to life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
On July 14, 1789, Parisians storm a prison to arm themselves against foreign troops sent by the King. This was the first symbolic act of revolution. What was this event called...
Storming of the Bastille
Turkey = ??? World
Cattle = ??? World
Turkey = New World
Cattle = Old World
Name the Scientific Thinker who discovered that the moon's surface was not flat/smooth, but rather mountainous and filled with craters.
Galileo Galilei
The time period when people began to look at the natural world in a new way; changed from what people thought to what people observed.
Scientific Revolution
This philosopher believed women should be equal to men in the home and political sphere (world).
Mary Wollstonecraft
In October of 1789, 6,000 Parisian women rioted over the price of bread and marched 12 miles in the rain to the Palace of Versailles. They broke into the palace, killing two guards, and demanded the King and Queen return with them to Paris. This event was known as...
The Women’s March
Coffee Beans = ??? World
Cocoa Beans = ??? World
Coffee Beans = Old World
Cocoa Beans = New World
Name the Scientific Thinker who was the first to understand and prove that the planets orbited the sun in an ellipse using the calculations of another astronomer.
Johannes Kepler
Following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492, a trading network known as _________________ was established and brought about the exchange of diseases, ideas, food crops, populations, and slaves between the New World and the Old World.
The Columbian Exchange
This philosopher believed people were naturally too wicked and selfish to make rational decisions in Government.
Thomas Hobbes
After the Third Estate gets locked out of the meeting of Estates General, they meet in an indoor tennis court pledging to write a constitution for France. This event is known as...
Tennis Court Oath
Smallpox = ??? World
Syphilis = ??? World
Smallpox = Old World
Syphilis = New World
Name the Scientific Thinker who discovered the law of falling bodies (that when a pebble and a boulder are dropped from the same distance, they will hit the ground at the same time).
Galileo Galilei
The time period when people began to apply reason and logic in an attempt to understand and discover natural laws that governed human behavior.
Enlightenment
This philosopher believed that three branches of Government were necessary in order to prevent corruption.
Baron de Montesquieu
From July 1793-July 1794, Maximilien Robespierre ruled the Committee of Public Safety. He decided who was a threat to the revolution. Public trials were held in the morning and those found guilty were beheaded by the afternoon. Approximately 30,000 people were executed with 85% of them being peasants or city workers. This year became known as...
The Reign of Terror
Quinine = ??? World
Slaves = ??? World
Quinine = New World
Slaves = World World
This Scientific Thinker developed a new kind of mathematics called calculus that could be used to predict the effects of gravity.
Isaac Newton
This cultural movement, which began in the 1300s in Italy, was a “rebirth” of ancient Greek and Roman ideas. Artists of this movement like Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Leonardo focused on humanism and realism.
Renaissance
This Philosopher criticized Democracy as “mob rule” after his best friend was tried and executed. They believed in Philosopher-Kings (Kings who were very smart).
Plato
After the Fall of the Bastille, rumors in the countryside began to spread that the nobles had hired “thugs” to beat them up. Peasant mobs ransacked and destroyed the nobles’ manors. This wave of violence was known as...
The Great Fear